Web Development: Building Your Platform for Communications and Collaboration

Web Development Workflow That Works

Creative Brief Worksheet

Workshop 1: Mapping Your Web Site

Don’t Make me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Steve Krug
http://www.managementconsultingnews.com/interviews/krug_interview.php
http://www.sensible.com/
http://www.sensible.com/chapter.html
Vital reading for anyone re-thinking their current web site or designing a new one!

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005
www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
Jacob NIelson is a leading web usability guru.
Do not miss: Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability and Top Home Page Usability Guidelines

More on Web Usability and Document Readability.

Ten Things That Will Make or Break Your Web Site
Marcus Urban, March 2007
Whether you're building a Web site from scratch or simply revamping your existing site, it's helpful to understand what to include, what to leave out, and how to organize the data you're presenting. In this article, modified from a blog post on the AU Interactive blog. http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page6694.cfm

Promoting Your New (or Redesigned) Web Site

Ten cost-effective and easy ways to generate a buzz

Leanne Bergey, October 26, 2006

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page5958.cfm
You've put significant time and resources into your new Web site. Whether it's for a brand new or a redesigned site with fresh content, the promotion of your Web site should be an important and integral part of your existing marketing plan.

A Few Good Web Analytics Tools
http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_web_analytics.php
Web analytics tools help you track your site's statistics, allowing you to see how many people are looking at which page, what sites your visitors are coming from, who your users are, and more. This information can in turn help you measure traffic, understand your visitors' needs and behavior, and gauge click-through rates to new content or features.

Building a Website for Analytics
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/building_a_website_for_analytics/
Many sites today are driven by content management systems (CMS), which allow non-technical users to create and manage content. Integrating your analytics data collection into your CMS is one of the single biggest opportunities to streamline and automate your reporting. Site tagging and measurement should be a byproduct of your content publishing process.