ASSIGNMENT 2

Good Documents

About:

The website www.gooddocuments.com has many different ideas and focuses on how written work should look on the internet. It offers many ideas for web writers of all kinds. It offers ideas on:

• How to organize: What should be in each page
• How to write summaries: Which words should you use and what typography goes with them
• How to write links: What should be at the link site
• How to write the text: What writing style works?
• How to use backgrounds: Which "looks" give the right feel
• Makeovers and samples: Variations on the same content
• Tips, techniques, hints
• Links to other related sites

The makers of this website seem to want to educate people so they are able to make webpages that are easily read and understood.

Where:

It stresses the importance that every medium has its own way of delivering the information in how it is understood. Writing a paper that will be printed out must have a different format from how it would look on a computer screen. You cannot have your work that would be printed out look the same as how it would look on a screen. Writing all depends on who you are writing for. It also states that it is important to write things correctly otherwise, you are not getting your message across clearly. Also, things should be kept up-to-date so that people are getting the latest and greatest information possible.

This type of information is used everywhere, specifically including those who are:

  • Product managers
  • Intranet webmasters
  • Human Resource people
  • Sales and Customer Support people
  • Newsletter writers
  • Administrative people
  • Report writers
  • Consultants

Philosophy:

The philosophy behind this helpful website is to give people an understanding of how to write for the Internet. You must keep things clear and concise. Word processed documents do not look the same on screen so we must modify them to look more presentable. You should use newspaper style formating for better readability.