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An Introduction To Websites With a little of help from “WebPages That Suck

An Introduction To Websites With a little of help from “WebPages That Suck. 3 Categories of Website. Business To make money Eg http://www.virginblue.com.au/ Information To disseminate information or opinions Eg http://www.led-zeppelin.com/ Ego A personal webpage.

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An Introduction To Websites With a little of help from “WebPages That Suck

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  1. An Introduction To Websites With a little of help from “WebPages That Suck

  2. 3 Categories of Website • Business • To make money • Eg http://www.virginblue.com.au/ • Information • To disseminate information or opinions • Eg http://www.led-zeppelin.com/ • Ego • A personal webpage

  3. Business Site - Guidelines • looks professional • branded • Eg no spelling errors • easy to navigate • Divide content into logical groupings • Informative • What does the company do, can the user tell this from the front page • Contact information on every page • marketed properly • Search engine submissions • Suit the target audience • quick to load • More than a breath go somewhere else

  4. Who is the target audience? • Identify • Current customers • Potential customers • What are their information requirements? • How can you best present this information? • What are possible paths the target audience may take?

  5. Homepage Often first page a user visits so it is very important. It should: Fast to download Clearly display “Sites purpose” Contain navigation Look professional

  6. Navigation • navigation tools • texts • Graphics • both • Consistency (type, position, links)

  7. Text • Content is King • Must be easy to read • Font size, face, color & background color • Scannable • Generally people scan not read • Bullet points • Summarise text • If there is too much text: • add graphics • Allow user to print and or download the document

  8. Graphics • Don’t use them unless they look really good • Keep the graphics file size small • ie jpeg or gif • Use blocks of color instead • Careful of background images • text must be easy to read • Use image descriptions - (Alt parameter) • Do you need animated GIFs • Don’t use them for the sake of animation

  9. Sound • Is it necessary?

  10. Good web design… Consider: • Planning 1 - site map • split the content into logical sections • Planning 2 – page layout • How each page will look • Planning 3 – Content guide • Page content • Carefully select text and graphic • Browser Support • eg IE and NN • Hardware support • Different screen resolution, download speeds

  11. Creating a Web pageor site • WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get • Eg dreamweaver, frontpage • What you design on-screen will (should) appear in a browser window • Raw HTML code • Homesite, Notepad

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