Transcript Professional - DePaul University

DePaul University
SNL 262
Web Page Design
Design Information
Instructor: David A. Lash
AdvWeb-1/11
Towards a better design
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Rule 1 - Look Professional
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Make sure site is available
Make sure links work
Anticipate traffic level to site
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Professional ?
130K
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http://www.montcopa.org/da/dabio.htm
AdvWeb-3/11
Too Large
Professional?
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Do You need that design element
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Animated graphics
Moving/Blinking text
Music
Mystery Meat Navigation
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Know your Audience
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Design to the target audience
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Ease of Use
Make a easyto-use initial
page.
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Some Navigation Issues
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Can a user tell where they are within a site?
Can user tell what are navigation options from
current page?
Can user find what they are looking for?
Can the user tell what else is at the site?
Can the user tell who’s site they are looking at?
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Top 10 Design Flaws
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
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By Jakob Nielsen, SunSoft Distinguished
Engineer
1. Frame use:
Can be confusing
2. Too Much Technology
3. Scrolling Text, Marquees, and Constantly Running
Animation's
4. Complex URLs
5. Orphan Pages Should be clear on Each page how it fits
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Top 10 Design Flaws
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
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By Jakob Nielsen, SunSoft Distinguished
Engineer
6. Long Scrolling Pages
7. Lack of Navigation Support
8. Non-Standard Link Colors
9. Outdated Information
10. Overly Long Download Times
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Writing for the Web
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Keep it short
Use Bullets and sub bullets
Say what is most important up-front.
Link to relativist references (for more
information)
Long narratives are for articles only.
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Testing Your Site
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Some things to consider before making your
site “production”.
1. Spell Check Each Page Separately
2. Validate All HTML Code
3. Make sure to test pages somewhere
besides your desktop.
4. Try Different browsers and different browser
versions
5. Try different access speeds.
6. Test EACH link .
7. Each form/application needs special care
- What happens is skip a field, send bad
data or skip form entirely.
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