How to Develop Website Wireframes Using ConceptDraw PRO

Use this template to prototype and design the wireframe graphic user interface (GUI).
"A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. Wireframes are created for the purpose of arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose. The purpose is usually being informed by a business objective and a creative idea. The wireframe depicts the page layout or arrangement of the website’s content, including interface elements and navigational systems, and how they work together. The wireframe usually lacks typographic style, color, or graphics, since the main focus lies in functionality, behavior, and priority of content. In other words, it focuses on what a screen does, not what it looks like. Wireframes can be pencil drawings or sketches on a whiteboard, or they can be produced by means of a broad array of free or commercial software applications. Wireframes are generally created by business analysts, user experience designers, developers, visual designers and other roles with expertise in interaction design, information architecture and user research.
Wireframes focus on:
(1) The kinds of information displayed.
(2) The range of functions available.
(3) The relative priorities of the information and functions.
(4) The rules for displaying certain kinds of information.
(5) The effect of different scenarios on the display.
The website wireframe connects the underlying conceptual structure, or information architecture, to the surface, or visual design of the website. Wireframes help establish functionality, and the relationships between different screen templates of a website. An iterative process, creating wireframes is an effective way to make rapid prototypes of pages, while measuring the practicality of a design concept. Wireframing typically begins between “high-level structural work - like flowcharts or site maps - and screen designs.” Within the process of building a website, wireframing is where thinking becomes tangible.
Aside from websites, wireframes are utilized for the prototyping of mobile sites, computer applications, or other screen-based products that involve human-computer interaction." [Website wireframe. Wikipedia]
The wireframe GUI template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Graphic User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This is company website home page wireframe example.
"A home page or index page is the initial or main web page of a website. It is sometimes also called the front page or main page (by analogy with newspapers), or written as "homepage." ...
A home page is generally the first page a visitor navigating to a website from a search engine will see, and may also serve as a landing page to attract the attention of visitors. The home page is used to facilitate navigation to other pages on the site, by providing links to important and recent articles and pages, and possibly a search box." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Home_ page]
The website wireframe example "Company website home" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

The vector stencils library "Wireframe grid" contains 7 web page layout design patterns.
Use these grids to position content and widgets on your web pages using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"In graphic design, a grid is a structure (usually two-dimensional) made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical, horizontal, and angular) or curved guide lines used to structure content. The grid serves as an armature on which a designer can organize graphic elements (images, glyphs, paragraphs) in a rational, easy to absorb manner. A grid can be used to organize graphic elements in relation to a page, in relation to other graphic elements on the page, or relation to other parts of the same graphic element or shape. ...
While grid systems have seen significant use in print media, interest from web developers has only recently seen a resurgence. Website design frameworks producing HTML and CSS had existed for a while before newer frameworks popularised the use of grid-based layouts. Some grid systems specify fixed-width elements with pixels, and some are 'fluid', meaning that they call for page element sizing to be in relative units like percentages, rather than absolute units like pixels or points." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Grid_ (graphic_ design)]
The webpage layout patterns example "Design elements - Wireframe grid" is included in the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This is wireframe sample of photo gallery webpage layout.
"Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online. Photo-sharing websites offer services such as uploading, hosting, managing and sharing of photos (publicly or privately). This function is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. The term can also be loosely applied to the use of online photo galleries that are set up and managed by individual users, including photoblogs. Sharing means that other users can view but not necessarily download the photos, users being able to select different copyright options for their photos." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Photo_ sharing]
The photo sharing website wireframe example "Photo gallery webpage" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This is multi-author blog wireframe example.
"A blog (weblog) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject. More recently "multi-author blogs" (MABs) have developed, with posts written by large numbers of authors and professionally edited. MABs from newspapers, other media outlets, universities, think tanks, advocacy groups and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog traffic." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Blog]
The website wireframe sample "Multi-author blog" was designed using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This is online shop website wireframe example.
"Online shopping (sometimes known as e-tail from "electronic retail" or e-shopping) is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-web-store, e-shop, e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store, online store, online storefront and virtual store. Mobile commerce (or m-commerce) describes purchasing from an online retailer's mobile optimized online site or app.
An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. In the case where a business buys from another business, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping. The largest of these online retailing corporations are Alibaba, Amazon.com, and eBay." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Online_ shopping]
The website wireframe sample "Online shop" was designed using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

The website wireframe vector stencils library "Design elements - Icons" contains 127 web icons.
Use this icon set to design your webpage layouts with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"In computing, an icon is a pictogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system or mobile device. The icon itself is a quickly comprehensible symbol of a software tool, function, or a data file, accessible on the system and is more like a traffic sign than a detailed illustration of the actual entity it represents. It can serve as an electronic hyperlink or file shortcut to access the program or data. The user can activate an icon using a mouse, pointer, finger, or recently voice commands. Their placement on the screen, also in relation to other icons, may provide further information to the user about their usage. In activating an icon, the user can move directly into and out of the identified function without knowing anything further about the location or requirements of the file or code.
Desktop icons for file/ data transfer, clock/ awaiting, and running a program.
Icons as parts of the graphical user interface of the computer system, in conjunction with windows, menus and a pointing device (mouse), belong to the much larger topic of the history of the graphical user interface that has largely supplanted the text-based interface for casual use." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Icon_ %28computing%29]
The web icon set example "Design elements - Icons" is included in the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

The website wireframe vector stencils library "Advertisement" contains 17 banner add blocks.
Use these web banner design elements to layout advertisement on your webpages using ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web delivered by an ad server. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking to the website of the advertiser. In many cases, banners are delivered by a central ad server." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Web_ banner]
The banner add blocks example "Design elements - Advertisement" is included in the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

The website wireframe vector stencils library "Text and Images" contains 73 text and table blocks, image boxes, titles and labels, bulleted and numbered lists.
Use it to design your webpage layouts with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"Part of the user interface design is affected by the quality of the page layout. For example, a designer may consider whether the site's page layout should remain consistent on different pages when designing the layout. Page pixel width may also be considered vital for aligning objects in the layout design. The most popular fixed-width websites generally have the same set width to match the current most popular browser window, at the current most popular screen resolution, on the current most popular monitor size. Most pages are also center-aligned for concerns of aesthetics on larger screens." [en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Web_ design]
The website wireframe shapes example "Design elements - Text and Images" is included in the Website Wireframe solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.