CIS 22
Lect010212.html
Handout: “Background Color.doc”
On Wednesday, anonymous FTP – don’t miss it!
Make background pages now. Note may not look same in various browsers.
I will be checking your pages in the next couple of days. Check your spelling.
On blackboard
Handouts1
Web vs. Print
CostTime
ColorRevisions/Updates
*Distribution
Attract Users
Balance Between
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Default Times New Roman 12 pt
Classnotes.
Reback over targets & full page
Derk Lee – index page
Damon Dont (~dontd) has interesting font that shows up
Start Settings Control Panel, Font box, shows you which fonts are loaded.
Also, this shows font, but may not be on printer.
So be careful, may not work on other sites. View, list fonts by similarity, shows similar fonts, very similar, fairly similar.
What to attract people: Ask self: who trying to attract.
Has to be visually appealing. Includes download time.
Download time.
Make sure average user can use it.
Make sure printed out.
Golden 1 – got printer-friendly button to print out statement nicely.
Don’t change the way you get around.
Web vs. Print
Cost Time Color Revisions/Update
Glossy paper expensive. v
Pricing, typo fast to change. e.g. phone number.
Color
Monitors use RGB
Print uses CMYK cyan magenta yellow and black.
Hard copies expecting/ hope for 5-10% response.
Web – already come to your site.
Find complementary businesses and link them. Do not have to get permission to link to whomever.
www.hotspot(s). free way to mark self.
Tab – What’s new, tip of day, contest – so people want to come back day after day
Don’t’ change your site so much that they think it’s not the same site
Internal search or easier categories.
Get customer response form that is user friendly. Submit & clear button. Can accidently click clear button so be careful where put.
Easy to put sound, animation. But think is your audience capable.
Hard copy is more accessible, what you see is what you get.
Print vs. web is part of course objectives.
Recommended sites.
http://www.puebloharvest.com/ Class didn’t like left justified text.
http://www.ty.com/ Beanie-babies. Mutants. Changes. Better in Netscape.
http://htmlgoodies.com/ We can borrow stuff from here. Button’s and colors. Tutorials. Look at what colors are safe.
http://coolhomepages.com/ recommended by fellow student. A lot commercial, some private.
http://www.ine.com/rgb.html helps in getting colors.
