HTML style

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Table of Contents

HTML style

Guidelines

Outline

Information structure

consider a search facility

use a chart to plan structure and navigation

Navigational aids

provide identification on each page: author, title, update, status (under development), mail address, URL?

Manage external links

Usability

Visual appeal

use graphic design: pay for it or re-use it

HTML features

use transparent inline images to integrate them seamlessly with the background

provide alternatives to online forms for those without a forms-capable browser. e.g. a mailto: link.

Browsers without graphics

for simple icons, use simple ALT descriptions to keep the screen clear

Style and readability

Slow connections

don't use large graphics on home page - users may stop and leave during loading

Validation

Adequate access

Your audience

Intellectual property

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Author: Department of Computer Science

Email: stephen@cs.keele.ac.uk

Home Page: http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/cs/Stephen_Bostock/sjbhome.html