This is driving me CRAZY!!! :wall:
So I am finally migrating over data to my new MacBook Pro, and I’m trying to come up with the ultimate filing system for all of the crap on my HDD!!
While creating an organizing scheme, I seem to have “hit a wall” on the topic below…
What is the difference between “Content” and “Design”??
Right now I have the following Folders/Sub-Folders set up…
CONTENT RESEARCH
- WRITTEN
- AUDIO
- VIDEO
- PHOTOS
- SURVEYS
DESIGN RESEARCH
- CHARTS
- GRAPHICS
- WEB OBJECTS
- PAGE LAYOUT
- LOGOS
- BUTTONS
- BACKGROUNDS
(*NOTE: The purpose of these two directories is place for me to store things as I do research for upcoming articles. It is also a place to store stuff that looks interesting, and can serve as inspiration for both the “Content” and “Look and Feel” of my website…)
When I created these, I was using the term “Design” to mean “The look and feel of my website, i.e. how it is designed…”
But here is the problem…
Being a Business Systems Analyst by trade, when someone says “Design” to me I think of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and…
Analysis ---> Design ---> Development ---> Testing ---> Go Live
Really what I am setting up now is a place to keep all of my research for my website after it goes live. In other words, what will fill up my website.
So, yeah, I could have two “Design” folders, but that just seems confusing?!
Deep down, I guess I want a different name for the stuff above I am calling “Design”, because to me “Design” is more like Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Architectural Designs…
Is any of this making any sense?! :-/
Sincerely,
Debbie