1-8. Web Designer
Ken: Our company needs a dedicated web designer. We’re tiredof consultants! Your resume shows that you studied web design during your lasttwo years in computer science, and interned with a company like us, in theshipping industry.
Jeff: That’s correct. I learned the language of shipping andthe special needs you have.
K: Why is your intern supervisor so enthusiastic (/ɪn,θuzɪ'æstɪk/, 極感興趣的) over the website you designed?What made yours so special?
J: It was simple. I found out who the industry leaders are:Maersk and APL. I went to their websites, found what matched my customer, andmade a stripped-down (精簡的) design suitable for a smaller company.
K: Great idea! That gave you experience on our informationarchitecture – the navigation schemes our customers prefer, and the namingconventions (/kən'vɛnʃən/, 習俗，約定) our industry uses.
J: Will you want HTML or PHP? HTML is easier to update, butPHP stays linked longer, so it doesn’t have to be checked so often for linkloss.
K: You’re the expert, so you make that call after analyzingour needs.
J: Do you want dynamic pages so visitors can interact, orstatic pages with images and information? Will there be content management forcustomer use?
K: We’d like all three on the site.
J: Maersk and APL use a multimedia approach, with video andaudio files embedded in their information pages. Will you want that?
K: Not now. That’s expensive and takes time to do, and wehave a deadline in three months. That’s when the test site has to be up!
J: OK. That will influence which language I programme in.