Part 2 of starting a web site covers the expected / desired visitor cycle, card sorting / organizing menus, and professional graphic design. Follow our example character Joe Blue as he goes through these steps to build a water park web site.
Read more about how to start a web site, part 2.
I have been part of lots of web projects… some have fallen flat on their faces, and some turned into major success stories. Of course, there were a few in between! For those of you just getting started on a new venture, here is my personal step-by-step formula for setting up a new web site, from concept to its initial launch.
Read more about how to start a web site.
Adobe Flash is a great tool. Web sites that are all flash are snazzy. They sing, dance, and dazzle. But, like triple chocolate brownies smothered in chocolate syrup, they have their place. You can’t have those brownies for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day or you’ll have a problem!
Over the past few weeks, I visited both of the following restaurants. They are my old favorites! I noticed that they both use Flash, and I thought I would use them as examples here. Then, I’ll offer some Flash rules that will help you balance your Flash happiness with Internet realities. Flash sites are generally more expensive than plain old HTML sites, so it’s disappointing to realize that most Flash sites have more problems than their HTML counterparts.
More about Web sites and Flash.