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From: Jerry Muelver <jerry@hytext.com> Subject: Re: Basic site-design theory Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 03:17:34 -0600 On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:18:36 -0600, jorn@mcs.com (Jorn Barger) wrote: >[I started this list and then lost interest, for now.] > >1. Pages should load (and render) fast. > >2. It should be easy to find your way around-- no hidden resources, no >misleading links. > >3. A sitemap-page should link to every subpage with a short description >(and every page should include a 'sitemap' link). > >4. Every page should offer a 'mailto' link (or the equivalent) for >feedback. > > >How do you break up your resources into separate pages? > >Since people will probably only link one page within your site, you want >that page to 'skim the cream' of your site, and link the rest. Including >a list of recent news and/or site-changes will make people likelier to >check back frequently. No wonder you lost interest -- it's all been done before, long ago, by people who actually understand the problem and the technology for the solutions. Here's one take on it, for instance: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/sites/site_design.html Design guides like your list, only a bit more detailed, are at the core of every serious intranet/extranet project, and come complete with checklists for contributor/employees to run before posting content to their corporate window to the WWW. ---- jerry --