Introduction to Web Design, Course D313 Syllabus

Week 1 - Basics of Web Design

• Focus on the customer
• Working with your clients
• FYI - information on domains
• Web design patterns
• Site development processes
  • Naming conventions
  • Purpose of a website
  • Planning your site

Week 2 - Design Principles

• Design principles
• Effective Page Layouts
• Layout options
  • Using tables, layers, frames
  • Working with forms
  • Using CSS to add interest and flexibility to a design

Week 3 - Page Layout - Navigation

• Principles of effective navigation
• More than one way to navigate
• Hierarchal organization
• Task-based organization
• Other ways to organize your navigation
• Making navigation easy
  • bread crumbs
  • links, embedded & external
  • error messages
  • unified browsing hierarchy
  • high-visibility buttons
• Accessibility issues

Week 4 - Managing Content

• Speeding up your site
• Assisting your visitors with task completion
• Writing for search engines
• Printable pages
• Version control
• Searching the site

Week 5 - Color and Graphics

• Using color on your pages
  • flashing colors
  • bright colors
• Pros and cons of background colors
• Contrast
• Do's and don'ts of Graphics
• Dimension vs weight
• Wrapping text around a graphic
• Using Background graphics
• Banners & moving objects

Week 6 - Credibility

• Site branding
• Privacy policies
• Disclaimers
• Email subscriptions

Week 7- Site Management

• Site organization
  • Organizing associated files
  • Keeping prior versions
• Directory structure and organization
• Too many cooks in the kitchen - version control

Week 8 - Final Steps & Extras

• Testing your site
• When you need help testing
• Online research

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