A Little Web Design 101

As we roll into Unit II, aka Hypertext, I decided to focus my web article on the most basic rules and element of web design. You can read the whole article for yourself here, or you can read the following summarized bullet points:

• There are many things you can't control that can affect the way your design appears on another's screen. A few of these include: the web browser, color depth of the monitor, and your operating system.
• A website's design is not completely contingent on your personal tastes, but on that of your AUDIENCE
• Remember to optimize everything you put on your page so that it will load quickly.
• Organizing and compartmentalizing your files is key to adding links and multiple pages to your site
• The use of various color combinations for your website can lead your audience to believe various things (like red is bad for financial websites but blue or gray is fine)
• Not everybody has the same fancy font as you! Keep it simple, and everyone will see it.

Seems easy enough, no? I haven't yet decided what topic I want to cover for this unit, but I'm leaning towards either the rules and regulations on how Scholarship funds are distributed to the student body or Why the health center has yet to expand. Any thoughts?

Happy Wednesday!