- Clicking on the logo should take you to the home page; - Your logo/site title should be positioned in the top left of the page; - Duplicate your main navigational links in the page footer with links to additional, but less prominent pages; - Keep your navigation positioning consistent from page to page; 5.Don’t open links in a new tab/window, except PDF’s and embedded documents; Highlight your current location in your navigation bar; Use reasonable sized fonts (12px or larger); Make sure font sizes are flexible (Use em’s or %, not px); Sans-serif fonts are easier to read at small sizes; Serif fonts are easier to read at large sizes; Center your layout on the screen; Use a page width appropriate for your audience (Older people use lower resolutions, tech saavy people use higher resolutions); Use whitespace to logically group related items on the page; Use font sizes, colors and styles to prioritize content; Use 1.4 or 1.5em line height; Use line lengths of 45 – 60 characters, the same as a paperback book; Link to related content within the context of your page content; Make sure your links change color/style when visited; Always underline links, except some navigational cases; Do not make important parts of the website look like an advertisement; Use pull quotes to highlight important content in a lengthy article; Text should be concise and scannable; Use dark gray text instead of black text on a white background; Break long pages into multiple pages; Do not use all uppercase words, word shape helps word recognition; Divide text into sections and use sub headlines to make content more easily scanned; Keep a consistent layout, colors and typography throughout the whole site; Print friendly automatically with print stylesheets; Use buttons to submit forms (Some images which look like buttons are ok); Don’t disguise or over-style inputs; Don’t redesign standard UI elements, like scrollbars (this means you, flash people!); Use breadcrumb navigation for hierarchical content; Search results page should reiterate the phrase you searched for; Do call your homepage “home†– not “welcome,†“front page,†“your company name†or anything else; Use short and easy to read URL’s; Give links to other content on your site related to their current page; Optimize images for fast downloading; Publish new content regularly, don’t “set it and forget it;†Test in all browsers and OS’s, and different versions – IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome; Listen to your users and let them dictate changes (user centered design); Avoid using jargon in page copy unless absolutely necessary; Keep forms short, only ask for what you absolutely need; Encourage conversation around your content. Comments, forums, etc…; Include a text only sitemap; Use the title attribute on links to add more context; Never use “click here†as the text on a link; Write in a inverted pyramid style; Create friendly 404 pages which help people find content; Create incentive to come back later; Connect information via hyperlinks, don’t force navigational channels;
great ! just want to add, browse another website regularly and use another website as a reference. If you want to make a eCommerce design, you should search in Google or another web-design community website and search reference from there.
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