In terms of how we proceed:
* You should send us a document with your understanding of the specs, which should include all functionality you will build including wireframes of screens. The screen designs can/should be very basic, just showing basic functionality.
* We will comment on the specs and wireframes and once we agree you will proceed
* The initial build you send us will include basic screen designs, we should probably agree on simply things like if we will include a tab interface (black area on bottom of screen with options), etc., etc.
Project requirement:
A) TABLE OF CONTENTS: has uploaded a typical PDF file in dropbox. Notice that this file does have a table of contents but does not have table of contents functionality. How will we create a table of contents so the user will be able to navigate to sections? Will we create a separate xml/plist file that defines sections and points to where in the file these sections are? Let us know your thoughts on this?
B) Design: We really favor interesting and creative designs over more standard designs. So for example, we really love the design of the App ‘Classics’. http://appshopper.com/books/classics
Be sure to download this. This design is a bit too ‘cute’ for us, but you’ll notice it’s really nice and creative. We like how the table of contents icon is on the top right of the title bar — we would like a similar functionality. We don’t need animation when turning page like they have, but something unusual and interesting would be nice. The Amazon Kindle App is pretty nice too. Please also search it in the appstore. We really like the way the menu options and title bar appear when the user touches the page. We would like to see something like this. The options on the bottom of the screen for bookmarking, changing font size/screen color, moving quickly though the file, etc., etc., work really well. We also like how the user can move forward and back either through swipes or by touch just touching near the left or right side of the page.
In your specs you should suggest how you would recommend these types of simple design choices.
C) The goal of this project is for us to have a final build that allows us to create multiple apps on our own. Each app will either have one PDF file (so the App might be ‘The Health Care Reform Bill’ and it simply includes the PDF file that including in the attachment). The App might also include a few files and the user will select the file from the main screen — like in the Classics app although it doesn’t need to be as elaborate and fancy as the Classics app.
Since we will want the ability to easily create our own Apps without programming you need to clearly let us know how to make the changes. I’m somewhat knowledgeable about doing basic things in xcode, so doing things like changing moving new files into the build, changing the splash and icon images and modify a plist file are fairly easy for me. I can also change the name of the app, etc., etc. You’ll just need to give us basic instructions on how to make the changes for future apps.
D) File Format: We’ll look for you to recommend to us what file format or formats would work best. Many of the files will come to us in PDF form as has loaded. If it’s easy to convert to HTML or DOC or some other format let us know what you suggest and how we should best translate. Alternatively if PDF would be the best format then you should also suggest how we best translate file to PDF.
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Please build a wireframes screens and answer my question in the proposal.