I. Introduction and Overview
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Introduction
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Why We Plan & Why We Don't Plan
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"Relish Simplicity"
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Content & Functionality Before Style & Presentation
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Steal This Code
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Test Early; Test Often
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Two Kinds of Planning...
II. Project Management
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Don't Be Overly Ambitious
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Always, Always, Always...
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Use Pencil and Paper
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Write a One-Sentence Summary
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Make an Outline
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Make a Flow-Chart
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Draw Sketches
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Write a Design Document
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Develop a Workflow
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Archive Originals
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Make Back-Ups
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Structure Your Documents Logically
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Structure Your File Hierarchy Logically
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Plan for Continual Maintenance
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Use Templates
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Learn HTML 4 and CSS
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Choose the Right Tool
III. Design Issues
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User-Centered Design
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The Pyramid
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Site Design
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Unified vs. Disconnected
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The Home Page
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The Personal Page
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The Politics of Linking
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Page Design
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Navigation Strategies
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Small is Beautiful
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Example: A Redesigned Web Page
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Writing Strategies
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Misc. Good Practices
IV. Testing
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Why Test?
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A Basic Testing Strategy
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Using Lynx
Make an Outline
To help organize your thoughts, it's often helpful to make an outline of all the content that you plan to include. I made an outline for this project, and used it as a table of contents -- providing an index to all the material.
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