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This manual describes the design principles used to create the pages within the Center for Advanced Instructional Media's (C/AIM) World Wide Web site. This is not an introduction to HTML authoring, as excellent resources already exist for those purposes. This manual is also available as in consolidated pages, for downloading and printing.

NOTE: January 24, 1996. Many of the URLs for the internal pages of the style manual have changed slightly, and may occasionally change again as the manual is updated. The URL of this home page for the manual will not change, so make your links to this page.


Manual Overview

INTRODUCTION

I. INTERFACE DESIGN IN WWW SYSTEMS

Hypermedia and Conventional Document Design
Navigation in Hyperspace
WWW Site Structure
WWW Page Design
Efficient Use of the World Wide Web
System Responsiveness
Well-balanced Page and Menu Designs

II. WWW PAGE DESIGN

Design Integrity in WWW Systems
Essential Elements of WWW Pages
Page Length
Design Grids for HTML
Sample Templates for an WWW Pages
Local Links and Navigation Aids
Page Headers
Typography
Page Footers: Verifying Origin and Authorship
Official Seals or Marks of the Institution
Contact Information
Copyright
Page Date
Page URL

III. OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE IN WWW PAGES

Sizing Inlined Graphics
Interlacing GIF Graphics
Using Width and Height in Graphic Anchors
Loading Low Rez/High Rez Graphics
Trimming graphics by Limiting Bit Depth
JPEG Graphics
Literature Cited

Appendix: WWW Authoring Resources
Appendix: Annotated Graphic Interface Design Bibliography
Appendix: Annotated Multimedia Bibliography
Appendix: Graphic Interface Glossary


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C/AIM Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media

Patrick J. Lynch, MS
Comments to author: lynch@biomed.med.yale.edu

All contents copyright (C) 1996, Patrick J. Lynch
All rights reserved.

Revised: January 24, 1996
URL: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/StyleManual_Top.HTML