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Purpose of your Site
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Identify your target audience
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Have a statement of purpose
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Know your main objectives
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Have a concise outline of the information your site will contain
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Interface and Site Design
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Create a navigation plan (button or menu bar, metaphor, provide context)
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Design the layout for pages
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On every page include informative title,
author or institution name (including contact information), creation or
revision date, one link to a local home page
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Include the "home page" URL or link on
major menu pages
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Use a 'storyboard' to assist in design
and planning (see example)
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Make stylistic decisions (color, font,
etc.)
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Create/find illustrations and photographs
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Research/write the content
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Construction
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Create each web page, fill in content and illustrations
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Link the web pages to local and other web pages as
appropriate
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Marketing
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List web address on business cards
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Add to search engines
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Maintenance
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Update content and modify revision date
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Respond to e-mail, etc.
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Add new content
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Verify links still work
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For More Information
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Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton Web Style Guide
Yale University, 1999
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http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual
Created by: Susan Bustetter
Last modified: August
18, 1999
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