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The Goal
To create a departmental web site that is professional
in appearance, easy to maintain, up to date, cost effective
to develop, easy to navigate, content is searchable,
and the site follows established policies and standards.
Learning by Example
Learning from someones mistakes and accomplishments
is a common practice in almost any field. It is easier
to learn from other existing web sites how to create
a calender, create a biography page, layout pictures,
include audio, use logos, create footer, look at different
methods of navigation, page counters, user surveys and
forms.
Professional Appearence
Being consistant across all web pages within a site
makes it look professional. To be consistant there are
a few things you can do. One, limit the number of font
styles and sizes to a minimum and be consistant in there
use. A title or header should be the same font style
and size on all pages. Two, use color only to highlight
or draw attention to a specific string of text. Three,
limit the use of clipart images and use appropriate
photographs instead.
Graphics
Limit the graphics to 2 or 3 images per web page. Make
sure the pictures are needed and are discriptive of
the web page. Crop the graphics to get rid of any unwanted
background in the image. This will make the images smaller
and faster to load. The file names should have some
meaning without having to load the file. They should
also be lowercase without any special characters except
the "_" underscore.
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