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| Getting Started |
It's time to begin your journey into creating, designing and publishing your own dynamic, creative and original web pages. The learning curve is very easy and you really don't have to be a rocket scientist to be a competent web designer. |
| Pen and Paper |
This area of the design process requires just that a pen and some paper. This is where you lay the foundation for your web site. Design Outline: This is a general outline of how you would like your page to look, how many columns where you want your title and where the content will sit on the Page. The more information you have here the easier you will find it further along the design process. A great place to start is to think of the sites you like to visit and which ones are appealing to look at. Content Outline: What kind of content will your pages contain and where will it come from, will it be from personal experience or will it be a combination of personal and external content. Start by writing a general guide or plot and think of the different chapters in your book as possible web pages. Style Outline: How do you want your page to look, what colors do you want to use, which fonts and the types of headings. These are all very important to the design process. |
| Identify Site Goals, Audience and Tone |
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Site Goals: Simply put what is it that you are trying to achieve, what is the goal of your site. Is it designed to educate, be informative, do you want to entertain your visitors whatever your goals have a clear purpose for your site and maintain that purpose throughout your entire web-site. Intended Audience: Who is your web sites target audience, if your selling something is there a market for it, your intended audience will set the tone for your web site. They can also help you define your content. Site Tone: Now you have identified your target audience you can now determine the tone of your web site. If you are targeting teens then the appropriate language would be more hip or up to date. It is very important to maintain the appropriate tone throughout your web site. |
| Understanding Intellectual Property(IP) laws |
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Copyright: What is it, basically anything that is an original work by the author, this ranges from literature, music to painting the list is endless and I'm sure you get the picture Trademarks: Trademarks or logos is anything that is original in its design for example a company logo or something that identifies with your web site. It is very important to register your trade mark or logo. Patents: Unless your web site is about something you have invented then this part of IR law is irrelevant. As it is usually associated with new technology. To go straight to the next step CLICK HERE |