Stephen Anders amp Carrigan McCatty Company Consultation Ryan Building Materials Drywall and building material supplier with several locations in Metro Detroit Has expressed a need for a more modern approach to business concerning the internet ID: 798809
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Ryan Building Materials’ Invitation Site
Stephen Anders & Carrigan McCatty
Slide2Company Consultation
Slide3Ryan Building Materials
Drywall and building material supplier with several locations in Metro Detroit
Has expressed a need for a more modern approach to business concerning the internet
Just recently opened a new store on the east side
Slide4Consultation with Company
Original plan was to overhaul the current site
Webmaster found out, and decided to fix the site
New idea was proposed, an invitation site
Met March 16
th
, at 5 pm
Slide5Invitational Site Proposal
Idea was to create a site that would serve as an invitation for east side store opening
Was suggested that it include a Google map plugin
Should be set up like a regular invitation, and feature the Ryan site color scheme
Slide6Team Consultation
Goals of the meeting:
Configure a rough meeting schedule
Divvy up general responsibilities
Figure out how we wanted to pursue this project in the creative sense
Met March 17
th
at 5 pm
Slide7Balsamiq Mockups
A simplistic format, following the old Ryan color scheme was our design philosophy
Had to be user friendly
Had to look like an invitation
Had to have a picture of a truck
Had to link back to homepage
Slide8Company Consultation
Agreed that the
balsamiq
mock up was what they were looking for
Suggested the picture be a truck
A clear navigational bar was added as an idea to put on the site
Overall, went very well
Met March 25
th
at 4 pm
Slide9Site, Draft One
First rendering of site
Was created for the usability tests
Stayed pretty true to the
balsamiq
mock ups
Slide10Slide11Usability Tests
Results of
surveymonkey.com
surveys
Slide12Surveys
The surveys were administered on
surveymonkey.com
Participants were invited over
facebook
, or email
4 multiple choice questions, with an added comment section
14 responses total
Went live on April 6
th
, at 2:15 p.m.
Slide13General Information
Slide14Relevant Invitation Information
Slide15Event Information
Slide16General Comments
“it was a little to formal it didn’t look like an invitation”
“more color and more detailed info”
“more information”
“clarity”
Pictures that were more relevant
Phone number
Centering of the info
Slide17Usability Presentation
Presented our usability evaluation to class
Discussed results from survey testing
Received valuable advice
Slide18Final revisions
Survey suggestions were integrated into the design
More invitation oriented look
Shifted the background to a lighter template, to differentiate it from the web site
More relevant information was included
Cleaner look
Slide19Revisions with Comments
Slide20Final Consultation
Presented final site to head of company
Very satisfied
Thought the .gif was innovative
Added yes or no rsvp option for rough head count
Webmaster for Ryan plans on integrating site within the next month
Met on April 22
nd
, at 5 pm
Slide21Contributions
Stephen constructed the HTML and CSS for the site, helped to send out surveys, and compiled screenshots and other info for the final presentation.
Carrigan consulted and coordinated with the Ryan, created and helped distribute the surveys, created the usability evaluation, and created the final presentations.
Slide22The End.