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Designing for the Web
Introduction | Creating a successful site: site design, web page design, home page design, navigation, type, color | Web graphics and New Technology | HTML | Final tips | Web review software | Supplemental Links

HTML tips

  • Learn HTML.
    • classes
    • books
    • web tutorials
    • viewing source code of web documents

  • Use simple HTML codes to help design and organize your information.
    • heading tags
    • bold tag
    • italic tag
    • <br> tag to add vertical space

  • Use tables to format information and graphics.
    • preformatted (monospaced) text can work for tabular information
    • break large tables into multiple sections to fit on the screen
    • use the table tags—keep the width to 560 pixels or less
    • experiment with having table borders on and off
    • tables can be used to place graphic elements more precisely

  • Use META tags for better search function.
    • <meta name="description" content="a description of your listing that makes you want to visit the site — make it relevant">
    • <meta name="keywords" content="words that someone would enter in a search to find your site—include company name, products, product categories, possible misspellings">


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