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    1. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Purpose
        • What do you want to accomplish?
          • Without a clear purpose, your site can become pointless and rambling
        • Who do you want to reach?
          • Your target audience determines look and feel, but also how content should be written
        • What do you want to tell them?
          • Have some key concepts and ideas. Distill it.
          • Remember: people skim, not read, Web pages
          • Avoid lengthy, pedantic or overly academic content
    2. Web Design and Maintenance
    3. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Content is King
        • More important than any other element, including colors, layout or images
        • Can be difficult and time-consuming
      • Content Tips
        • Supply all of the text exactly as you want it to appear
        • Watch for abbreviations, acronyms and jargon
        • Don't cut corners and assume we will fill in the rest
        • Organize content to reflect the structure of your site
    4. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Omit Needless Words
        • After you write content, remove half the words.
        • The page will be less noisy.
        • Useful content will stand out.
        • Pages will be shorter (that’s good, since people don’t read).
        • Avoid small talk, welcomes and mission statements. Users want you to get to the point.
        • No one reads instructions. Don’t include them.
    5. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Focus on the User or Student
        • Audience determines presentation
        • Do not focus on the perspective of your office, department or self
      • A User Should Not Have to Ask:
        • Where am I? Where should I begin?
        • What am I looking at?
        • Where did they put _____? Why did they call it that?
        • What are the most important things on this page?
    6. Web Design and Maintenance
    7. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Photo Tips
        • Use high-resolution images
        • Clearly display the subject
        • Photos taken on cell phones/ webcams or that do not clearly frame the subject should not be used
        • Avoid using Bengal Card photos
        • Examples
          • Good- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/BrianAttebery.html
          • Webcam- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/RogerSchmidt.html
          • Framing- http://www.isu.edu/housing/hall_rendezvous.shtml
    8. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Photo Examples
          • Webcam- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/RogerSchmidt.html
          • Good- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/BrianAttebery.html
    9. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Photo Examples
          • Framing (from an actual ISU page, now removed)
    10. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Photo Tips
        • If you embed photos in a Word or PDF file, please send the original photo files separately
        • Schedule a shoot with Photographic Services, or request photos they already have
          • http://www.isu.edu/urelate/photo_services
          • 282-3775
    11. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Print Pieces
        • If digital versions of print materials are available, we can use design elements from them to create a site.
        • Examples:
          • http://www.isu.edu/asisu/march/
          • http://www.isu.edu/acadaff/strategicplan/index.shtml
    12. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Example of Print Piece to Web Site: March through the Arch
          • http://www.isu.edu/asisu/march/
    13. Web Design and Maintenance
      • Example of Print Piece to Web Site: Strategic Plan
          • http://www.isu.edu/acadaff/strategicplan/index.shtml
    14. Web Design and Maintenance
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