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Five Great Principles of Web Design

Five Great Principles of Web Design. Principles of Web Design. Keep it simple Content is critical--Form is not. Speed is “King”. Consistent filenames are key. Design efficiently. Cite your sources. K.I.S.S. Principle. Maintain simple, consistent page layout.

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Five Great Principles of Web Design

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  1. Five Great Principles of Web Design

  2. Principles of Web Design • Keep it simple • Content is critical--Form is not. • Speed is “King”. • Consistent filenames are key. • Design efficiently. • Cite your sources.

  3. K.I.S.S. Principle • Maintain simple, consistent page layout. • Keep backgrounds simple and high contrast to allow easy viewing of content. • Design the page so that user does not have to scroll from left to right to see the whole page

  4. Content is Critical…. • Users are completely uninterested in learning anything about how your site works. They came for content. • “Learn and think about your audience, then learn and think about computers, then think again about your audience.” • Use a simple template to design your webpage. You then have time for other things in your life.

  5. Speed is King • You have 3 seconds to convince a user not to use the Back button. • More speed, less interactivity • Follow the less is more principle.

  6. Consistent filenames are key. • Use all lowercase • No spaces • First page is named index.htm • All webpage files are stored in the same folder • All images are stored in a folder within the folder that stores the web files.

  7. Design efficiently • Include images and animation that help communicate the content. • Images should not exceed a total 100k per page. • Do not include identification information with photographs. • Use a large, commonly understood navigation scheme. • Use meaningful terms for hyperlinks

  8. Design tips continued • Use standard fonts • Colors should be “web safe” as much as possible. • Pages should be sized so they will display properly in a variety of screen resolutions.

  9. Cite your sources • “Give credit where credit is due” • Have another coworker double check the webpage before publishing.

  10. Web Design Resources • http://www.bagism.com/tablemaker/ • http://werbach.com/barebones/ • http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/beyond/ • http://www.smplanet.com/webpage/webpage.html • http://libweb.uoregon.edu/it/webpub/ • http://www.suelebeau.com/webdesigning.htm

  11. Sources • http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/98/34/index1a_page2.html?tw=design • http://www.bham.wednet.edu/technology/webtenets.htm • http://k-12.pisd.edu/guide/schools/webpages/

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