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Purpose What do you want to accomplish?
Without a clear purpose, your site can become pointless and rambling
Who do you want to reach? Your target audience determines look and feel, but
also how content should be written What do you want to tell them?
Have some key concepts and ideas. Distill it. Remember: people skim, not read, Web pages Avoid lengthy, pedantic or overly academic content
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Content is King More important than any other element, including
colors, layout or images Can be difficult and time-consuming
Content Tips Supply all of the text exactly as you want it to appear Watch for abbreviations, acronyms and jargon Don't cut corners and assume we will fill in the rest Organize content to reflect the structure of your site
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Omit Needless Words After you write content, remove half the words. The page will be less noisy. Useful content will stand out. Pages will be shorter (that’s good, since people
don’t read). Avoid small talk, welcomes and mission
statements. Users want you to get to the point.
No one reads instructions. Don’t include them.
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Focus on the User or Student Audience determines presentation Do not focus on the perspective of your office,
department or self
A User Should Not Have to Ask: Where am I? Where should I begin? What am I looking at? Where did they put _____? Why did they call it that? What are the most important things on this page?
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Photo Tips Use high-resolution images Clearly display the subject Photos taken on cell phones/ webcams or that do
not clearly frame the subject should not be used Avoid using Bengal Card photos Examples
Good- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/BrianAttebery.html Webcam-
http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/RogerSchmidt.html Framing- http://www.isu.edu/housing/hall_rendezvous.shtml
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Webcam- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/RogerSchmidt.html Good- http://www.isu.edu/english/Faculty/BrianAttebery.html
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Framing (from an actual ISU page, now removed)
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Photo Tips If you embed photos in a Word or PDF file, please
send the original photo files separately Schedule a shoot with Photographic Services, or
request photos they already have http://www.isu.edu/urelate/photo_services 282-3775
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Print Pieces If digital versions of
print materials are available, we can use design elements from them to create a site.
Examples: http://www.isu.edu/
asisu/march/ http://www.isu.edu/
acadaff/strategicplan/index.shtml
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Example of Print Piece to Web Site: March through the Arch
http://www.isu.edu/asisu/march/
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Example of Print Piece to Web Site: Strategic Plan http://www.isu.edu/acadaff/strategicplan/
index.shtml
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