Creating Your Website, Step-by-Step

Introduction

Define Your Audience

Develop an Inventory

Group Your Information

Arrange the Categories

Decide on a Name

Incorporate "Must Haves"

Incorporate Graphics

Do a Draft

Lay Out Topic-Level Pages

Create Your Content

Summary

• Now we're getting to the fun part--we're going to layout the website.

• Surf the web to see what you like, don't like

• Our recommendation? Start with a large pad of newsprint and a box of crayons!

• Remember - think about your real estate
  • Try to limit your front page to one screen
  • Make sure your audience will find the most requested information on the front page

• Use the same font styles and sizes throughout your site
  • Be consistent--pick a font and stick with it
  • We recommend a sans serif font, such as "arial" -- serifs can make words blur on the screen.
    • This is a sans serif font (Arial)
    • This is a serif font (Times Roman)