Reaching out through the Web . . .

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Reaching out through the Web . . . During World
Wars I and II, people around the world tuned in
their radios to learn how the war was progressing
and to listen to political leaders such as
Winston Churchill deliver important speeches.
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Reaching out through the Web . . . Radio
broadcasting revolutionized communications by
allowing people to learn about events as they
happened. Today, the World Wide Web allows more
people to communicate faster than ever before.
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Reaching out through the Web . . . The Web
contains millions of Web sites that offer news
and information about individuals, companies, and
organizations.
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B a s i c s i n a B o x
Web Site at a Glance
GUIDELINES STANDARDS
A successful Web site should

• clearly show what the site is about
• be designed in a logical manner so that users can
  easily navigate through the parts of the site
• use graphics to add to or clarify written
  information

• include well-written text that provides accurate
  and current information
• provide working links to other reliable Web sites
  related to the main topics
• offer text, graphics, and links that relate to
  each other and that work together to create a
  whole

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Creating Your Web Site

• Dont be overwhelmed by the technology involved
  in publishing on the Web. The first step in
  creating your Web site is deciding what you want
  to publish. Your site might include
• a brief description of who you are
• information about your hobbies, interests,
  talents, job, or school
• your stories, poems, and school essays

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Text Planning the Content
1. Choose your subject or subjects. Stick with
three or four subjects that are interesting and
that you would like to share with others. 2.
Develop the subjects or issues that you will
include. Make some notes about all that you
already know and all that you might want to
include about each subject.
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Text Planning the Content
3. Decide how many pages to include in your site.
How many pages will you need to clearly cover
the content? Use the notes you made about your
subjects to help you figure this out. 4. Organize
your home page. How will you set up your page?
Most Web sites cluster around various topics. You
will need to decide on the order of topics on
your first page and how to encourage users to try
out the various possibilities you are offering
them.
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Text Planning the Content
5. Look for resources. Books or the Web itself
will give you information on planning your Web
site. You might find diagrams helpful.
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Graphics Planning the Design
1. Focus on the first page or home page of your
site. Visitors to your home page should be able
to learn quickly what the site is about, who
created it, and what links are available. 2.
Think about the balance of graphics and text.
How many illustrations or visual aids will you
provide? How much text will you include? Make
several sketches to help you achieve the right
balance.
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Graphics Planning the Design
3. Keep it simple. Make sure the elements of your
site work together to create a clear
presentation. Dont crowd your screen with
unnecessary colors or visuals. Also avoid using
large or complicated illustrations that take a
long time to download. Visitors to your site will
be frustrated by this.
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Graphics Planning the Design
4. Compile an annotated list of Hypertext links.
Make a list of several other Web sites that offer
additional information about your topics. Be sure
these other sites contain reliable information.
Jot down a brief description of each site. Later,
you can decide which ones to link to from your
site.
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Creating Your Web Site

• Maintain a clear focus on your goals as you
  develop your content. Follow these steps.
• First, write the text. This can include short
  paragraphs that introduce the site and labels or
  captions for the graphics, as well as other
  paragraphs that provide more in-depth information
  on a topic.

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Creating Your Web Site

• Next, arrange the text and graphics so that the
  organization of each page in your site is clear.
  Use your planning sketch as a guide. Remember
  that space is limited. The more text that you
  use, the smaller the graphics need to be.

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Creating Your Web Site

• Finally, add your links. Review your annotated
  planning list of links and select those that are
  most relevant. Make sure you havent connected
  your site to any bad linkslinks that dont work.

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Creating Your Web Site

• TARGET SKILL
• ELIMINATING CLUTTER
• Visual clutter can make a Web site hard to
  understand. Delete any text or graphics that seem
  to distract viewers from the main points of your
  page.

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Creating Your Web Site

• TARGET SKILL
• COMPLETE SENTENCES
• Your Web site will create a better impression if
  you take the time to edit your text. Reread
  captions and paragraphs to check that you have
  written complete sentences. Be sure that each
  sentence contains a subject and a predicate.
  Rewrite any fragments you find.