I’m thinking this “Comprehensive Website Planning Guide” will be required reading in the first day of my coming semester’s Interactive Design class. There’s very little I disagree with there…I had to learn some of these issues the hard way.
I particularly liked some advice about photography:
Twelve professional images is better than fifty amateur snapshots.
About writing for the Web:
Write your first draft,
Cut it in half,
Cut it in half again,
Add bulleted and numbered lists where possible,
Send it to the editor.
And design-by-committee:
Don’t do it.
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching