The World Wide Web is growing so rapidly that even the large commercial Web index services such as Yahoo! and Excite are only partial listings of the information accessible through the Web. When authors begin to build Web sites, their first page is often a collection of favorite links to sites related to their profession, industry, or interests. In a corporate or institutional site, a well-edited, well-maintained "Other useful sites" page may be the most valuable and heavily used resource.
SITE DESIGN
Organizing information
• "Chunking"
Site structure
• Basic information structures
• Site diagrams
Design themes
• Training
• Teaching
• Continuing education
• Reference
• Entertainment/magazines
• News
• E-commerce
Site elements
• Home pages
• Menus & subsites
• Resource lists
• Site guides
• "What's new?"
• Search
• Contact & feedback
• Bibliographies & appendixes
• FAQ pages
• Error pages
Internet versus intranet
• Design standards
References
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Last updated 5 March 2004