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#1 2012-06-05 09:31:04
The Pillars of Web Design
I will be making a topic about the pillars of web design, the keys to making a good website. If this is in the wrong forum, feel free to move it. Complete descriptions to the pillars are coming soon.
ACCESSIBILITY & CROSS-BROWSER COMPATIBILITY
Is your site accessible to all of your users?
FUNCTIONALITY
Does your site function correctly, to your liking?
CREATIVITY
In my opinion, the most important of all of them. Does your site display your full spectrum of creativity?
USABILITY
Do your users know how to correctly navigate throughout your website?
ACTIVITY
Do you have fresh content to offer on a regular basis?
DISCOVERABILITY
Are the features and different aspects of content discoverable? Can the user find it correctly?
MAKE IT DIRECT
If your website allows editing, make it direct!
KEEP IT LIGHTWEIGHT
Don't create unnecessary steps for your user to reach his/her goal.
STAY ON THE PAGE
Keep your visitor on the page with overlays, inlays, dynamic content, etc.
PROVIDE AN INVITATION
Goes along with discoverability, provide your user with an invitation.
USE TRANSITIONS
Use transitions where possible, while keeping it lightweight.
REACT IMMEDIATELY
provide a rich experience for your users. Make it react as fast as possible.
That's what I have so far.
Last edited by XenoK (2012-06-05 09:52:34)
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#2 2012-06-05 09:32:56
- Hardmath123
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Re: The Pillars of Web Design
You should change "Accessibility" to "Cross-Browser Compatibility". Other than that, good start! I'm curious to see what comes next. 
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#3 2012-06-05 09:37:57
- veggieman001
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Re: The Pillars of Web Design
My site fits about two or three of these 
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#4 2012-06-05 09:43:27
Re: The Pillars of Web Design
veggieman001 wrote:
My site fits about two or three of these
Dev Console wrote:
The character encoding of the HTML document was not declared. The document will render with garbled text in some browser configurations if the document contains characters from outside the US-ASCII range. The character encoding of the page must to be declared in the document or in the transfer protocol. @ http://monolithic.tk/
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#5 2012-06-05 09:46:18
- veggieman001
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Re: The Pillars of Web Design
roijac wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
My site fits about two or three of these
Dev Console wrote:
The character encoding of the HTML document was not declared. The document will render with garbled text in some browser configurations if the document contains characters from outside the US-ASCII range. The character encoding of the page must to be declared in the document or in the transfer protocol. @ http://monolithic.tk/
Aww yeeeah
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#6 2012-06-05 09:54:44
Re: The Pillars of Web Design
Hardmath123 wrote:
You should change "Accessibility" to "Cross-Browser Compatibility". Other than that, good start! I'm curious to see what comes next.
I changed it to Accessibility and Cross-browser compatibility! Thanks! Complete descriptions of each one are coming soon.
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