Website Story Boarding Tips & Steps to Successful Storyboard

There are two important considerations that must be treated very seriously in the web development process:
the site must inform and guide the web user through a complex body of linked information
the site must contain a visual story board appropriate for interactive computer displays composed in (X)HTML.

Steps to Successful Story Board

Define the purpose of presentation and the find the right audience.

Break up the content into several main topics and group related information under a single topic.

Use paper-based templates or flowcharting softwares to create an outline for every web page starting with the index.

Include and use the following information in each page:
- a descriptive title (meta-tag)
- a description of the content (meta-tag)
- a main heading
- several secondary headings
- the alt tags for images
- the description tags for links

Top Story Boarding Tips

Define well the links - Creating a story board and defining well the links between the pages creates a "big picture" of the site and increases the surfing speed during exploration of different inner pages.

Name correctly the pages by following the best SEO techniques - In addition to the descriptive names of the pages (titles) in the development process must be created real URL names for the (X)HTML pages. For example:
- for the page with the title "Who I Am" create the URL http://www.yoursite.com/who-i-am.html
- for the page with the title "Hobbies" create the URL http://www.yoursite.com/hobbies.html
- for the page with the title "Career" create the URL http://www.yoursite.com/career.html
- for the page with the title "Photo Album" create the URL http://www.yoursite.com/photo-album.html
Attention! Often people misspell a page by accident when create the URL's. For example, into an URL can be written album.html and photoalbum.html into a another, producing broken links that make the navigation system of the site useful and are seriously penalized by search engine. These types of errors are usually not discovered until the site is published, but by using a visual story board can be eliminated this irritating mistakes.

Trace the flow of the web site - In the creation process of a good story board must be taken in consideration the logical steps followed by a visitor to get from point A (usually the index page) to point B (one of the inner pages). Basically, the ideal story board creates a navigation system that allows visitors to access any page from any part of the site.

More information on story boarding can be found on Importance Of Story Boarding In Expert SEO

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