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-: Web Site Design
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Some
Rules for Writing Effective Web Pages. |
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The topic, its main idea, and its
conclusion |
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Should be immediately visible, locatable, or knowable. |
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Ideas
rule structure |
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Main ideas at the "top" of the screen;supporting
and secondary information below. |
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Structure
of the content and the website |
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Should
be readily recognizable to your visitor. |
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Simple
constructions are best; |
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Limit one idea to a group
of words, whether sentence, phrase, paragraph. |
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Avoid
technical terminology |
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Unless
you clearly and intentionally have its purpose in mind
and definition available. |
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Data,
detail, and complexity |
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Are subjects for subsequent pages and should be logically
placed. |
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Each
subsequent page's content |
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Should be apparent by its link, and consistent with its
predecessor. |
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Detailed
information |
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Can be accessed through links for printing. |
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Edit
out the superfluous |
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No matter how clever if it detracts from your message. |
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Spell
check, |
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Then have your pages independently proof-read. |
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Always
focus on your message. |
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Invite
feedback with a "mailto" for comments, suggestions,
questions to enhance the effectiveness of your website;
ignore (don't respond to or waste your time on) idiotic
responses. |
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Formatting:
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- Each page should be consistent in
design
- Use a table, one row/one column,
to center your text in the monitor's display (80%
or so) to create margins left and right
- leave white space between paragraphs
to enhance readability.
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The
use of graphics (your choice) can: |
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- reinforce text
- elaborate on text
- highlight text
- replace text
- be meaningless and distracting (not!)
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