Example Code of Practice: Website Design

Rules of making a good website include:

1. Homepage called index.htm
2. Images in a folder called images
3. Consistent use of colour schemes and fonts
4. Each page laid out the same way with navigation in the same place
5. Text organised with headings, subheadings and lists
6. Images all copyright free, or used with permission and acknowledged.

This list of rules came from my head, but I also looked at these websites to help me:

• http://www.articlealley.com/article_82455_4.html
• http://www.corriswebsitedesign.com/website-design-rules.html
• http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol23/rules.htm
• http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/5rules.html
• http://www.sharpened.com/web/about/rules.html

Relevance to my project

In my project I am making a website for my client XXXX. Because they are going to use this website to get people to join their organisation, it is important that it is a high quality website and I want to follow these rules which are important to me.

Screen shot of work

A screen shot of the file structure would provide evidence of rules 1 and 2.

A photo of your sketched page layout would provide evidence of rule 4 and possibly rules 3 and 5.

Evidence for rule 6 could be a screen shot of copyright policy from an image site, or permission to use from the owner of an image.

Evaluation (written after the project is finished)

I followed these rules carefully. It was hard finding copyright-free images of the ****. Breaking the content of each page up into small chunks was good because I had to make sure that I understood it all. I am pleased with my finished website, and the client says "I am thrilled with what you have done for me. It looks really professional. And I love the colour scheme!"