How "User Friendly" Is Your Site?

Written by Doug Seidl


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Another thing to consider is, which font to use. I prefer simple sans-serif fonts such as Arial or Helvetica because they are clean and easy to read, but Serif fonts such as Times New Roman can be readable and appropriate in many circumstances. Script fonts, or any other hard to read font should only be used inrepparttar rare situation that calls for it... and sill, it should and must be legible. Perhapsrepparttar 134598 use of a special novelty font can be well used in a page headline, if it suitsrepparttar 134599 nature and tone ofrepparttar 134600 subject matter, but never asrepparttar 134601 font forrepparttar 134602 main body text. You may think that some extremely illegible font looks cool, but please, think aboutrepparttar 134603 viewer... after all, isn't it what THEY think that matters?

Have some mercy on all those eyes out there!

The same rule of simplicity applies to how you justify your text as well. Be consistent with your use of text; it does not make sense to have one body paragraph Left Justified, thenrepparttar 134604 next body paragraph Centered. Justrepparttar 134605 same, it does not make sense to have one paragraph wider thanrepparttar 134606 next if they arerepparttar 134607 same type of paragraph.

And lastly, I must stressrepparttar 134608 importance of being consistent. You might have nice individual elements on your site, but if you don't have a clear system in place, a "method" torepparttar 134609 madness, then all your "neat" stuff can go outrepparttar 134610 window. Be consistent! All in all, if you did everything I have said so far, but were not consistent about it, then your design would suffer greatly.

Just remember, if you start simple, be subtle when it comes to emphasizing anything (especially text), and be consistent with layout and hierarchy, you will achieve clarity... and of course when communicating information effectively is crucial, clarity is everything.



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Interactive Sites are More Successful than Boring Sites

Written by Cris Anderson


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Here's another way interactivity can add excitement and ease of use on your site. Let's say you have a lot of content. You need to put it in a small space. Interactive windows arerepparttar solution. These windows can be dragged, collapsed, or totally disappear! Studies show that nobody wants to scroll and scroll and scroll down your web page. You may think thatrepparttar 134597 world is curious to find out what is onrepparttar 134598 bottom of your page, butrepparttar 134599 simple truth is that they are not. This is where using interactive window comes into play. Visit http://www.totalbiznow.com. Notice that we wanted to tellrepparttar 134600 audience about allrepparttar 134601 benefits ofrepparttar 134602 newsletter and also add benefit rich content to direct torepparttar 134603 online form. You can see that withrepparttar 134604 other content onrepparttar 134605 page that I was running out of room. The solution was simple. Withrepparttar 134606 addition of two interactive windows, we could fit all ofrepparttar 134607 important content where we wanted it. Also, it's possible to add as many windows as wanted, minimizingrepparttar 134608 site to a very small area, relying on user interactivity. With proper design, one can directrepparttar 134609 web page viewer torepparttar 134610 more important elements, andrepparttar 134611 ability forrepparttar 134612 user to interact withrepparttar 134613 web page will keep them interested. Visitors are also sparedrepparttar 134614 frustrating and trivial task of continuous scrolling.

What an exciting media! You can password protect your important files and use interactive windows to manage them. At Worldprofit, we've beenrepparttar 134615 pros for over seven years, at integrating your crucial company marketing with outstanding design and leading technology. Add some interaction to your site today!



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