US05-Provide web style guide for site.

Description

As a developer and designer of the site, I want to ensure that standards are in place to ensure a consistent user experience across every section of the website so the user feels like they are in the same experience at all times, thus minimizing risks of user concern of fraud and causing abandonment of the site.

Acceptance Criteria

- Create a web style guide consisting of a variety of factors (font type, font size, header size, body size, margins, copy, image sizes, etc.

- Review style guide with team

- Ensure prototype and future design coincides with style guide

Tasks

- Select a font that embodies luxury and legibility (30 minutes) - Marty

- Select template colors that are best practice for web design and are gentle on the eye (30 minutes) - Marty

- Create a set of standards to follow for main content (30 minutes) - Marty

- Create home page layout (2 hours) - Drew

- Incorporate page layout into style guide (15 min) - Marty

- Create logo (30 min) - Matt

- Write style guide requirements against logo (15 min) - Marty

Notes

References:

http://brandresources.depaul.edu/graphic_standards/ws_design_elements.aspx#palette

http://www.yale.edu/web/styleguide/index.html

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/create-website-style-guide

https://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30

Style Guide for Web Site

Style Guide