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Tips & Guidelines for Web Design
The following pages attempt to put some of the key points of web site design into context and discuss the principles involved. There are many different factors combine to make well designed and useable websites. The psychological, ergonomic, organisational and social factors that contribute to usage will also lead to better design when applied to a web page. The following pages breakdown the elements to incorporate by a web site designer:
You have a target audience in mind, do you want to make your site is available to everyone? See the accessibility page.
What is your business competition doing? You may need to compare what they and others are doing. Have a look at the comparison page.
Banners, advertisements, graphics, animations, 'Flash' movies, sound, marquees. What are these gizmos and should you have them?
The leading design and usability guru, Jakob Nielsen, had something to say about mistakes in web design.
Web sites should be useable. You may have designed the best looking site of all time, but if it can't be 'used' or navigated then what? See the usability page.
You are nearly ready to go live. Is the site going to work as you wanted on the internet? Check it first by following the checking page.
