For a researcher creating his or her own web site, mere technical knowledge of how to make a web page is not enough. A web site must be well-designed and easy to navigate in order to be taken seriously, so a researcher creating a site should be familiar with the basic tenets of graphic web design. This guide is intended as a brief introduction to graphic web design for researchers who are on the verge of putting together their own web site. Use the information presented here in combination with the instructions for a web-authoring software to create a professional-looking web page.

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Created by Marla R. Wilkins as a master's thesis project for the Biomedical Communications Department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Marla Wilkins © 2003 All Rights Reserved.