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Designing Web Pages

Kinds of Web Pages

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Copyright Issues
fair use
and student permission
to publish

Kinds of Pages
determine the kind
of webpage you will
publish

Six Steps
Follow these steps
when creating
your webpages

Evaluations
Three rubrics
for assessing
webpages

Announcing
Tips for
announcing your
webpages

Join Projects
Join web activities
that are already
developed

West Projects
See the web
activities developed
by our staff

In order to develop a content-rich, easy to read and use webpage, you need to determine what kind of page you want to create. Find descriptions and visit examples of these webpages by following the links on this webpage. Each kind of webpage lends itself to a particular format or design. Here are some helpful tips to consider as you begin to plan your content and design:
  • Avoid long webpages
    If your webpage requires you to scroll through more than three screens, you've let your webpage get too long! Break your webpage up and offer navigational links to each of the sections.
  • Stick to one purpose
    Don't offer a hotlist of sites to see if you're purpose was to create a homepage which should be a menu format. Some webpages need a menu design, while others offer a hotlist or an informational article.
  • Stick to one audience
    A webpage designed for students will be different from one that is designed for educators and other adults. If you want to include information for educators on a webpage designed for students, use a link on that student page to the additional resources you want share with other educators.
  • Don't bury information on your site
    Beginning at your homepage, how many clicks away are visitors from the information that they are looking for? Most design articles on the web suggest that visitors should not be any farther than three clicks away from the information that they are looking for.


* Sketch Page
* Non-Collaborative Web Pages
* Collaborative Web Pages
* Resource Links

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