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Plan: is the method used to obtain specific results. Carefully develop a
plan for your Website. Define your target audience in other words
determine who are your customers. What would appeal to you as the customer? Search
around the Internet and see
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differently? The Most time-consuming part of developing a Website is putting the content together so that is not only presentable but appealing. You'll want to outline the
objective, goals, target audience, what type of content you plan to put on your website
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Visual
appearance is important
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The use of colors,
consistency, content, graphics and
good navigation all work together
toward creating an effective Web
site. Start with what you have,
pictures, photos of your products,
brochures, company logo and
written materials. Write down any additional
information you need to
obtain.
The first thing a person sees when
he calls up your site on the
Internet is your website, that is
why Visual Appearance is so
important. Some things to
keep
in mind when designing your
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- Keep the look of your Website consistent.
- Use the same fonts and text colors throughout your site.
- Don't too much mixing of fonts.
- Your background colors should remain the same on each page.
- Your logo should appear the same and located at the same place on each page.
- Your image style should be standard.
- Your site should be easy to navigate and your navigation system should be
repeated on every
page in the site, and can be located at the top, left, right or
bottom of your page. what ever you decide be consistent.
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Do not use too many graphics it will slow down you web site loading time
A site should down load quickly, the suggested amount of time is 15-20
seconds. Use the same headers and footers for each of your pages
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Keep it simple not too flashy the idea is to bring attention to the products or service
you are selling. Once you learn HTML coding, create a page template and use it as
a blueprint for each of your Web pages.
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Maintain your site. Keep your site up to date.
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