Web Page Design Assignment

Please answer these on a sheet of paper in full, complete sentences, and hand them in BEFORE you continue work on your web page.

1. What are six basic design areas you should consider for your site?

2. Out of the seven listed tips on Backgrounds, which two do you feel are most important and Why?

3. Go to the Example link on this page and describe what is wrong with the background that was chosen.

4. What are the TWO ways the author of the example in Question 3 proposes to solve the background problem?

5. What is one of the most important things to consider when choosing colors for your web page?

6. Web page designers often use 'color schemes' for web pages. What is the advantage of using color schemes?

7. Check out some of the color schemes demonstrated at this site. Which scheme do you like the best? Why?

8. What five things should you consider when putting graphics on your site?

   a) What happens if you put too many graphics on your page?

   b) What should you consider before putting a picture on your page?

   c) Why is a picture's size important?

   d) If you have too many animated gifs, what happens when people load your page?

9. What is linkware?

10. How should you give an artist credit for linkware?