Web Design
a presentation by
E. Rotich
, Our Goals
• See why Web design guidelines are necessary
• Discover how to find the defacto standard for
every aspect of your site's design
• Discuss Jakob Nielsen’s "Top Ten Guidelines for
Homepage Usability"
• Learn how to design good Web pages and Web
sites from the start
• See how your choice of page font impacts your
pages' readability (and why you should stay away
from serif fonts like Times New Roman)
• And much, much more …
, Good News / Bad News
• The good news is that anyone can
create a Web page or Web site.
• The bad news is that anyone can
create a Web page or Web site.
, Regardless of whether you use
Macromedia Dreamweaver,
Microsoft FrontPage, or simply
code by hand, there are some
guiding principles you need to
remember whenever you design
anything for the web.