Kirkatronics Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 what do you think makes a good website? ease of use, functionality, neat, tidy, simplicity. This is what i think makes a useful site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroScap Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 what do you think makes a good website? ease of use, functionality, neat, tidy, simplicity. This is what i think makes a useful site. Your site design is the first thing people see it should be reflective of you and the industry easy to look at with a nice navigation when you can't find what you want it causes frustration a clear Call to action to increase the temptation use appealing graphics they create motivation if you have animation use with moderation cause search engines can't index the information display the logos of all your associations highlight your contact info that's an obligation create a clean design you can use some decoration but to try to prevent any client hesitation every page that they click should provide and explanation should be easy to understand like having a conversation when you design the style go ahead and use your imagination but make sure you use correct color combinations do some investigation, look at other organizations but don't duplicate or you might face a litigation design done, congratulations but it's time to start construction follow these instructions when you move into production your photoshop functions then slice that design do your layout with divs make sure that it's aligned please don't use tables even though they work fine when it come to indexing they give searches a hard time make it easy for the spiders to crawl what you provide remove font type, font color and font size no background colors, keep your coding real neat, tag your look and feel on a separate style sheet better results with xml and css now you making progress, a lil closer to success describe your doctype so the browser can relate make sure you do it great or it won't validate check in all browsers, I do it directly gotta make sure that it renders correctly some use IE, some others use Flock some use AOL, I use Firefox title everything including links and images don't use italics, use emphasis don't use bold, please use strong if you use bold that's old and wrong when you use CSS, you page will load quicker client satisfied like they eating on a snicker they stuck on your page like you made it with a sticker and then they convert now that's the real kicker make you a lil richer, your site a lil slicker design and code right man I hope you get the picture what I'm telling you is true man it should be a scripture if it's built right you'll be the pick of the litter everyone will want to follow you like twitter competition will get bitter and you'll shine like glitter if you trying to grow your company will get bigger design and code right man can you get with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 me, on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 That's weird, because I have to make an E-portflio for ICT GCSE and I was thinking of some tips for how to use dreamweaver (8). Ive learnt how to link, add backgrounds but I wondered if anyone here new some slightly more advanced techniques like Flash buttons and picture links etc (both I can do, but I was wondering if there were any others). Maybe something like a drop-down selection bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Good websites have good content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Good websites have good content. Not always, if its hard to get to and untidy its as ood as useless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 That's weird, because I have to make an E-portflio for ICT GCSE and I was thinking of some tips for how to use dreamweaver (8).Ive learnt how to link, add backgrounds but I wondered if anyone here new some slightly more advanced techniques like Flash buttons and picture links etc (both I can do, but I was wondering if there were any others). Maybe something like a drop-down selection bar? GCSE (and As level) websites are a load of bollocks. They don't mark you on how nice it looks, it's all about what you've included in it, I learnt this last year when i got a C. The website itself can look as crap as you want it to, they mark you on stuff like adding a border, drop shadow, things like roll-over images (Insert>Image objects>Roll-over Image) and adding sounds (Insert>Media>Plugins) that make it look even crappier, but for some reason you get marks for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon_BlizZACK Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Your site design is the first thing people see it should be reflective of you and the industry easy to look at with a nice navigation when you can't find what you want it causes frustration a clear Call to action to increase the temptation use appealing graphics they create motivation if you have animation use with moderation cause search engines can't index the information display the logos of all your associations highlight your contact info that's an obligation create a clean design you can use some decoration but to try to prevent any client hesitation every page that they click should provide and explanation should be easy to understand like having a conversation when you design the style go ahead and use your imagination but make sure you use correct color combinations do some investigation, look at other organizations but don't duplicate or you might face a litigation design done, congratulations but it's time to start construction follow these instructions when you move into production your photoshop functions then slice that design do your layout with divs make sure that it's aligned please don't use tables even though they work fine when it come to indexing they give searches a hard time make it easy for the spiders to crawl what you provide remove font type, font color and font size no background colors, keep your coding real neat, tag your look and feel on a separate style sheet better results with xml and css now you making progress, a lil closer to success describe your doctype so the browser can relate make sure you do it great or it won't validate check in all browsers, I do it directly gotta make sure that it renders correctly some use IE, some others use Flock some use AOL, I use Firefox title everything including links and images don't use italics, use emphasis don't use bold, please use strong if you use bold that's old and wrong when you use CSS, you page will load quicker client satisfied like they eating on a snicker they stuck on your page like you made it with a sticker and then they convert now that's the real kicker make you a lil richer, your site a lil slicker design and code right man I hope you get the picture what I'm telling you is true man it should be a scripture if it's built right you'll be the pick of the litter everyone will want to follow you like twitter competition will get bitter and you'll shine like glitter if you trying to grow your company will get bigger design and code right man can you get with it ...That. Was. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Good websites have good content. Tis true.. What makes a good website is the function of the 'site - what's the purpose of it? Does it perhaps offer something niche, quirky or useful? Sites with interesting content (like Reddit don't need flashy designs when the function of the website does it all. ... But the rap Aeroscape posted is bleedin' awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokhed00 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Me, I make a good website great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 That's weird, because I have to make an E-portflio for ICT GCSE and I was thinking of some tips for how to use dreamweaver (8).Ive learnt how to link, add backgrounds but I wondered if anyone here new some slightly more advanced techniques like Flash buttons and picture links etc (both I can do, but I was wondering if there were any others). Maybe something like a drop-down selection bar? Dreamweaver has a button for flash buttons on the toolbar...Drop down selection bar also is in there somewhere. What makes a good website? Forums that aren't cluttered with random threads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 GCSE (and As level) websites are a load of bollocks. They don't mark you on how nice it looks, it's all about what you've included in it, I learnt this last year when i got a C. The website itself can look as crap as you want it to, they mark you on stuff like adding a border, drop shadow, things like roll-over images (Insert>Image objects>Roll-over Image) and adding sounds (Insert>Media>Plugins) that make it look even crappier, but for some reason you get marks for. Roll-over images? And are those sounds recordings or what? do you know where the drop-down is btw wolfy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolness Bears Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 That rap is great! what draws me to a website is it's intial design and layout! This forum for me is easy to use and i like the way it's set out. What keeps me going back to the website is it's content and what it offers me that other websites might not like anothers have said a Niche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Roll-over images? And are those sounds recordings or what? do you know where the drop-down is btw wolfy? Click the dropdown menu where it says layout so it's set as forms (like the one I've put a red box around) and the other square should be a drop down menu. not too difficult to do if I recall, it's been a while. You are best learning coding and using notepad tbh, dreamweaver messes up way too easily for my liking. edit: god that took me a while to do those piccies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 At school it's 2008 but it would pretty much be the same buttons, just different positioning of tools. Where's the layout button? if you could explain in a lil more detail then that would be cool, but thanks thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Roll-over images? And are those sounds recordings or what? Roll-Over images are images that when you move your cursor onto it, it changes to a different image. And yeah, they can be recordings, mp3's whatever, something relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 At school it's 2008 but it would pretty much be the same buttons, just different positioning of tools.Where's the layout button? if you could explain in a lil more detail then that would be cool, but thanks thus far. The layout button is where I have the first red square, mine says forms because I was looking for the drop down menu for you. The layout button should be the same considering the version I've shown you is 8.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Content is king. You're going to come back to a site because of what's on it, not what it looks like. Take a look at MySpace, one of the most popular sites on the Internet and it looks absolutely terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Content is king. You're going to come back to a site because of what's on it, not what it looks like. Take a look at MySpace, one of the most popular sites on the Internet and it looks absolutely terrible. Simple layout, easy to navigate and has a constant supply of sites and nformation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Generally good websites are made with adobe products. [/joke] I think good websites require a simple but elegant design, ease of use (for instance I've been to websites where you can't find anything). The people who contribute to the site, including the community if there is one, also need to be good in order for it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Simplicity, eye candy, big text and big buttons, a search engine that works really well, everything you went there for on the front page. Pictures are important, there's a big group of people who insist "CSS and divs and georgia are all you need", I think you need either pictures or an intelligent use of colours to draw your attention to the right item. I don't want to read loads of text to find what I'm after, I want to be able to get there instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 what do you think makes a good website? ease of use, functionality, neat, tidy, simplicity. This is what i think makes a useful site. Someone's looking their homework done for them.... Oh wait, sorry, you already answered your question... nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Pornography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Someone's looking their homework done for them.... Oh wait, sorry, you already answered your question... nevermind. Nope, i really am interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoogleViper Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Pornography. Agreed. Seriously though content is the main thing (especially if that content is pornographic). Yeah it needs to work and be easy to use. But you won't come back to a website because it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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