Design Discussion
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web_design.pptChapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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These seven principles will help you
design effective Web sites and pages:
- Create informative headers and footers.
- Help readers navigate the site.
- Include extra features readers might need.
- Help readers connect with others.
- Design for readers with disabilities.
- Design for multicultural readers.
- Design simple, clear Web pages.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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Follow these five guidelines for
making your site easy to navigate:
- Include a site map or index.
- Use a table of contents at the top of long pages.
- Help readers get back to the top of long pages.
- Include a link to the home page on every page.
- Include textual navigational links at the bottom of the page.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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This is a typical site map:
Source: National Institutes of Health, 2010 <www.genome.gov/sitemap.cfm>.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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This is a typical table of contents:
Source: U.S. Copyright Office, 2010 <www.copyright.gov/help/faq>.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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Consider these three types of disabilities:
- vision impairment
- hearing impairment
- mobility impairment
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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Follow these three suggestions
when designing for multicultural audiences:
- Use common words and short sentences and paragraphs.
- Avoid idioms, both verbal and visual, that might be confusing.
- If a large percentage of your readers speak a language other than English, consider creating a version of your site in that language.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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Follow these three guidelines
for designing a simple site:
- Use conservative color combinations to increase text legibility.
- Avoid decorative graphics.
- Use thumbnail graphics.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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Follow these three suggestions
to make text easy to read:
- Keep the text short.
- Chunk information.
- Make the text as simple as possible.
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Chapter 7. Designing Documents and Web Sites © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
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Follow these two suggestions
to write clear, informative links:
- Structure your sentences as if there were no links in your text.
- Indicate what information a linked page contains.
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