Introduction to Web Site DesignRest of this semesterFinal projectSlide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Design QuestionsGeneral steps of web site designWho is your audience?Organizing InformationGood Web CommunicationSite MapSlide 14Defining your MyMSU siteWeb Page LayoutTables, tables, tables!Areas of a Web PageA 2 x 2 LayoutTable within a tableThe outer tableThe inner tableCentered with three columnsReally complicated design!Advanced Layout designLayout ViewLayout table and Layout cellSlide 28Autostrechable layout cellsExtra readingIntroduction to Web Site DesignRest of this semesterWednesday Nov 26th, the last lecture.Friday, Nov 28th, Thanksgiving.Monday Dec 1st, review session.Wednesday Dec 3rd, the last quiz.Friday Dec 5th 9:10AM-12:30PM, Open Lab for the final project.Monday Dec 8th, Final project due.Final projectThree OptionsAcademic website. (Not your personal site)Commercial website.Visual Basic Program.Due Dec 8th at 5:00PM.Outline due Dec 2nd at 9:00PM.Introduction to Web Site DesignA Web site is a collection of Web pages devoted to a single topic.Designing a good website requires more than just putting together a few pagesWe will spend all of today preparing to design the layout for Web siteDesign is 80% of the real work!Implementation is time-consuming but routineCorrection mistakes you make during design will “cost” you much more effort if you have to fix them during implementationIntroduction to Web Site DesignNavigating the printed pageWriters create papers to be read from beginning to endReaders may look for particular informationTable of ContentsIndexHeadingsFlip through pagesIntroduction to Web Site DesignNavigating the WebNavigation constrained by the Web designerUser has less control than readers of printed pagesMust select from options provided by Web designerIntroduction to Web Site DesignGood Web site design Think about the structure of the siteHow are the pages organized? How does the reader navigate from one page to another? What options does the reader have for locating information of interest?Design QuestionsWho is the target audience (or audiences)?What information is most prominent on the site's home page? Is this the most appropriate information for the target audience?Does the site have a uniform look and feel? What design elements constitute the uniform look? Is there a smooth transition between pages in the site?Does the site look the same in Netscape 6.2 and Internet Explorer 6.0?What different logical document divisions are present on the pages of the site? Which are used for navigation?Which are used to display content specific to the page?How much of the site's content is dynamically generated and likely to change on a regular basis?General steps of web site designSurveyWho’s my audience Decide the general styleOrganize informationLayout designTemplate designImplementationGenerating content page from template.Testing the web sitePublishingWho is your audience?When designing a site, consider the audience:College Students – Cool and FlashyBusiness World – Clean and professionalAcademic World – Straightforward and FactualKids – Bright and InteractiveOrganizing InformationDecide what info goes on each pageFriends pageFamily pagePersonal pageHobbies pageGood Web CommunicationBe ConciseLimit choices – use a hierarchical structureA hierarchy is a structured organization where some pages are at a higher level than othersHierarchy results in a site map with multiple levelsSite MapA site map is designed to show the connections between pagesA graphical site map uses lines to connect linked pagesSite MapInterior orInternalPagesWilloughby's WebsiteSplash Pageindex.htmlPictures Gallerygallery.htmlName Pagename.htmlProgress Pageprogress.htmlCanada Tripcanada.htmlChristmas Treetree.htmlDefining your MyMSU siteDreamweaver is not just a HTML editor.It provides full management of your website.Create a folder for your MyMSU siteIn Dreamweaver create a New SiteSetup the Local Folder Name the site MyMSU websiteSet the other values in the local folder tabWeb Page LayoutLayout of web pages is very importantPoor layout makes for -Difficult navigation.Hard to locate information on page.Hard to remember the current position.Visually unappealing.Tables, tables, tables!Use tables to lay out your pages!Make the table borders invisibleA 2x2 table works wellAreas of a Web PageMenuHeaderContentLogoA 2 x 2 LayoutTable within a tableThe outer tableThe inner tableCentered with three columnsReally complicated design!Advanced Layout designProblems of HTML table layout.Not flexibleHard to adjust when done.Dreamweaver gives you several different way to lay out web pages.The most powerful tool to design layout is “Layout view” in dreamweaver.Layout ViewView Menu->Table Mode->Layout ModeLayout table and Layout cellLayout table and Layout cellLayout table is the outer border of the tableLayout cell defines the inner cells.Dreamweaver automatically translate the layout table and cell to standard tables.Autostrechable layout cellsAutostrechable layout cells automatically fit the width of the browser.It is idea for layout design that targets different screen resolutions.It is good for pure text layout cells, but bad for image layout cells.Use fixed layout cell if you want exact appearance.Extra readingRead Macromedia Dreamweaver MX tutorial chapter
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