John,
Yes you were in the ballpark. Not being a professional I did not know
what to ask for but I learned a new term, "deliverables". I look forward
to checking out the links you gave me. Thanks for answering my question
regarding W3C standards.
Lorrie
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John Unsworth wrote:
Hi Lorrie,
When I read your email, it seemed to me you were referring to what
I've read in web design books called 'deliverables'. A concept I think
inherited from print and graphic design.
For instance I recently bought a copy of Elliot Jay Stocks "Sexy Web
Design" from Sitepoint ( http://www.sitepoint.com/books/ ) and last
chapter speaks of this. However, beyond being called a style guide, I
don't discern a "common set of rules" such that there exists software
to assist you explicitly with a style guide.
Another Sitepoint book from a few years back by Shirley Kaiser
"Deliver First Class Web Sites" (
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/checklists1/?SID=3598de07047196325426cba641ee236c
) in the third chapter refers to a technique called "content
inventory" which whilst different to a style guide, could class as a
handover document. She refers to an excellent article by Jeffrey Veen
on the subject which might assist -
http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000040.php
Finally in somewhat the same vein as Franks answer and using a similar
technique, a presentation from a Natalie Downe of Clearleft in England
on Maintainable CSS. At the end of the presentation she appears to
create a HTML document that allows any future front end developer to
quickly understand the styles and patterns in a technical sense. So
whilst useful for a developer, probably of little consequence to a
website owner. See the presentation here - http://natbat.net/
In the end, presuming I was in the ball park when I assumed you meant
deliverables, as best as I can tell there is only techniques that work
for you, rather than a standard such that the W3C would endorse.
Hope some of this is helpful.
John Unsworth
List,
I am a web designer as a hobby and have run into a situation where
I am not sure where to search. Does a standard exist for the
creation of web site creation documentation? By this I mean
documentation that would/might be turned over to the end user:
1. to allow the end user to mange the site himself
2. to document the project and for future reference
Having created a few sites I have been trying on my own to
determine what information should be documented and in what format
and by what specs. I hope this makes sense. If they do exist,
would someone point me to them and some examples as well as any
software, open source if possible, that exists. If not, are there
any industry general practices that I can read?
One last question, if such standard exist are they working with
the W3C community and where might that info be, please?
Lorrie
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