Special effects, such as embossing, die cutting, foil stamping, special scoring, bleeds, or fancy folds, can add substantially to printing cost and production time. Embossing or die cutting your publications usually increases lead time, and bleeds may require a larger sheet size than you would otherwise need. All university-associated home page development must follow existing university guidelines. Some special design considerations apply to web pages. Material that will be accessed via the Internet should have a clean and readable design.
Lengthy documents can be difficult to read on a computer monitor.
Smaller web documents also permit faster downloads. You can avoid putting too much text on one page by breaking your content into short sentences and paragraphs and using bulleted lists to abbreviate information. Hot links make your pages more dynamic and tables help organize material. Graphics can add color and interest to your page. Make sure that the image files are saved in JPEG or GIF formats at 72 pixels per inch so that they are not too large.