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Components of Web Publishing Document Management

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Chapter: 8.8 Components of Web Publishing

Topic: 8.8.1 Components of Web Publishing

Components of Web Publishing


• There are various components of web publishing.
 Document management
 Hosting to Web
 Managing security
 Maintaining the site
 Copyright
Document Management
• Document management is a science into itself.
• The windows and Macintosh environments were important in developing the
concept of compound documents.
• A compound document starts as a document created in an application like
Microsoft Word, i.e., it starts as a text document.
• The document is viewed as a container that can hold objects such as graphics,
voice clips and video clips.
• These objects are either
 Embedded or
 Linked.
• Embedded Object
 As embedded object such as picture travels with the document but can still be
edited using an appropriate application.
• Linked Object
 A linked object may be stored in another location.
 The document simply contains a link to the object at that location and may
display it as well.
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Chapter: 8.9 Web Page Design Consideration and Principles

Topic: 8.9.1 Web Page Design Consideration

Web Page Design Consideration

• Designing an effective web site requires more than just gathering relevant
information and posting it on the web.

• Like a good paper or research presentation, a quality web project demands as


much attention to the selection, organization, and presentation of material as to
the underlying research itself.

• User should strive, above all, to be both clear and engaging in every aspect of
site design.

FIG 8.5: Web Page Design

• Here are some concrete suggestions for making the site a winner.

• Before Begin

 Consider the audience and the goals. User should have a clear sense of who
will be using the site (mostly college undergraduates) and what kind of
experience user are hoping to provide. What exactly are you trying to
accomplish here? Why is this important?

 Plan the site on paper first.


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 User can draw a "family tree" of pages with arrows indicating links. Or user
can make a hierarchical outline.

 Either way, it is essential to organize the information and lay out the
architecture of the site before attempting to implement the vision.

• Site Layout

 Strive for consistency. User want the project to have an identity, so all the
pages in the project should have a common feel, there should be consistency
among backgrounds, color schemes, navigational tools and tone of voice.

 This is especially important if user is dividing up the site's pages among


several team members. Otherwise, the project will seem like two or three
separate projects lumped together, rather than a single, unified whole.

 Provide a rich set of links within the site. Ideally, there should be multiple
ways for the user to navigate their pages.

 User should consider including a prominent 'home' link or icon on each page,
a menu or table of contents and highlighted links within textual material to
related information elsewhere on the site.

 Feel free, of course, also to provide links to other pages within ECE or
elsewhere on the web.

 Don't hide important information. Users don't like to click too many times to
find the information they want, if information is particularly important, make it
accessible up front.

 On any given page, remember that as with a newspaper, the top left corner is
the most prominent. See the National Geographic Website for a good
example.

• The web medium

 Provide opportunities for interaction.

 How is your site any different from a traditional print document?


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 How can you involve the reader in ways that non-digitized texts usually
cannot?

 Interactivity can be a compelling, innovative means of engaging your reader


and creating experiences that cannot be replicated in other media.

 Good examples are "Make Your Way as an 18th-Century Woman" site on


ECE and the site for the Louvre Museum in Paris.

 Avoid text-only pages. Ideally, a user should never encounter an entire


screen full of uninterrupted text in browsing the site. Again, take advantage of
the web medium!

 Don't sacrifice elegance for pizzazz. Just because you can make images fly
across the screen does not mean you necessarily should.

 Every design element of the site (colors, images, animation) ought to


correspond thematically with the content and goals of the project. See the
Enigma site for a representative example.

 Provide a link for every URL that mention in the site. If the bibliography or
notes include a citation for another website, list the URL in full, but make it
'clickable' as well so that the user can go directly to the site in question.

• The front door

 Give the site a descriptive title. The title should convey the content of the site
in a concise but engaging manner.

 Remember, the title is how the site will be identified on the ECE home pages.

 Ideally, it should pique the curiosity of users and prompt them to explore the
project pages.

 Include a brief introduction. This should be part of the site's home page, and
should explain the scope and purpose of the site.

 Once users have noticed the title and followed a link to the site, they will
expect quickly to find a further elaboration of the title, a brief paragraph or two
describing what the site is all about and what makes it interesting.
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 User have caught the people's eye with the title, the introduction is the
chance to heighten their interest and persuade them to actually stick around
and explore.

 Make the site's home page as useful a starting point as possible.

 The viewer should be able to see at a glance what the site is about, how it is
laid out, and what kinds of resources and features it includes.

 Ideally, all of this information (along with your site title and introduction)
should be visible on a single fast-loading screen that requires a minimum of
scrolling.

• Accessibility

 Make sure your text is legible. Check the size, color, and font of all text within
the site to confirm that it can be easily read. Be especially careful of dark or
fancy backgrounds that make text hard to read.

 Make sure the site is platform independent. The site should be view-able on
both Mac and Windows machines using either of the most commonly
available browsers, Netscape and Explorer.

 Consider the needs of the viewers. Think about the bandwidth the site will
require.

 Keep in mind that not all users will have the luxury of an Ethernet connection.
Minimize the memory requirements of the site by compressing images and
other large files. And make sure all your images have ALT-TEXT behind
them.

 This makes the site accessible both to low-vision users and users with slow
modems who have turned the images off.

• The end game

 Thoroughly test the site.

 Ask a friend to sit down and explore the site. Ask them to think out loud and
watch them navigate the site. Do they get lost? Do they have trouble finding

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