Designing Web Pages

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Designing Web Pages

• by Verdi Huffman

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Planning A Curriculum Web Page

• Things to Consider
• Your Audience
• Your Purpose
• Content
• Design Flow
• Time

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Building a Website that Works

• There are plenty of online resources that will
  help guide you through the process of building an
  effective web site. Lets visit some suggested
  sites.

• The Website Development Process
• Netscape Composer Tutorials and Examples
• Tutorial on Creating Web Pages with FrontPage
  Editor

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Effective Design

• GraphicsTake a minimalist approach
• Menu Pages vs. Data Pages
• Consistent Format
• Provide Navigational Tools
• Be consistent
• Include Contact Information
• Breadth and Depth
• How soon do your visitors arrive at data pages?

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Effective Design continued

• When linking to WWW sites, take visitors directly
  to the good information.
• Do not post identifying information and
  photographs of identifiable children.
• Have others preview your site before uploading it
  to a server. Test it out in your classroom.

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Web Site Sins

• Long Download Times
• Multimedia Overkill
• Dead Links
• Awkward Navigation
• Non- Stop Animation
• Orphan Screens
• Splash Screens
• Long Scrolling Pages
• Outdated Content