Basic Elements of a Website

• No Broken Links.  All links are checked and work.
  
  
• No Broken Images.  All images work.
  
  
• All pages use"jpg" or "gif" image files, not "png", "bmp," or "psd" files.
  
  
• Every page includes author, institution, how to reach you, dates created and last modified and a URL address for that specific page.
  
  
• Every page includes a Copyright notice.  For example, © 2000 by Chris H.  Lewis, Ph.D.
  
  
• Each page contains "text links" to central pages
  on the website.
  
  
• Each page has a link back to the site's Home Page
  and main topics pages.
  
  
• Each page has "Alt tags" for all central images.
  You don't really need Alt tags for horizontal bars
   or tiny bullet gifs.
  
  
• Each page uses either an "800 x 600" or
  a "1024 by 768" layout. If you use a "1024 x 768"
  layout, you must put a warning on the top
  of the webpage that it is best viewed in this
  format.
  
  
• Each page has a title that tells the user what its
  larger goal is.
  
  
• Each page uses an invisible table and layers  to layout the page's grid.
  
  
• Each page uses the basic principles of alignment
  to layout text, images, and graphics on a page.
  The material should not be thrown on the page,
  but laid out according to a larger grid strategy.
  
  
• A website should include a set of linked pages
  that go together based on a larger theme. A
  website isn't just one webpage.