Web Pages That Suck - learn good design by looking at bad design www.webpagesthatsuck.com Big Nose Bird - teach-in site packed with advice, free resources and useful links www.bignosebird.com Lynda Weinman - web graphics guru - includes tips and her ideas on inspirational websites www.lynda.com/resources/inspiration Echo Echo - free techie advice, tools and resources for web designers www.echoecho.com Web Monkey - online tutorials, tips and more from the publishers of Wired magaziner hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey www.nobodyhere.com - an example of what you can do when you let your imagination run away with you. www.habbohotel.com/habbo/en - awardwinning chatroom design www.barbie.com - of no interest to you but an example of pitching to your audience www.useit.com - Jakob Neilson's very boring useability website builder.com.com - Another example of pitching to your audience What is - information on all things internet whatis.techtarget.com The school site used as our example is Bartholomew School - www.bartholomew.oxon.sch.uk REMEMBER: - Keep it simple - logical design
- Good signposting/navigation - NOTHING is more annoying than NOT being able to find what you are looking for
- Fast download - keep your graphics size down
Keep in mind WHO the site is for and WHAT it is for A good school site should be (you can probably think of more): - A showcase - hey, look at what we do here!
- A newsletter - hey, look what's coming up!
- An information resource for students - timetables, homework help, useful links etc
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