Web Design Terms and Principles

 Unit 5 Activity 1 

           This post will define a few terms related to web design, as well as some other information related to web design principles. Web Design will be the last unit for this blog!

(Ray, 2015)

Terms: 

Internet - worldwide connection of computers that send information using IP

Browser -  program that allows people to view information on the web

HTML -  stands for HyperText Mark-up Language and is one of the languages used to communicate with a browser

WWW -  stands for World Wide Web and refers to all the web pages stored on the Internet

HTTP -  stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. A set of standards that allows users to access the web

URL -  stands for Uniform Resource Locator. The web address given to a specific page

Tags - intructions that make up HTML codes

Hexadecimal - code describing colours

Background - area of a web page that is behind the images, text, tables, and other contents

Emphasize -  method used to make a text on a web page stand out. Could be done by underlining,                             bolding, and/or italicized

Hyperlink -  a link that takes a user outside of their current web page 

Special Characters -  special character codes are used to add characters that are used for tags to create                                      web pages

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    The next part of this post will list the web design principals!

Web Design Principals

• Layout 
• Layout Basics
• Design
• Content
• Focus on the User
• Contact Information

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There are numerous don'ts when designing a web page. These include, but are not limited to:

• Not planning your site
• Slow loading caused by large images
• Poor colours and fonts that prevent visitors from properly reading your text. 
• Flashing graphics that move around or flash
• Poor spelling and grammar mistakes
• Poor layout and page length. Visitors should find info in three clicks or less
• Links that don't work or are broken
• Old and outdated information
• Orphan pages that do not link back to a home page or original info.
• Designing your website for you, not your visitors

My Reflection:

                    Designing a website has many rules and guidelines like a lot of other sciences and arts. I think it is important to have properly functioning sites and pages on the internet in this day and age, since a lot of things are now done online. 

Works Cited:

          Slides on Google Classroom, edited on May 17, 2022.

          Ray, Winslet. (2015, November 19). "The 15 Basic Web Design terms everyone must know —

                 Indeses". medium.com https://medium.com/@winsletewr/the-15-basic-web-design-terms- 

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