Creation of a Website

Key points while creating a website

Remember that:

- text attracts attention before graphics

- we don't read pages, we scan them

- we don't make optimal choices, we satisfice

- we don't figure out how things work, we muddle through

How good is a website?

1. The audience should not be made to think, navigation should be very easy.

2. WOW factor: attractiveness

3. White space: increases clarity

4. Navigation should answer - Where am I? Where should I go from here?

5. Typography: should be in sync

6. Grid: text and images should be aligned in an optimum manner

7. Colors used should be co-ordinated

8. Consistency: from end to end there should be consistency

Eye Movement:

The eye scans the page in an F pattern.

Also banners are mostly ignored on web pages.

Fancy formatting and words may also be ignored - misunderstood as advertisements.

Million Dollar Website

The creator of this website was Alex Tue, who was from England. Here is a link to the website: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ This idea was conceived by him in order to finance his University education. The webpage consists of a million pixels and he charged advertisers at $1 per pixel. Like this he raised 1 million dollars. This website became a very revolutionary one because of its creativity and difference from other advertising sites. They have been lawsuits targeted at this website. Read more about this here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6029020-7.html

There are other websites which have sprouted up taking inspiration from this website.