WEB MEDIA SCHOOL session -59 

Web Resources

 

Top Level Domains(TLD's).

The five original TLD's: .Com, .Net .Org, .Edu and .Gov. and three more adopted in Yokokama, Japan. They are: .shop, .tel and .news.

(ICANN), the Internet's managing body has approved only these eight. If they are not these eight, they are COUNTRY CODES, like .uk, .ws and .cc..

Free clip art

• Marvel's Graphics
• Art Today &emdash; free trial subscription to great web clip art
• Christian Graphic's Gallery &emdash; more free clip art

  Graphics and Borders

• Free Christian Web Site Graphics Directory
  In His Image
  Free Christian Images
  Graphics for Jesus
  Christ Art
   Religious Images & Icons
  Chozen's Graphics
  Simple GIFS
  

  Sites with Translators  

  www.wcie.net

• (Source: Global Reach): In 1995, 80% of the Internet was English. Today, only 51% of the Internet is English. Japanese is 8.1 % There are 100 million people online in Europe who do not speak English - Asia has 50 million - Latin America ( Spanish and Portuguese ) -10 million . Translate your website to make it possible for visitors to find you among the billions of pages out there!

    THIS SITE IS FOR INTERMEDIATE WEB DESIGNERS

SPACE People often make the mistake of making these things on their page very big. They do not have to be. The eye needs to be drawn to them, and this is best (and most professionally) achieved by the use of space. Don't clutter your homepage with unnecessary text and images around the main areas, since they detract from the important bits. Don't make the mistake of thinking that if there's a big white gap in your page that you should fill it with something. Just have the bits that are necessary. The other stuff should probably have its own page if it's that important! As a rule, maybe only 75% of your page should be covered with images and text.

Consistency You should aim to keep the look of a site consistent throughout. This means a standard use of fonts, colours, image styles, layout styles, navigation style etc. Your background colours should remain the same throughout, Don't mix fonts too much, Header images for sections ought to have the same style as each other, which should in turn be related to the main look of the logo (colours, fonts etc).

Colours. Don't pick colours that clash - think about what your living room would look like in the colours you choose, then wonder if you'd like to spend a lot of time there!

Backgrounds multicoloured background images tend to have a definite pattern to them, which can make text really hard to read

Layout The trick with layout is to use tables Think about the layout of a magazine - it tends to have columns and areas with background colours to provide focus. The same applies here.  

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