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Basic Training In Creating Your Own Webpage
Interested in designing a website, but need some guidance? These instructions are a step-by-step guide to creating a website that is organized logically, easy to navigate, and accessible by most visitors, regardless of computer type or visual/hearing difficulties.
Follow these simple steps to create your own website.
Step 1: Shortly before beginning to create a website, think about your audience and purpose for designing the site. It may be very helpful to write this information down so that you can refer back to it during the design process.
Step 2: Decide which template, if any, you would like to use for your site. A template, which is a pattern or guide used in the construction of the website, can either be found in a published source or modeled off an idea borrowed from another designer.
Step 3: Maintain a simple and consistent layout throughout the site. Be sure that the features, such as a company logo and/or navigation menu, can always be found in the same place.
Step 4: Think of the pages you need to have and organize them logically, by importance and by topic.
Step 5: Consider who your audience is, and write accordingly. Refrain from using confusing abbreviations or jargon.
Step 6: To make your text easier to read, break it into smaller sections, using subheadings and appropriate spacing to separate each the sections. The use of bold or different sized font in the headings can show the hierarchy and importance of the topics.
Step 7: Be sure that you have avoided plagiarism and observed all copyright laws. Whatever you include on your website must be both legal and ethical.
Step 8: Test your website. Make sure that all links work and that images appear as you want them to. Change your monitor settings to different resolutions, such as 640x480 with 16 colors and 1024x768 with 24 colors to guarantee that your website will appear as you want it to all visitors, regardless of what kind of computer they have.
Step 9: Publish your website.
Step 10: Don't waste the user's ink when printing. Use a separate style sheet for printing. If your web site has colored background images, make sure to take them off.
Step 11: Make sure your visitors know that the site is active and being modified. Put a "This page was last modified at ..." text somewhere on the page. Keep your users notified.
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