Good writing for hypertext

The key point I took from Owen Strain's piece about 'making the final project' is that the foundation of the web is text. He means to say that meaningful content is more important than beautiful web design (although of course a fusion of the two is ideal). Essentially, if one has nothing to write about one wouldn't write a book, so why create a web page?

Griffith's page offered a lot of useful information. A key point was that, as opposed to in a linear "flat" essay, the reader of the web-page has complete control over the direction and the flow of the paper. A structured, linear 'argument' might not work effectively in hypertext form. The key, he said, is to focus on a central theme and branch out from there, always remembering what exactly the central theme is (so the reader will be able to easily see the main theme). Griffith made the comment that an effective web-page is formatted like a web, such that all points are connected to the center (theme) but also effectively to each other.