Expertsd

Designing a Web Site for Your Congregation

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Steve Metzger
Telephone: 703-834-7373
Email at webmaster@expertsd.com

Introduction
Plan your site
Provide the basics
Communicate effectively
Help users find their way
Tell users what to expect
Design for efficiency
Accommodate differences
Make it look nice
Encourage dialog
Maintain your site

Accommodate Differences

Members of your congregation and others who will access your Web site will use all types of computers, operating systems, and browsers. The more of these various configurations you accommodate, the greater number of people will have an enjoyable experience at your site.

Provide Alternate Text for Images
Many users turn off automatic image loading for better performance. Others have computer systems that support only text-based browsers. Therefore you should provide text alternatives for all graphic images used in your site. Use the ALT tag to include information about what shows up when a graphic image does not appear. If you use images for navigation, make sure you also provide redundant text links.

Let Users Decide
Consider providing two different versions of your Web site; an "enhanced" version for those with high bandwidth connections and graphics-capable browsers, and a "light" version for those with slow connections or text-only browsers. Give users a choice of which version to access from your home page.

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Prepared for Making Christ Known Conference November 22, 1997
Email at webmaster@expertsd.com