AusWeb99 Front Door SiteMap
The Terrain
Walls
Doors
Wallpaper
Structure and Access: 2 Fundamental Web Design Principles
Introduction
Principle 1:
Structure
Doors
discovery
engines
Conclusion
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Windows and Doors - navigation ..2We make the intent of the web site clear or obscure, make it easy or hard work with the clustering and placement of navigation links on the page.Currently, it is typical web design policy for links to simply be grouped one under the other on the lefthand side of the page. A list such as this does not contain any extra information as to meaning.
When the links are clustered (as indicated by the structural design) and these clusters or families of links spread out over the width of the page then extra information is added. The extra information is 'these links are not the same'. Diagram. This is value adding.
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handholds
References
Hypertext
References
Bibliography
a stage
not a page
Principle 2:
Access
The Terrain
Making it Easy
ShapeMakers