Basics of Web Authoring and Design

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This website provides information regarding the fundamentals of web authoring and design.* This content is broken down into three categories:

Strategizing: analyzing your purpose and audience for this website to create a strategy that will then allow you to curate effective content.

Determining Content: determining appropriate layout, color schemes, and other design elements.

Building your Site: utilizing effective coding practices with HTML and CSS.

*Much of the content on this website follows the advice given by Jessie James Garrett (2010) in Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond (2nd Ed. New Riders).