Notes on Web Development Project

Existing BYC Website  a fast loading no nonsense approach by Paul Kamen

Prototype BYC Website (Kevin's)  developed to demonstrate some ideas and organization (I'm low tech.).  

Prototype BYC Website (Steve's) developed with adherence to protocol and universal compatibility. 

Steve's webpage example http://www.berkeleyyc.org/safetyday/ simple direct

Ezra's Websites:  openaperture.com   ezraekman.com  (dramatic eye catchers)

Kevin's Websites:  web4homes.com  c380.org  acalanes74.com  (meat and potatoes -- with some ham)

Summary of Web Design Ideas  (mostly paraphrased Nielsen ideas)

Jakob Nielsen's articles (recommended by Paul Kamen)

Edward Tufte's articles ( recommended by Paul Kamen)

Hypertext Transfer Protocol http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2616.html

"We don't have to deal with that one in great detail from a "looks" standpoint but knowledge of it is quite useful in creating a site that operates well - for example you can set a very long timeout on images so they won't be reloaded each time someone visits but force reload of a dynamically generated page every time someone visits." (Steve Crawford)

World Wide Web Consortium www.w3.org.

"The HTML (and more) is covered by the World Wide Web consortium (w3c) at www.w3.org. Their page has the details on all versions of HTML and CSS as well as lots of other web standards that we don't need to worry about. They also have on-line validators for HTML and CSS. We should strive to ensure that our pages fully pass these tests." (Steve Crawford)

E mail with Paul

Email with Steve

Other Yacht Club -  Printouts of Home Pages - pdf. prints that eliminate backgrounds and frames

Other Yacht Club Links - a source of ideas?

Idea for Delegation of Ongoing Efforts (work groups?):
  Content Selection Team:  Graphics, Text, Features, & Links
Structural Design Team: Format, & Organization
Technology Team: Software, Hosting, Speed,  Implementation & Maintenance
Training Team: Staff, Departments, Contributors & Other Users
   
Interesting Quotations

Quote from openaperture.com  (Home Page)

"Great design catches your eye.  It tugs at your heart, affects your emotions, and moves you to action. Somewhere in the intersection of line, shape, space, and color it captivates your mind, body, and spirit. That's the power of design."

 

Quote from Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 3, 1999:

Do the same as everybody else: if most big websites do something in a certain way, then follow along since users will expect things to work the same on your site. Remember Jakob's Law of the Web User Experience: users spend most of their time on other sites, so that's where they form their expectations for how the Web works.

 

Quotes from Edward Tufte  

"...serif fonts are more 'detailed' than san serif fonts but are actually easier to read."

"If a picture is not worth a 1000 words, to hell with it."

"Make use of symmetry to add beauty (although someone once said that 'all true beauty requires some degree of asymmetry')"

 

Quote from Dwight Eisenhower

"Plans are nothing, planning is everything"