What Makes a Good
Argonne Club Home Page
All kinds
of information can go on an interesting and useful home page. What works,
works. There are no rules, but there are good practices. In general, the
home page is a gateway into a presentation about your club. It should give
a quick overview of the club and provide links to other pages
that provide details on specific topics. Home pages are friendliest to
readers when they are visible on a single screen and require little or no
scrolling. If your home page fills much more than one screen, you should
think seriously about to how to break it into more than one page.
Graphic Design
Argonne public web sites should follow the Laboratory's brand
identity guidelines and use the
official Dreamweaver templates.
Content
Here are some specific items to consider
putting on your club's home page:
- A short, descriptive title. It shows up
the very top of the page.
- Short descriptions of your
organization, its purpose, and who is eligible to join.
- Names, phone numbers, and e-mail
addresses of club officers whom readers can contact if they want more
information on specific topics.
- Links to web sites of
related organizations.
- An e-mail address readers can use to
give you feedback and suggest ways you can make your page more useful to
them.
- Since one purpose of your page is to
keep your members up to date on current club activities, you should
include a date to show when the page was last updated.
How to Get Your Club's Home Page on the Web
Once you've completed your club's web site, test it by opening it with a Web
browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari. When you're happy with it, send an e-mail to the Argonne
Club with
the address of your web site, for addition to the Argonne Club's Web site.
Going Further
For detailed information on selecting content, best practices for producing a web site, and
other guidelines, please refer to the Argonne Web
Style Guide.
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