Web Page Design

Course Sampler
By Alonzo (Lon) Hosford
Table of Contents

1. Good Web Pages Design On Purpose
   1. How To Get A Good Web Page Design
   2. The Three Elements Of The Web Design Process
   3. The Commandments
2. Information Design
   1. The Visitor
      1. Experience Levels
      2. Technology
   2. The Content
      1. Visitor Profile
      2. Content Inventory
      3. Content Organization
   3. The Information Flowchart
3. Interactive Design
   1. Which Way Is Up?
      1. Degrees of Immersion
      2. Orientation
      3. Metaphors
      4. Navigation
      5. Usability
   2. Functionality
      1. The big picture
      2. The little details
      3. Video
      4. Sound
      5. Text
   3. The storyboad
4. Presentation Design
   1. The Basics
      1. The Three Golden Rules
      2. The Media Balloon
      3. Resolution
      4. Anti-aliasing
      5. Color
      6. Dithering
      7. Compression
      8. Media Management
   2. Style
      1. Building
      2. Using Content
      3. Unity Versus Uniformity
      4. Interface families
   3. Layout
      1. Functionality versus Visual Impact
      2. Conventions
      3. Alignment and grids
   4. Interface Elements
      1. The Construction Kit
      2. Backgrounds
      3. Windows and panels
      4. Controls
      5. Images
      6. Text
      7. Video
      8. Sound
      9. Animation and transitions
   5. The prototype