Ms P's WebSite Design: Extra Features to Improve your Site

With the help of the tutorial, you've designed your website and completed phase one of Web work :

Analyzing users to determine website goals, learning information architecture to structure navigation, and applying graphic design principles to create visually stimulating pages.

You've devoted your time and ability to provide the information your users need, and so completed phase two of Web work::

Creating and publishing webpages (using HTML and/or WYSIWYG applications) to provide accurate, timely content in a precise, coherent manner.

Now you can sit back and relax...well, not exactly. The World Wide Web is a dynamic, changing entity and there are always new things to learn, to improve the quality and content of your website. Here are 4 suggestions to enhance your Web presence and increase user satisfaction.

• Provide a Site Map
• Use ALT Tags for Images
• Use META Tags for Search Engines
• Create a Splash Page

As a reminder of good design principles, here are the Top 10 Tips for a Successful Webpage, based on many years of reading books and listserv postings.

If you want to learn even more about Website Design, here are some Recommended Books and Websites that have helped me over the years.