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Web Design

Building a web site is not just a matter or using correct and pleasing CSS and HTML layout, it also involves project planing and management. This involves considering the general context of the site under development, gaining an overall perspective of the customers needs before work commences, and in general following a plan in order to complete quality work in a timely manner.

Navigation

Central to a well design site is a clear and understandably navigation structure. This must easily allow the user to explore the site, provide sufficient context such that the user knows where they are at any stage, and do this in a visually pleasing and efficient manner.

Semantic HTML

HTML5, the latest version of the standard, introduced a range of new elements. Among the most interesting are the so-called 'semantic' elements. These attempt to re-examine the proliferation of DIVs in html, and proposed an alternative vocabulary that would better reflect the purpose of many of these DIVs

Lab-04

Restructure the output of the last lab to participate in a tabbed navigation structure, and then produce a simple application mockup using these techniques. Do this by introduce a simple tabbed design into the site to provide the user with the visual metaphor for navigation. We then 'wire-up' these tabs to lead the user through the site. We will do this twice: once for the example content we laid out in last weeks lab. Then we will build a completely different site, using the same CSS rules.