Class 1: What I Learned This Week…
What Makes a Good Website?
“Good design is not decoration. Good design is problem solving.” – Jeffrey Veen
Accessibility: People and bots need to be able to see. This can include things like creating a responsive site so that people with difficult eyesight are able to zoom in on the page to make the text larger, without losing the integrity of the design. Or writing code in such a way that the elements and pages of the site are able to be read out loud to the person by the computer.
Colour Scheme: A simple theme that sticks to the same handful of colours in order for it to be consistent and aesthetically pleasing.
Fresh Content: Fresh content is good for the order of where your website might appear in a search engine. If you’re updating frequently enough then it will appear higher up in the search, making it more likely for more people to click on it. However it is important to keep in mind that quality of content is always better than a lot of mediocre content. And also quality/functionality is better than appearance.
Relevance: It is important to know who your users are so that you can cater to them. For example if you made a website aimed towards children, you would most likely use a vibrant and fun colour scheme with playful fonts to attract their attention.