Making a Web Site

This section provides an introduction to the basics of creating a Web site. Topics include group collaboration, structuring a Web site, design issues, evaluating the quality of a Web site, avoiding common mistakes, and posting a site to the Internet (via a Web server).

Web Site Organization
Learn how to design and structure a Web site. These pages will help you organize the information on your site, manage your files, develop a consistent and efficient interface, and create a navigation system.

Web Site Design Issues
This section contains pages that discuss special topics in Web design. Featured topics include accessibility, color, typography, meta tags, and Web user trends.

Web Site Assessment and Evaluation
Find out how to assess the quality of a Web site. The first section of this page explains the five criteria for assessing the quality of information on a Web site. The second section gives factors to consider when judging the overall quality of a Web site (use this section to evaluate a Web site you have created).

Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid
The most common mistakes made by students in the Pilot year of TRIO ThinkQuest, and how to avoid them.

Posting a Web Site
This section of the site will help you with the process of posting Web pages on the Internet (via a Web server). Learn how to prepare a site for posting, then use WebDAV to upload your files.