Large Web Site

Project Description

I created “A Guide to Hiking Trails in Southwest Missouri,” a 12-page Web site, to provide a comprehensive guide to hiking trails in ten southwest Missouri counties. The Web site includes information about the trails’ difficulty level, accessibility, location, cost, and length. I also included directions to each natural area with separate directions to specific trailheads as needed.

Project Strategies

This Web site fulfilled a requirement for a large Web site in my Writing for the Web course, and the instructor did not place any restrictions on the topic. I decided on my topic because I couldn’t find any comprehensive guides to Missouri hiking trails on the Internet. I discovered that most Web sites on the topic grouped trails by the agency that maintains the trails. However, most users want to find trails in a specific geographical region when they plan a hiking trip. With this in mind, I decided to organize my Web site by county.

In my design, I chose colors that reflect a nature theme and included pictures of the natural areas so that users can picture the area better. I designed the navigation bar in a F-pattern, since users tend to scan pages in that way. I also chunked text throughout the site, providing pertinent headings so that users can scan it easily and find the information they need.

Project Access

View screen shots of “A Guide to Hiking Trails in Southwest Missouri.” Both of these files are PDF files and require Adobe Acrobat reader. If Adobe Acrobat is not installed on your computer, visit the Adobe Acrobat site to install it. A working version of this Web site is available upon request.

A Guide to Hiking Trails
Camden County
Greene County
Taney County