Page Building


User-Centered Design:

What you put on your personal web site is, of course, up to you. Anything goes. But if you are producing a web site which is supposed to provide information delivery to an audience, it's a good idea to observe

Some Rules of Thumb

  1. Think SMALL--keep graphics in small sizes to shorten download time.

  2. Don't use patterned backgrounds; be cautious of using colored backgrounds

  3. Don't use yellow text. Ever.

  4. Keep text colors to a minimum to avoid chaos

  5. 50-60k is the outside size for a page

  6. Plan around 800 X 600 resolution; if possible, shorten line lengths for readability.

  7. Try to limit the need for scrolling; Make sure the most important info appears at the top of the page

  8. Use approximately 50% of normal verbiage for web pages. If you have large amounts of text, convert to .pdf and provide for download.
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