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.Specific techniques with HTML are covered in Chapter 12.Figure 11.18 shows how a universal look-and-feel template canbe used to generate similar pages that inherit layout and linkcharacteristics (specifically, header and footer layout and bodyinformation).Figure 11.18 : Inheritance of look and feel.As Figure 11.18 shows, a systems-level look-and-feel diagram createdusing this idea can be a powerful way to enforce a consistentpage layout across a system of webs.Individual webs in a systemmight vary the look and feel slightly, and sections within eachweb, as well as visual cues such as icons, might vary the generalpage layout.The web implementer therefore can create a series of templatesto quickly implement a web or to create new pages of a particularweb in a system of webs.Using this same template idea, othergeneric pages using forms (see Chapter 14,"Forms, Tables, and Frames") or imagemaps (see Chapter 16)can be created and kept as web components for when they mightbe needed later.Ideally, such inheritance of look, feel, andfunctionality across webs may be implemented in future automatedsystems for web development.Design and Implementation NotesYou can get a good idea of the kind of information that a web implementer and designer works with and produces by looking at the web design and implementation documentation that I've prepared for the Web Development web (http://www.december.com/web/develop.html).You can take a look at the design information I have there at http://www.december.com/web/develop/wddesign.html and the implementation information at http://www.december.com/web/develop/wdimplement.html.Implementationand Design CheckThe goal of design and implementation is to create a coherentweb that meets user needs.The processes of this are part of themethodology for web development outlined in Part II.Page design and implementation can be guided by a focus onrevealing context, content, and choices at the systems level (coherencethrough function), web level (coherence through cues), and pagelevel (coherence through consistency).Style issues include page organization and page style.Styleincludes having information and context cues and considering pagelength, page layout in a grid, typography, issues of linking,and graphics.Styles of web design have emerged.An array of styles meetsa wide variety of user needs and purposes.Schools of design includeearly CERN, Modern, Postmodern, and Early Virtual.A web often contains a great deal of language that must beshaped to take advantage of technical communication techniques.Basic design techniques include designating a common lookand feel for a web through a look-and-feel diagram that can bespecialized for particular sections of a web.At the web level,a web designer can chunk information in a web and designate theorganization of pages with a package, page, and link diagram.Implementation techniques revolve around managing and creatingfiles of HTML.File-management techniques include creating a stable,extensible directory structure, managing configuration controlover a web's files, using tools for composing HTML, and creatinga store of generic web components based on common functions andlook-and-feel diagrams
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