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This chapter presented you with a few prescriptions for good Web page style.
Here's a quick summary of a few of the do's and don'ts we covered:
Do:
- Write about topics that interest you, write with passion, and write in your
own voice.
- Be brief and to the point.
- Keep your Web pages to a single topic.
- Use your home page to tie all your pages together.
- On each page include a title, a main heading, a "signature," and
your copyright information.
- Include a link back to your home page.
- Use headers to organize your pages so readers can find things quickly.
- Keep your images small and use the <IMG> tag's ALT attribute to
provide a text alternative to the image.
- Use background images judiciously; make sure any text sitting on top of the
background is readable.
- Keep your links up-to-date.
Don't:
- Forget to check your spelling and grammar.
- Use too many exclamation marks and DON'T SHOUT.
- Use too much boldfacing, italics, or underlining.
- Use a completely different layout or color scheme on each page.
- Forget to give your readers a feedback mechanism (such as a mailto
link).
- Use large, slow-to-load graphics if you don't need them.
- Use "click" or "here" links. Make your link text
descriptive.
- Let your pages stagnate. Keep them fresh and interesting by adding new
material and weeding out deadwood.
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