Web Page Design: Best Practices
Your web site should be designed to appeal to your target audience. Follow these recommended design practices with your target audience in mind.
Web Site Organization Techniques
- Hierarchical Organization
- Linear Organization
- Random Organization
Clearly labeled navigation on every page is helpful. The user should not be lost on your site.
Navigation best practices:
- Table of Contents and Search Features
- Navigation Bars and Ease of Navigation
- Short Pages
Four Visual Design Principles
- Repetition
- Repeat visual elements throughout design of the website. This can be done through colors, fonts, and shapes that give the website uniformity.
- Contrast
- Add visual excitement to draw attention, but make sure the text is high contrast to the background.
- Proximity
- Group related items together with each other to make navigation and make it easier for the reader to find things.
- Alignment
- Align elements to create visual unity that brings a cohesive theme to your website.
Major Components of Web page design and
Three guidelines for each design element
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