Examples

The possibilities of the Internet are pretty much infinite and we have created this page, and the next, to give you some ideas of what can be done to dress up your site and give it a sense of flair. These examples are by no means the only possibilities. They are just presented here to get you thinking.

Accessibility

One important factor to keep in mind as you are planning your site is your target audience. Do you want lots of graphics, audio, video and multiple javascripts or applets? All these things may sound good, but consider these points.

• If your intended viewers are using older web browsers or a standard dial-up connection, they either can't view the content you are presenting, or getting your pages to load is such a chore that they visit once and don't come back.
• Some people don't allow Javascripts to run on their computers, so any content delivered this way is lost on them.
• People with some types of disabilities use their computers to explore the Internet in a different way than those without a disability and pages need to be designed to take their special needs into account.

The bottom line: if you plan to reach the largest possible audience, then you must make allowances in the site design to allow everyone access to your content. As an example, the entire Desktop Webworks site is constructed in such a way that all its pages are visible in all current browsers and, except for the Examples 2 page, can be viewed in browsers back to Netscape 4.7. Granted, the pages lose their layout, but the content can all be viewed in a logical fashion. All of our pages also validate with a triple A compliance for the standards of the WAI and also pass the standards of Section 508: meaning that people with disabilities can access all or our content, even with a text browser alone.

Fonts

Fonts can be used to decorate a page, break up the layout, or make your page look like a standard printed page. Fonts can be LARGE or small. They can also be done in bold, italics, or teletype styles. They can even be in color.

The biggest problem with fonts is that not everyone has the same fonts on their computers. In addition, many people have their browsers set to run a specialized font face, or a larger font size, than the one you have planned for your page. For this reason, it is best to stick with the basic fonts. Although new technology allows specialized font faces to be imported into a page, this feature is not well supported, so it is best to create text items, such as drop caps, as graphics, in order to give your viewers the best chance of seeing the page as you intend it to look.

Text Layout

Since the introduction of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), we now have more control of text placement than ever before. Paragraphs can be indented with relative ease (a style that is slowly disappearing from both printed and Internet pages) and quotes or citations can be set off in the same way they would be within the typeset pages of a book.

Lists and outlines can also be set up to mimic the printed page. In fact, nearly anything that can be done in print can be:

• set up to be viewed on a web page and
• formatted to print on a standard sheet of paper.

Note:  If you really wish to keep the exact layout and typesetting of a document, it is recommended that you convert the document to the Adobe format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is readily available and, best of all, free.

Forms

Forms are a way to get feedback from the visitors to your website, either as information that is mailed to you, or in the form of a guestbook (one example of a form can be found on our Contact Us page). Most web hosts offer some support for forms and this is something we will have to investigate before we add a form to your site.

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