| How to Prepare for a Web Site |
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Decide on the purpose of your site. |
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Collect your content (text, images, video, and animations.) |
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Decide on how you will organize your content while keeping in mind that you will be presenting it over the web. |
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Devise a hiearchy scheme for your site content. |
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Create an outline or flowchart of your content. |
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Decide on your primary topics, these will most likely become your menu items. |
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Make sure your menu text makes sense and is readable to your audience. |
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Organize your content into chunks of information that you can present on the web in one to three screens (including the menu, header, and images you might have.) |
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Make your text scan-able and readable. |
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Keep your sentences to no more than 20 words. |
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Keep your paragraphs to 2 - 5 sentences. |
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Provide a page title for each page to help your user navigate and know where they are. |
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Only use images, audio, video, or animations that supports or adds to the overall message of your content. Make sure they are properly sized (pixels) for the page. |
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