Web Site Design

//What is the web?

• U.S. Military created it
• network of cables underground - telegraph poles got bombed

//Who invented the web?

• Tim berners-Lee - invented HTML

//Static sites -

• updated occasionally
• galleries
• contact/info/bio

//Data base sites -

• searchable content
• less design - more function
• advanced specalist technology

//Web safe design basics -

• colours
• fonts
• size (720px x 460px is the standard)

//Useful terms -

• HTML - hyper text markup language
• FTP - file transfer protocol
• Fetch (FTP program) - email the company to get it free as a student
• CSS - cascading style sheets
• Java - similar to HTML
• Meta tags - helps your site get found
• google only searches the first 50 meta tags
• the client > designer > viewer > client

//Attracting a client -

• clearly cost each part of the job (e.g. first page £150, each page after £75, galleries half of normal page)
• people skim data - make it clear
• make contact easy
• 2 click rule - don't click more than twice for what they want
• first page - give as much info as possible

//w3.org / flashkit.com / actionscript.org / adobe.com

//Web banner standard size - 600px x 150-200px

//huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox - application for use in galleries