Website Fundamentals

One Size Does Not Fit All

• Agecroft Hall On Virginia.org

Website: www.agecrofthall.com • The Dinsmore House Inn On Virginia.org

Website: www.dinsmorehouse.com

• Loudoun County Website: www.visitloudoun.org

UI : User-Centered Design• Clear Navigation• No dead-end pages• Direct access• Bandwidth and Interaction• Simplicity and Consistency• Design Integrity• Feedback and Dialog

http://webstyleguide.com/interface/user-centered.html

Design

• Site Design• Structure – Theme – Elements

• Page Design• Dimensions – Templates – Platforms

• Landing Pages

http://webstyleguide.com/process/design.html

Browsers

Operating Systems

Monitor Resolutions

Accessibility

• Alternates and Fallbacks

• Style Sheets

• Guidelines• WAI www.w3.org/WAI

• 508 www.section508.gov

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Content is King (Queen)

• For the Reader

• Use Keywords

• Emotions

• Engaging

• Consistent Style

Content is King

• Tight

• Grammair and Speling

• Lists

• Images

• Link – descriptive text

More

• Tools and Evaluations later