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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: June 02, 2002 Using Wireframes (Strange Systems via Elegant Hack) -- "Wireframes serve a central function in communicating the content and layout of each web page for internal discussion and client review as well as a blueprint from which graphic designers and web developers will derive final designs. It's importance, roles and implementations are discussed in this article."
Reader Comments...
I strongly recommend building a wireframe/"skeleton site" for any project with non-trival navigation/IA. I use plain black text on white, with boxes for grouping where appropriate, links to other wireframe pages and underlining for dummy links to pages not included in the wireframe. I'd advocate going further than some articles suggest - don't just mock up the different templates, link together as many wireframed pages as possible, covering the different site features and ways of navigating. Sometimes it's hard to fit this stage in for projects with a tight timescale and designers/programmers raring to go, but if you can it should prove itself worthwhile. It's great to have something non-technical everyone can play around with to understand the site better and check their work against.
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