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There are several things to consider in creating your Web page. Your
site should look good, contain useful information, fully demonstrate
what you are offering, and load quickly and easily on different platforms.
- People spend very little time reading word for word on the Web.
Rather, they scan pages, noticing such items as:
- bold, italic, or colored text
- hypertext links to other sites
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- bulleted lists like these
- graphic images which load quickly
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- For a broad philosophical view of the digital age, visit the
Nua
Knowledge Base New Thinking column by Gerry McGovern. His articles
on
Measuring
Knowledge Capital and What Is Design?
are very useful and informative.
- For an ongoing collection of succinct and useful articles about what
does and doesn't work on the Web, visit
Jakob Neilson's Alert Box.
His list of the Top
Ten Mistakes in Web Design is particularly useful. His discussion
of Sun's Usability Testing Labs is
very informative.
- For links to many useful Web design sites visit
Usable Web, a guide to Web usability resources.
- For an in-depth guide to Web site design and construction, visit CNET's
Elements
of Web Design (takes awhile to load but is full of information.)
- The Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide may be found at
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
- For a list of award winning sites, see
http://awards.tenagra.com/
- Recommendations for Ease of Use, a critical factor in Web site design
http://www.creativegood.com/
- For a playful (yet serious) look at problems in Web design, visit
"Web Sites that Suck".
- For marketing ideas see http://www.forrester.com
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