October 7, 2015

Version 1 7:59... Just in Time!

It's been an awesome 24-hour journey, now it's time to hand off the final deliverables that you'll move forward with.


The Process

We finally made it to the finish line, friends! After a mere 24-hours we completed our marketing goals including our brand new website! We were challenged to redesign Downtown Streets Team core site that would be responsive and resonate with all users to start getting involved with fighting against homelessness. Creating a website that still resonated with DST overall style; implementing a cohesive layout; and maintaining it all within a responsive framework was a fun project that both ZURB and DST can be proud of!

We hit the ground running and jumped right into capturing DST current site via Web Audits. We dove into understanding the business needs and the needs of our users.

From Web Audits, we jammed right into laying out DST current site map and how we can improve the overall site structure with recreating their Site Map via progressive design!

After getting awesome feedback throughout various iterations we solidified our new site map and moved into Wireframes. This is when the product really started to fall into place. We started to see all of the details that would be involved in the site and its various interactions.

These sketches along with quick iterations allowed us to better shape the web functionality and interactions. From here we jumped right into Coded Protoypes. We felt with the overall layout established, this gave us the advantage of being able to really get our hack on and dive into our code! Laying out our site early on in the process allowed us for even more fidelity.

The next step in crushing the project was to turn the wireframes into elegant Design Layouts. Through multiple iterations we were able to nail the visual designs that created an engaging (and #awesomesauce) experience for users.

Now with web/front-end well on its way, it was time to make the application shine by locking down the back-end Volunteer Platform and Technical Set-Up with a deeper dive into technical approaches.

The entire project took 24-hours to create Downtown Streets Team marketing web application core interactions and visuals. We'd like to thank the whole Downtown Streets Team for coming into our ZURB HQ and creating a difference together! We had an awesome time working together and can't wait to see the our site fight homelessness!

The moment we've been waiting for..

THE FINAL CODE