How to Make Good Web Pages

Good Web Pages help bring users to the Internet site

To make good web pages, follow the best practices for website design, layout and page navigation. Using best practices for a good web page ensures that pages are easy to read and seamlessly integrate with the other pages they link to. For image-intensive web pages, use quality images and video with consistent labeling techniques. Pay close attention to the page layout and design to avoid page clutter. Regardless of the topic, good web pages follow the best practices for text, layout, graphics, links, and navigation.

Instructions

1. Choose the best font for the web page. If the page is text oriented an easily readable font like Times Roman or Arial are good choices. For image-oriented pages, be more creative and choose from Verdana, Georgia, Trebuchet or other clear, readable fonts.

2. Decide on the proper navigation for the web pages. The navigation must be consistent on all of the pages and easy for anyone accessing them to understand. Difficult navigation makes a web page a bad web page. Avoid unpredictable or unreliable navigation techniques. The simpler the navigation between the pages, the more the readers of the web pages will enjoy them.

3. Make the colors of the visited web page links different than the links not visited. The users accessing the web page can differentiate between hyperlinks using the color change as long as it is consistent.

4. Use quality, clear graphics with web-safe colors. This ensures that the color displayed is the color expected by the web page user. An inaccurate display of colors on a web page is an easy way to make a page a bad one. Missing or incorrect color displays can ruin the entire web page or interfere in delivering the message to the user.

5. Check the overall design of the web pages. Good design equals good web pages. Make sure every page on the website has an acceptable page footprint, like 800 X 600 pixels; fast page loading; clear, readable pages with quality images; and a consistent look and feel. The recurring elements of good web pages create the appearance of a homogeneous site.

References

• Terry Ann Morris, Ed. D.: Web Design Best Practices Checklist
• Robin Williams: Good Design Features
• The Internet Digest: Web-Safe Fonts for Your Site

Resources

• lynda.com: The History of the Browser-Safe Web Palette
• PageResource: Changing the Link Color