Website Construction Features

1. Website Construction Features

2. Frames • Websites can be created with or without the use of frames. • If you choose to use frames: • Frames pages are used to divide the browser window into different areas. Each area is a different webpage. • The banner frame can be used to display the name of the website and a logo. • The contents frame will have a menu. • Clicking on a menu option will display a page in the main frame. www.kgv.ac.uk/intranet/it/cer/Unit8ProjMan/unit%208%20ELT/index.htm - How do the frames help people use this site?

3. Action Buttons • A button is an image that represents an action. When you click on it with the mouse, some action happens. • When 'pushed’ or ‘clicked’, in addition to performing a predetermined task, buttons often undergo a graphical change to look as if they are being temporarily depressed or pushed in. • On websites, the action may be to link you to another page or to submit a form, etc. Click Me! www.computerstudies.info/ch64/ch64.html (Test 6) - How do the buttons help people use the test?

4. Text Hyperlinks • Any section of text can be used as a hyperlink to another webpage. • Often hyperlinks are underlined so the user can recognise them. • Hyperlinks may also be recognisable by formatting them a different colour to the body text. • Visited links may be formatted a different colour to the original. www.kgv.ac.uk/intranet/it/cer/Unit7Web/unit%207%20ELT/create/map.htm - How do the text hyperlinks help people use the site?

5. Graphical (image) Hyperlinks • Images can also be used as links. • You can use any image as a link, but remember that all images must be downloaded into the browser for the webpage to display properly. • This can take a long time over a slow connection and may deter some visitors. http://www.kgv.ac.uk/intranet/it/ - How do the Graphical Hyperlinks help people use the site?

6. Internal / External Links • Internal links allow the user to find their way around the site. • Sites might use: • Linking by structure and/or • Linking by theme • External links allow websites to link to a number of other sites. • Portal sites and directories are full of external links. • Other sites provide very few external links.

7. Hotspots / Image Maps • A large image can be placed on a web page, which contains a number of “hotspots” that act as links. http://flagspot.net/flags/g(euro.html – How does the image map help people find flags on the site? http://www.grabyourboots.com/walks - How do the image maps and frames help visitors to this site?

8. Email Links • An email link allows the visitor to send an email directly to the organisation. • When the user clicks on it, a new message window is opened in their email client software (such as Outlook). http://www.kgv.ac.uk/intranet/it/cer/

9. Login Feature • Several types of site may require user log-in: • E-commerce sites • Sites that can be personalised • Forums & chat rooms • How can this be helpful? https://www.amazon.co.uk/

10. Fast download speeds • Images, sounds, animation and video can all make sites slow to download. • Web designers need to ensure file sizes are as small as possible to enable users to download the pages quickly. http://www.amazon.co.uk/ - How does the fast download of the many images on this site help the user?