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A '''website wireframe''', also known as a '''page schematic''' or '''screen blueprint''', or simply '''wireframe''', is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a [[website]]. | A '''website wireframe''', also known as a '''page schematic''' or '''screen blueprint''', or simply '''wireframe''', is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a [[website]]. | ||
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Wireframes are created for the purpose of arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose | Wireframes are created for the purpose of arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose | ||
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== External Site == | == External Site == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_wireframe Website wireframe] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_wireframe Website wireframe] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 10:26, 3 September 2015
A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, or simply wireframe, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website.
Description
Wireframes are created for the purpose of arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose
The purpose is usually being informed by a business objective and a creative idea.
The wireframe depicts the page layout or arrangement of the website’s content, including interface elements and navigational systems, and how they work together.
The wireframe usually lacks typographic style, color, or graphics, since the main focus lies in functionality, behavior, and priority of content. In other words, it focuses on what a screen does, not what it looks like.
Wireframes can be pencil drawings or sketches on a whiteboard, or they can be produced by means of a broad array of free or commercial software applications.
Wireframes are generally created by:
- Business analysts
- User experience designers
- Software developers
- Visual designers
- Interaction design
- Information architects
- User researchers
Wireframes focus on:
- The range of functions available
- The relative priorities of the information and functions
- The rules for displaying certain kinds of information
- The effect of different scenarios on the display
The website wireframe connects the underlying conceptual structure, or information architecture, to the surface, or visual design of the website.
Wireframes help establish functionality, and the relationships between different screen templates of a website.
An iterative process, creating wireframes is an effective way to make rapid prototypes of pages, while measuring the practicality of a design concept.
Wireframing typically begins between “high-level structural work—like flowcharts or site maps—and screen designs.”
Within the process of building a website, wireframing is where thinking becomes tangible.
Aside from websites, wireframes are utilized for the prototyping of mobile sites, computer applications, or other screen-based products that involve human-computer interaction.
See also
External Site
- Website wireframe @ Wikipedia
