Guidelines for your website
- Text - Anything from 100 to 500 words per page, average is 300
- Aim for text breaks such as an image, horizontal rule or 'active white space' about every 40 to 100 words
- Page length tends to be two to four screens at 640 by 480 resolution
- File Size to be no more than 50kb per page, including images
- Animated GIFs can be up to 100KB per page, but we do not recommend using
- Download time - The faster the better, aim for 10 seconds
- Colours- Aim for 2 dominant colours, 4 at the most
- Fonts - Aim for no more than 3
- Background - Should show on at least 50% of page
- Contrasting colours - Aim for a good contrast using light and dark for text and related background
- Style - Aim for consistency throughout
- Site as a whole should be consistent, and appear balanced and attractive
Site Update and Maintenance
To encourage revisits, and to make interesting reading, it is good practice to update and add new content, don't let your site remain stagnant.
To make readers aware of additions, consider a 'What's New' section, add a "NEW" graphic next to each updated item; have a News page or offer to e-mail a Newsletter.
If appropriate consider a user feedback form, this is a good way to keep in touch with your viewer.
Links should be checked on a regular basis. There is nothing more annoying than a broken link
See also:
FAQS
Standards
Valid Code
Search Engine Optimisation