Instead, your best strategy is to identify sections you want to change regularly. On a personal site, for example, you might put news on a separate page and update just that page. On a small-business website, you might concentrate on the home page so you can advertise new products and upcoming specials. This is the hardest principle to follow, because it requires not only planning, but a dash of hard-won experience.
One method is to separate information into several pages, so you can add new content without reorganizing your entire site. Another is to use style sheets to separate page formatting from your content see Chapter 6.
That way, you can easily insert new material without having to format the content from scratch to match the rest of your page. Sometimes, the profiled sites have spinning globes and hot pink text on a lime-green background. Other times, they have clunky navigation systems and grotesque flashing backgrounds.
But no matter what the design sins, websites that are bad—hideously bad—are strangely common. For a glimpse at some of the all-too-familiar mistakes, go to www. You can also visit www. However, it will help you learn the critically important art of Not Making Bad Websites. In the meantime, here are a few general principles that can help make sure you never wind up on a worst-of-the-Web list unless you absolutely want to :.
You can cram a lot of frills and goodies into a web page. But unless they serve a purpose, just say no. Adding a lot of fancy touches can make your site seem heady and delusional. Be consistent. To cut down on the confusion, use similar organization from one page to another, similar headings, similar graphics and links, a single navigation bar, and so on.
These touches help make visitors feel right at home. Know your audience. Every type of site has its own unwritten conventions. Good web designers avoid using frills unless everyone can experience them. The creators of the most popular websites carefully consider these sorts of issues. To make your website as accessible as these top sites, you need to stick to widely accepted web standards, follow the advice in this book, and try your site on different computers.
You also need to coordinate with other companies to get your website onto the World Wide Web and give it a catchy address, like www.
Web pages. Every website is made up of individual pages. Web space. Creating web pages is fun, but for other people to see them, you need to put them on a web server. A domain name. If you want to put your website address on a business card or a brochure for a small business, your own domain name is really the best choice.
In the URL www. Web design tools. To get to the next level, you need to step up to a professional web design tool. Chapter 4 explains your options and helps you get started. On its own, a single web page can do only so much.
The real magic begins when you bind multiple pages together using links. Chapter 8 introduces the versatile hyperlink, which lets visitors move around your site. Indispensable extras. You can get your site listed in a search engine Chapter 11 , establish your own community forum Chapter 12 , and even sell stuff Chapter Still hungry for more? Why not create interactive pages with JavaScript code Chapter 15 , design a pop-up menu Chapter 16 , and add audio and video Chapter 17?
All these features take you beyond basic web design and put you on the road to becoming a genuine web expert. Skip to main content. Start your free trial. Chapter 1. Preparing for the Web. Introducing the World Wide Web. Note History buffs can follow the saga of the early Internet in much more detail at www. Web Browsers. Figure A web browser is designed to do two things really well—contact remote computers to ask for web pages, and then display those pages on your computer.
Choosing your browser. Browser usage statistics, which estimate the percentage of people using each major browser, vary depending on what sites you examine and how you count the visitors, but at the time of this writing, this is one reasonable estimate. Tip At a bare minimum, all website creators need a copy of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome, by far the most commonly used browsers today.
Note Although Microsoft experimented with a Mac version of Internet Explorer for years, they finally put it out to pasture when Apple created a built-in browser named Safari. Web Servers. Planning a Website. Types of Sites. The Lifespan of Your Site. Through the …. Successful technical blogging is not easy but it's also not magic. Use these techniques to attract …. Skip to main content. Start your free trial. Buy on Amazon.
Book description Think you need an army of skilled programmers to build a website? Plan your site. Control page design with CSS. Format text, images, links, tables, and other elements. Linux Format UK February Maximum PC Holiday Skip to content Other 0. Plan your site. Control page design with CSS. Format text, images, links, tables, and other elements. Attract visitors. Ensure that people can find your site through popular search engines. Build a community.
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