HTML NOTES
Who is the site for?
One of the most important componants to developing a website is to know who is going to be using it. Here are some questions you might ask yourself.
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What is the age range of your target audience?
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Will your site appeal to more women or men? What is the mix?
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Which country do your visitors live in?
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Do they live in urban or rural areas?
Why people visit your website?
- Your content and design should be influenced by the goals of your users.
What are your visitors are trying to achieve?
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You are looking for key tasks and motivations that users are trying to fulfill.
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What information your visitors need.
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How often will they be visiting your site?
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How often is the subject updated?
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How often do the same people return to purchase from you?
Site Maps
A site map is a diagram that helps you plan the structure and flow of the site.
Wireframes
A wireframe is a simple sketch of the key information that needs to go on each page of a site.
Visual Hierarchy
Using Size, Color, Style to help the user navigate the site is very helpful.
Basic HTML Info
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HTML describes the strcture of pages.
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HTML uses tags (characters that sit inside angled brackets) to give the information they surround special meaning.
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Tags are often referred to as elements.
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Tags usually come in pairs. The opening tag denotes the start of a piece of content; the closing tag denotes the end.
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Opening tags can carry attributes, which tell us more about the content of that element.
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Attributes require a name and a value.
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To learn HTML you need to know what tags are available for you to use.