The Basics of a Good Website:
- Colour combinations - good combinations, colours that match
or go well with eachother.
- Colour scheme - it's a good idea to have a colour scheme as well, this just makes
the site look better and more presentable to the viewer.
- Organized information - seperate sections for different ideas,
centered or off to the side when appropriate, titles where neccessary.
- Working links - all links should be checked to make sure they're in
working condition.
- Dates - dates of webpage updates, exact and accurate.
- Updates mentioned - helps viewers to find what's new on the site.
- Guestbook - helps website manager to know what viewers think need
improvment, collects useful info from viewers.
- Counter - useful for seeing how much attention website is getting.
- Text - readable, large text so that it can be easily read, easily
read colour.
- E-mail address - address where website creator can be reached incase
there are any questions in need of answering.
- Links - links to other related websites, descriptions of those
website's contents.
- Easily remembered website address - easily remembered website address
is good for hits.
- Spelling and grammer - properley spelled words and content,
proper grammmer used.
- Content - interesting and informative.
- Music - fun for viewer.
- Animations - moving animations make the site more fun and enjoyable.
Software Used to Create Website:
- Notepad - to process all the HTML code that went into creating
the website.
- Photoshop 4.0 - resizing pictures, viewing pictures before adding
them to the website.
- Internet Explorer - viewing website while building.
- Netscape Navigator - also viewing website while building and for
gathering information, pictures, music files and animations.
- Winamp and Windows Media Player - testing midi files before adding
them to the website.
The Role of Websites, History and
Future:
The Role of Websites:
- For sales purposes and advertisement
- For fun and enjoyment
- To make information available to others
- For businesses
- For groups and organizations
- For the sharing of downloadable files
- Electronic means of bringing people together (inexpensively)
The History of Websites:
- Websites havn't really played a major role in our society until just
recently. In the short time they've been here, they've dominated their
domain, the world wide web. They can make just about any information
available to the world at just the click of a mouse.
- Websites have gone from being a rare contender in the business world
to being absolutely critical to survive.
- At first, website creation was used mainly by corporations and
and large businesses. Today, websites are created by just about anyone
who can understand a website creation code or tool, such as HTML.
The Future of Websites:
- We think websites will continue to be a tool people use for many
different purposes. It's unlikley that websites will be forgotten
anytime soon.
- They will continue to increase in technological advancement, but
become easier and easier to use and build.
- As the term bigger and better states, the same applies to websites.
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