Hyperlinks enable people to jump instantly from page to page, or site to site. Such power can create anxiety. To help users browse with confidence, links should be absolutely clear and explicit...

Hiring someone to build or promote your website costs considerably more than building it yourself, but it can be a good way to quickly get your site online and start doing business, especially if the site you intend to build is relatively complex or you need to implement an e-commerce solution...

As a webmaster you already know how important it is that your web pages download fast. In a nutshell, if your pages are slow, then you're losing visitors. And if you're losing visitors, you're losing money. To speed up your download times, most web design experts will suggest that you optimize...

Have you ever tried to design your web site with a beautifully selected font, only to realize that most folks don't have it installed on their computer? This means your web page won't look great to the majority of your viewers. They will only see the font they have on their own computers. T.....

If you have a website, it needs to grab attention. You have to catch a visitor's interest and make him or her want to delve into your site. Otherwise, the site won't do you much good, no matter how much traffic you're getting. If visitors land on a page that is visually uninteresting, you will...

Editor's Pick in Design Principles, April 2006
Here is a selection of anti-rules of website building. They will structure and generalize all the info you have on the topic to help you produce astounding sites in the end.

When you think of the world's most successful businesses, what names come to mind? Most likely, consumer-oriented giants such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Sheraton, Disney, IBM, and General Electric...

A professional website is, above all else, professional. What constitutes professional though? This question has been asked by many, and the answers are as varied as those asking the question. There are at least a hundred or more possible aspects to consider, some consisting of parts of others, such...

Not too long ago, a client asked me to create a new design for his company's home page. As I was getting ready to work on the design, I asked my client what the homepage needed to accomplish. In other words, what were the page's primary goals? What did the company want clients to do when they got .....

Studies done by Jakob Nielson the man touted as the, “King of usability” by Internet Magazine showed that people do not read on the web like they would normally read offline.
So what does this mean to you and why should you care?...