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Website Design: The Beginning
- First things first!
Yes, I know you would like to design your site and have it completed before 5:00 today. Well, that's not going to happen, so slow down and do it right the first time.
Before beginning to design a web page you need to consider the overall design.
- What is your main theme?
- Who is the site targeted to?
- What will the site say?
- What pages will link to what pages?
If you don't do some paper and pencil work first, you will find yourself redoing much of what you design. Sit down and answer the questions below.
1. Decide on your Purpose. Why are you designing this site? Make it a beneficial addition to the internet. The web does not need another useless site.
2. Who is your audience? Is this site to help others? Will you be selling a product?
3. Layout a few pages. Using paper and pencil, jot down the information you will include on 4-5 pages. This organization will help you realize how your pages will interact--what will link to what.
4. Organization. Do you want people to go through your site in a particular direction or do you want them to access all your information from your homepage?
5. Consider a consistent way of naming your pages. Files should be named clearly and short, this will make the pages easy to identify when creating links. This will help you in the future.
Web Designs Options
A Centralized, Hierarchical Model A Circular Model
- Organizing Files
Before you begin, create a central folder or directory to hold all materials for your website. This folder will contain HTML documents, images, and external files.
