Home Page Development Update

---

Much of what I have learned about Web page design has been from conversations with collaborators. My thanks go particularly to Martha Baker, Rich Barrette, Beau Baughamer, and Kathy Llewellyn.

---

Roadmap

1. Preview: the new OACRAO Web Site

   
   

2. Review

   ---

   What is the Internet?

   What is the World Wide Web?

   How do I learn all the HTML "tags?"

   How do I make Web pages?

   ---

   • How is the Web different from hardcopy?

   • What can I learn by theft?

   • When should I upload new or revised pages?

   • How do we organize our team?

   • How do we use criticism?

   
   

3. What goes on my page?

   • What can I do on my own?

   • What can I do with an artist's help?

   • What can I do with a programmer's help?

   • What about CGI, Java, and Javascript??

   • When should I use Java?

   • How does Java Work?

   
   

4. What Design Goals Should Influence My Web Pages?

   • What is the Web page design process?

   • How can the conceptual design be planned?

   • How much attention should I pay to "hit" counts?

   • What are good Web page design goals?

   
   

5. How can I keep my Web pages robust?

   • What makes Web pages fragile?

   • How can I avoid making my pages fragile?

   • Where else can I find information about robust page design?

   
   

6. What are a dozen Web page features I should use?

   
   

7. What ten Web page characteristics should I avoid?

   
   

8. Questions?

Dick Piccard revised this file (http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/oacrao98/index.htm) on November 4, 1998.

Please send comments or suggestions to piccard@ohio.edu.