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EECS 485 - 1-25-06
Web Design
navigation
don't get lost
tabs
highlighter
way to back out
may not start over
stopping/midway points
not just home page
few other key pages
find way without having to go look up maps
guided tours
early days of the web
instructions as you go
contextual help
buy now price
how they compute stuff
organization
most important
directory listing
file structure
logical organization
then physical
first thing to think about
supposed to be in sitemap
example
mens
womens
shirts
pants
ambiguous organization
shoes/mens/womens
types
subject
object
verb
stuff may be in multiple categories
don't mix subject and object
exact organization
hierachies
if user can specify exactly where to go
example
announcements - by date
types
alphabetic
date
geographic
stuff that has an exact categories
they know that's the right choice
minimize clicks
denormilize for effiency reasons
people don't bother to read all the choices
choose first thing that seems reasonable
design
accomodate changes
example
news
organized by date
recent stories
can't be changing names
of files to accomodate
change
don't break urls
url shouldn't show technology used
no extentions
use http header
301 moved perminantly
other codes as well to help
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