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| Consider how
your audience will receive the page |
As with any design, it's
good to know whom you're designing for. This is
even more important when designing for the Web
because of the wide range of equipment used to
access the Internet. Your visitors may be using
Macs, PCs, Unix boxes, or homemade one-of-a-kind
machines. Even within a single platform, the
number of monitor colors can range from two to
millions. And those are just the hardware
differences!
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| Provide an email link for feedback |
One convenient aspect of
designing for the Web is that its two-way nature
allows instant feedback from online visitors.
People will let you know if they think your
design is working and if it isn't. To facilitate
this process, your site should provide an email link so that visitors can
voice their opinions and ask questions. At the
bottom on this page I have included
"Contact: Chris Miller" so people can
contact me with problems.
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| Design for the Library Computer Lab | If your site has a
registration form, the information you collect
from it can be very useful in planning or
changing the design of your site. By asking
visitors what operating system, modem, and
browser they're using, you can get a better sense
of how many graphics to put on a page, how wide
to make your site, and so on. As a default here
at PSU, design for the computers in the Library Computer Lab since every student has
access to them, and they are popular. |
Website Design
Site Unity | Organization | Typography | Layout | Style
Guide | Audience | Page
Size
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Map
Related Tutorial
Web Images | Scanning Images
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Contact Nancy Perrin, or John Rueter. PSU's FIPSE Project coordinated by Nancy Perrin and John Rueter, © 1998. Page constructed by Chris Miller. Last updated on June 23, 1998. For more see the About Page. |