This exercise requires you to analyze wireframes detailing the architecture of a website and design a content type to store all the required information.
Objectives and Prerequisites
You will need the following knowledge and skills. If you need a review, check out the Resources section at the bottom of this page.
- Plan the site building process from a set of requirements.
- Compose a table of fields which can be used to store data appropriately.
Wireframe Reference
You will need to refer to the wireframe collection PDF.
- Review Page
Tasks
Analyze each page on the wireframe to derive what fields will be required to represent a Movie Review content item. For now ignore content in the header and footer.
Create a spreadsheet to illustrate the design of your content type.
The format of your spreadsheet should be as illustrated below:
| Field Name | Data Type | Description |
| Movie Title | Text | The title of the movie |
| Movie Image | Image | An image from the film |
| Movie Review | Long Text | A review of the film |
| Link to IMDB | Link | A link to an external site |
Summary
- Before commencing work on a new site, establish as many requirements as possible.
- Document how content can be stored before starting development.
Resources
- Developing Drupal Sites: Plan or Perish (Palantir.net)
