Week 12

Website Hosts

• Blue Host
• Chrystal Tech
• GoDaddy
• Network Solutions

Things to consider when chosing a host

• Tech Support – via email, phone or both?
• Limits on Tech Support – are there any?
• Analytics – will they offer information on traffic, visitors, pages hit, etc?
• Servers – Linux or PC? 
• Programming – what types of programming are allowed?
• Email Accounts – how many? webmail or outlook compatible?

Link for BrowserShots

http://browsershots.org/

Killer Web Content key characteristics

• customer centric is good
• organization-centric is not good

CSS Cheat Sheets

http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/l/css_cheat_sheet.pdf

http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/l/css_layout_cheat_sheet.pdf

Notes about how we REALLY use the web

from Don’t Make Me Think! A  Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

by Steve Krug

• we don’t read we scan
• we don’t make optimal choices
• we don’t figure things out, we muddle through

How to Estimate Time for a Project

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/04/14/how-to-estimate-time-for-a-project/