Seminars for Technical Writers

Web Essentials

Join presenter Jim Royal for an evening of web talk, and a countdown of the top ten things you need to know to plan and build stellar web sites.

What things are best to do? What things are best to avoid? What makes a web site successful?

Whether you are designing a corporate web page or building online documentation, Jim can help you develop practical skills and insight into how best to tackle any web-based project.

The Countdown (Syllabus)

  • 10. Test, Test, Test
  • 9. Directory and File Names for Humans
  • 8. No Godzilla Graphics
  • 7. Flashturbation
  • 6. Plan Your Use of Colour
  • 5. Web Design is 95% Typography
  • 4. Future-Proof Your Pages
  • 3. Identify Your Content Authors in Advance
  • 2. Define Who the Visitors Will Be Before They Show Up
  • 1. Successful Web Sites Require People

Presentation Files

The presentation is an HTML file, creating using Eric Meyer’s S5 project. Set your browser window to slightly larger than 1024×768 for best viewing. Important for Internet Explorer 6 users: The presentation may not work properly in IE 6. This is because IE 6 is not a completely standards-compliant browser, and this presentation uses PNG graphics and advanced CSS techniques. Any standards-complient browser such as Firefox, Safari, Opera, or Mozilla should work fine.

Download Web Essentials Presentation (zip file, 7.9 MB).