web design fundamentals
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WEB DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS
Book By: Daniel Gray
Presentation By: Navin Dhanuka
ABOUT ME
Navin Dhanuka
I.A.
U.X.A.
C.X.O.
Email: [email protected]
Blog: http://geek007.wordpress.com
Mobile: 9322624026
ONE THINGS CERTAIN ABOUT
WEB SITE DESIGNITS A
NEVER-ENDING
TASK
FACTORS IN WEB-SITE DESIGN
Design
Content Creation
Production
Maintenance
MOST BASIC TYPES OF WEB GRAPHICS INCLUDE
THE FOLLOWING
Identity Graphics Corporate & Product Logos
Should have consistency
Should be on every page
Structural Graphics Overall Shape Of Page
Navigational Graphics A Way To Get From Here To There
Contextual Graphics
Tie Directly To Page Content
What are they? :
Illustrations
Photographs
Clip-Art
Charts
Screen Captures
Ornamental Graphics - Dingbats & Icon
THINGS TO TAKE CARE WHEN MAKING YOUR
WEBSITE
Catch your visitors attention with carefully chosen
link names and images.
Great, high-traffic Web sites don't need to be
cutting edge examples of technology.
Do your research, plan carefully, and get your
website started on a solid foundation.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WEBSITE
1) Small Business
2) Educational
3) Corporate
4) Ecommerce
5) Nonprofit Organization
6) Governmental
7) Community
8) Personal
1). SMALL BUSINESSES
What they want from website? Capture Sales Leads
Provide Details On Goods And Services
What to give them? Do good design
Do good SEO
Do good affordable, daily budget based SEM
2). EDUCATIONAL
What they want from website? Inform existing & prospective students
Provide
course catalogs
class schedules
book requirements
What to give them? Do good design
Do good Navigation Hierarchy
Every click should be unambiguous
Give them a blogging engine
3). CORPORATE
What they want from website? Inform investors, press and customers
Provide
post investor information such as annual and quaterly reports
post press releases
provide details on products and services
deliver online customer support
What to give them? Do good design
Do good Navigation Hierarchy
A CMS to update details as and when there is need
4). NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
What they want from website? Raise money & Inform patrons
Provide
channels to accept online money
post press releases
provide details on initiatives
What to give them? Do good design
Do good Navigation Hierarchy
A BLOG to update details as and when there is need
e-Payment system for accepting money online
5). GOVERNMENTAL
What they want from website? Inform Constituents
Provide
news and information
details on law and regulations
What to give them? Do good design
Do good Navigation Hierarchy
A CMS to update details as and when there is need
A Newsletter System to update people about development &
progress
6). COMMUNITY
What they want from website? A means of e-communication within the offline community
Provide bulletin boards
chat rooms
personal web pages
creative sharing
What to give them? Do good design
Do good Navigation Hierarchy
A CMS to update details as and when there is need
A Newsletter System to update people about development & progress
7). PERSONAL
What they want from website? Tell my Story, Views & Show My Portfolio
Provide
My Personal Portfolio
My Views
My Creatives
What to give them? Do good design
Do good Navigation Hierarchy
Wordpress Photo-blog & Wordpress Blog
RSS
20 WAYS TO SINK UR SHIP &
HOW TO FLOAT IT AGAIN
It breaks the browser
It requires a plug-in
Its too slow
The color shifts
Jaggies and Ghosting on Transparent Graphics
Pages are too wide
Pages are too long
Text is too large (or too small)
It looks like a circus
Advertising Overwhelms The Content
P.T.O.
20 WAYS TO SINK UR SHIP &
HOW TO FLOAT IT AGAIN
Metaphors cloud meaning
Poor Navigation
Content is burried
Its poorly edited
Poor showing in the search engines
Broken Links: It goes 404
It does not sell
Nobody's Home
Its not fresh. Oh the site is the same.
Its a one way street. I never got a reply for my feedback.
P.T.O.
