CHS Web Design Track

4 Planning a Successful Website: Part 2

Chapter Objectives

  • Discuss the relationship between page length, content placement, and usability
  • Complete Step 4: Specify the website's navigation system
  • Complete Step 5: Design the look of the website
  • Complete Step 6: Develop a plan to test, publish, and maintain the website
  • Use a checklist to review your web design plan
Class Discussion:

What is the value of eye-tracking studies in webpage design.

Classroom Activities

Critical Thinking:

When would you use each type of navigation level? Why?

Quick Quiz:
  1. A text link should clearly identify its ____.
  2. A(n) ____ is a hierarchical outline or horizontal list that shows a visitor the path he or she has taken from the home page to the currently viewed page.
  3. A(n) ____ is a summary page of links to major pages at a website.
  4. A(n) ____ menu is a list of related links.

Classroom Activities

Critical Thinking:

Why is it important to create a visual consistency across all pages at a website?

Quick Quiz:
  1. You can create ____ by repeating design features across all pages at a website.
  2. ____ software contains tools you can use to create sample website color schemes based on color theory.
  3. ____ is a method of creating documentation that plans the arrangement of page elements.

Classroom Activities

Class Discussion:

How is a site plan checklist useful?