Now that you can write HTML...Style Suggestions for Your HomePage
The opinions expressed in this document are entirely those of R. Daniel Lineberger. However, since he is the teacher of this course....
- Speed Matters...
- Not everyone has a PowerMac with 24 megs of RAM and a high speed Ethernet connection. Large images slow the rate of loading of your homepage onto the client computer. Other frills (fixed backgrounds, tables, bullets, borders, image maps, etc.) do as well.
Site Optimized for Rapid Loading
Well, what do you think?
A word about gifs and jpegs - The homepage should not be lengthy or complex..
- Save the detailed information for pages in the heart of your site. Use the homepage to introduce your server. Tell who you are, what you are about, and give an index to the rest of your server.
A bit too long, but well done!
I guess if you're trying to link to EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD.... - Just because you can do it...
- Just because you have access to millions of colors, thousands of fonts, buckets of clip art, and millions of links....YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM ALL IN ONE DOCUMENT!
BORING...all suggestions welcomed
NICE...well organized, readable, colorful but not gawdy - Other opinions about Style...
- Yale Style Manual
- Basic Guidelines for Home Page Design
- READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUILD A PAGE!
- Designing Web Pages by Steven Wolf
- Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design
- Basic Guidelines for Home Page Design
WebMasters was created and is taught by Dr. Dan Lineberger, WebMaster of Aggie Horticulture, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
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