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Tag: Page Layout

  • Content Strategy
    Content strategy focuses on the planning, creation, delivery, and governance of content.  Content not only includes the words on the page but also the images and multimedia that are used....
  • Information Architecture
    Information architecture (IA) focuses on organizing, structuring, and labeling content in an effective and sustainable way.  The goal is to help users find information and complete tasks. ...
  • One Site Fits All: A Responsive Solution
    Attempting to create and maintain multiple versions of your site to accommodate each device can be time consuming, resource intensive, and unsustainable as a long-term solution. Responsive...
  • User Interface Elements
    When designing your interface, try to be consistent and predictable in your choice of interface elements. Whether they are aware of it or not, users have become familiar with elements...
  • Wireframing
    A wireframe is a two-dimensional illustration of a page’s interface that specifically focuses on space allocation and prioritization of content, functionalities available, and intended...
  • Eyetracking and Web site Design
    Find out what areas of a page, based on eye tracking, are grabbing a user’s attention and the areas that are being ignored and how a user searches for information.
  • Image Carousels: Getting Control of the Merry-Go-Round
    Find out what researchers are saying and how you can improve the effectiveness of the image carousel on your homepage.