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Set The Table
Written by Sally |
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The ease of which your visitors can find what they came for on your website, plays a big part in how long they stay and if they return again. When designing your website, it should be comprehensive and also instinctive.
The trick is to design your site so it balances with how it functions.
Your lnks should be clearly identifiable. They should be short enough to fit on one line of the navigation structure you have chosen and at the same time give a clear idea of where they go. A link called Gifs only gives us one small piece of information. Misc. Gifs doesn't help much...but Clown Gifs tells us everything.
The way you categorize things on your website should be used consistantly on all pages. If you use item identification i.e. Clown Gifs for one section continue that throughout your site. If you alphabatize continue it....
And the visual appearance too should remain consistant...
That doesn't mean all the pages have to be alike but should have the same emotional feeling. The layout should be close and color hues should coordinate....
Breaking your website into submenus will give your visitors more ease also. One submenu might be Gifs and under that you have Clown Gifs, Worm Gifs, Glitter gifs......Another submenu might be Backgrounds and there you might have Sky Backs, Grass Backs, Glass Backs and so forth. This also eliminates long pages that are slow to load...
When your visitors can come in, and easily find what they want, they are more likely to bookmark your site and return often...That assumes the content is good....but that's for another day.
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