Option 2: For-ProfitThere are three parts to this assignment: (Microsoft Corp is the company to use for this assignment)If you have not already done so, locate the website for the for-profit that you
Designing a Good Home Page – Do’s and Don’ts
DO | DON’T | |
Place important information in the top 2/3 of your browser window. | Make your visitor search around for the “meat and potatoes”. | |
Use attractive graphics to define your page. | Use clipart and animated gifs that dance all over the screen. | |
Make your homepage a starting point that serves as a “roadmap”. | Link every single subpage to your homepage. | |
Consider your audience. Don’t get to “flashy”. | Use so many components that the page loads very slowly. | |
Consider your colors and background choices. | Use colors that have no contrast (i.e., black on blue). | |
Consider your domain name. Once you have one, keep it. | Make it hard to remember, too long, or similar to a porn site. | |
Choose a font that is large enough and easy to read. | Use fancy nondescript fonts that are difficult to read. | |
Make it so plain that it is boring. |
References to save you time:
Yale Style Manuel: http://interface.free.fr/Archives/Guide_web_Yale.pdf
Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-mistakes-web-design/
A Beginners Guide to Web Design: http://www.webquarry.com/~raditha/web/
Angelfire: http://angelfire.lycos.com/howto/webshell/templates/index.tmpl
(The above information is provided by Scott McLaughlin of Heartland Hosting, LLC)