Web Development

Successful Web development requires knowledge and skills in many areas, and constant attention to processes and key web elements.

Web Development consists of:

• Define target audience, purpose, objectives, and policies for information development and use.
  
• Check technical construction of web with validation tools; evaluate information consistency and verify correctness of domain information.
  
• Separate information into page-sized chunks; connect pages along routes of use and user thinking; provide information, context, and navigation cues; create a consistent look and feel.
  
• Create an extendible directory and file structure; use HTML tools where helpful; use templates for supporting consistent look and feel; check implementation in various browsers.
  
• Target publicity releases for general Web audiences, potential users, and current users; follow online community norms and practices; innovatively connect with users to meet their needs.
  
• Continuously and creatively work for improvement to meet user needs; use testing, evaluation, and focus groups to shift and change web's content as user needs change.
  

 

Web Design

A good web designer takes into account the web's purpose and audience. A good designer knows how to achieve the effects called for in the most flexible, efficient, and elegant way. A web designer should have a thorough grounding in implementation processes and possibilities as well as knowledge about how particular web structures affect an audience.

Web Design consists of:

• Create a consistent look and feel for the web.
  
• Separate information into manageable page-sized chunks
  
• Provide cues for the reader about the web's information structure and contents, context, and navigation.
  
• Use links to connect pages along the routes of use and user thinking.