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Introduction:
A picture is worth a thousand words... but not a thousand
kilobytes. Graphics can add to or detract from your webpages, depending
on how they are used. Too many pictures, and your page loads very slowly.
No pictures, and your page looks like a boring text file.
Rules of thumb for Web design, especially for OzNet sites, include:
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Use graphics sparingly, unless they are the main content |
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Use "alternate tags" for graphics |
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Don't use animated GIF files. They're annoying. |
We recommend Photoshop and the free
program IrfanView for image editing.
You can also check the links page for some other
good programs. Also, for those using FrontPage 2000, a program called
Microsoft Image Composer is included on CD 2. This program is fairly basic,
but does allow some image editing functions without having to purchase
expensive programs. This tool has been integrated into FrontPage 2002, so
we won't discuss its use here. However, some tips can be found
here.
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