Design Tips &
Techniques
A well designed site will encourage viewers to stay longer. They will be able to find the information they need and not get lost within the site. Good design will increase return visits and referrals. On this page the table has been given a border or 1 to show how the table was used to force elements into a grid system.
Follow your corporate identity standards
- Be consistent with color, type and graphics throughout the site
- Include your company logo
- Use site maps and visual clues so viewers don’t get lost
- Use corporate symbols and graphics
- Keep a quick way back to the Home page
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Use a grid system for laying out the page
- In the world of traditional page layout designers place elements on the page within a grid system which can be easily applied to Web pages.
- Use tables to create a grid system for Web pages-save as a template and reuse to create new pages
- Arrange elements by the grid. Some elements will straddle two or even more columns.
- Look for books on desktop publishing to help you understand how to use grids
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