Summary
Designing a successful Web site involves a number of
interrelated factors. This talk will summarize
the basics lessons learned about Web site design
while creating and maintaining the
UW Home Page.
The basic principles are to keep
the site...
- Oriented toward the user's needs
- Direct in its presentation
- Efficent in its operation
- Up-to-date with current, useful information
Major topics covered in this talk will include the following:
- Succinct writing
- Use of headings and lists to show the structure of
the material
- Careful use of graphical elements
- A simple, quickly understood structure
- Task orientation
- User testing
Presenter
Rick Ells
Information Specialist, Computing & Communications
Member of UW Home Page
Webguides Team
Web Location
http://staff.washington.edu/rells/design/
