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Your goals

Web pages can serve to do a wide range of jobs, from providing information, or giving people access to rich interactive applications, games or digital art...

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Finding Your Balance in Web Site Design

Back when I first got on the Web, some of my first Web site designs were just horrible. Heck I was still learning HTML, and that was way before CSS or any of these nice features we have now were around. After spending some time though learning my basics in Web site design I got better. I found my ba...

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FAQ for FAQ Web Pages

No mater what type of Web site or business you are running, many people have or could use a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Web page. That is because no matter what type of situation you are in you are always going to have questions...

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Clear Hyperlinks

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...

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Mouseovers Basics

'Mouseovers' are common effects, by which an element changes in response to the mouse pointer moving over it. They make links more useful, by clarifying what's active. Mouseovers are practically a universal standard, and should be used wherever possible...

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Trusting the User

Friends trust each other. If a site is going to be friendly, it's good to trust the user. But where do you draw the line of letting them take responsibility for their own actions? Sometimes a particular user action might have serious results, e.g. deleting data...

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Designing for Clarity

Once you have your content, arranged it into a likely architecture, and worked out where it will sit on the page, you're ready to design the display layer. The goal is to arrange various elements on screen to maximise the user's chance of using the site successfully...

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3D Effects in Web Design

Three-dimensional illusion effects are powerful devices that can achieve excellent results. They can also add significantly to overall page filesize, and can reduce usability if overused, so should be used deliberately and with care...

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Effective text

In the web environment, text has enormous strengths. In many situations, using text delivers far better results than graphics. Web designers should be daring and use text wherever possible...

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