1. Ivailo Chakarov Web Design Ivo Chakarov Telephone: 01782 208208 Ext. 3424 Email: ichak1sc@stokecoll.ac.uk Room: NL11 (above New Library)

2. Ivailo Chakarov Course aim: to equip students with the basic principles needed to be able to create and maintain a series of web pages (web site.) Web Design

3. Ivailo Chakarov Students should be able to: Describe and apply the basic principles of web page development Undertake user requirements analysis Use appropriate development tools to implement web pages Test web sites Use graphics software to create and manipulate images on web pages Publish and maintain web sites Web Design

4. Ivailo Chakarov Basic principles of web page development: Set suitable colours for page and text Text manipulation (font, size, style) Paragraphs Converting images into suitable formats Web Design

5. Ivailo Chakarov Undertake user requirements analysis: Design web sites using storyboarding Create appropriate structure diagrams Produce project plans for incremental development Web Design

6. Ivailo Chakarov Use appropriate development tools: Create web page templates Embed images within the web pages Use tables to enhance web page layout Create web page anchors (bookmarks) Create hyperlinks Create image maps Use meta tags Web Design

7. Ivailo Chakarov Test web sites: Verify all links work Use different browsers to preview pages Verify all components appear as expected Web Design

8. Ivailo Chakarov Use graphics software: Resize images within web sites Apply transparency to images Use file compression methods Apply "web safe" palettes Web Design

9. Ivailo Chakarov Publish and maintain web sites: Use software to manage web site development Publish web sites to the Internet Web Design

10. Ivailo Chakarov Assessment: Assignment covering both practical web site activities and underpinning knowledge. Creation of a web site (using one of four topic choices) Assignment will include both –Design component –Implementation component You will have to pass successfully both components in order to pass the assignment! Web Design

11. Ivailo Chakarov Essential Reading: e-Quals Web Design for Office 2000 K. Mary Reid Heinemann Educational Publishers ISBN: 0435462865 HTML for the World Wide Web with XHMTL and CSS Visual Quickstart Guide Elizabeth Castro Peachpit Press ISBN: 032142333X Web Design