Day 1 Homework Reading

Lynch, P. J. & Horton, S. (1997) Purpose of your site. In Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide, [online]. Available: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/intro/purpose.html [1997, August 17].

Summary:
The importance of determining the purpose of your web site and strategies for custom-designing your site to fit that purpose.

Site Identity

Gillespie, J. (1997) Identity Crisis. In High Five, [online]. Available: http://www.highfive.com/feature/past/feature_3.97 [1997, August 17].

Summary:
Advice on developing a good site identity.

Summary:
Graphical page headers and footers are one of the most effective ways to establish a site identity. This reading emphasizes thinking in terms of "screens' and not "pages".

Interface Design

Lynch, P. J. & Horton, S. (1997) Interface Design (5 sequential pages). In Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide, [online]. Available: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/interface/interface.html [1997, August 17].

Summary:
A reminder to follow the basic standards of editorial and graphic design, with a discussion of the unique features of the web as a communication medium, in particular, the elements of navigation.

Web Graphics

Lynch, P. J. & Horton, S. (1997) Graphic Design 100. In Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide, [online]. Available: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/pages/graphic_design100.html [1997, August 17].

Summary:
Basic principles of graphic design and information layout, with another look at site identity.

Summary:
Basic information on digital images and the difference between the two primary graphic file formats found on the web, GIF and JPEG.