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Elements in a web page

The type of web page designed determines the elements placed on it. The content owners are the domain experts, and they have a role to play in the layout of pages and the elements that are set on the pages. Every website begins with a definition of a goal—a task analysis that will define the [...]

The box model

At the top level the web page is a canvas—a container for other elements that have to be placed in it. It can be seen as a box, which has a specific dimension—x and y coordinate and a z-axis that flows away from the viewer into 3D space. Each element that is placed into the [...]

Site organization and element positioning

The users visiting a website want to find something. You, as the designer, must make it easy for them to do so. If users leave the site without finding the element they are looking for, you as a designer have failed to deliver. The positioning of the navigation elements and other elements on the site [...]

Menus, navigation bars, and navigation elements

Navigation is not an issue in printed media. The index is sufficient to appraise the readers about the contents of the book and the location of the content. The thickness of the book or the page numbers will give them visual clues about the length of the book. This is not the case with the [...]

Understanding the need for navigation elements

When the first web pages were introduced, designers were still caught up in the metaphor of the book. It appeared logical to stitch together the pages using next and previous links. The full potential of the navigation in this new media was as yet unrealized. As users and designers got more and more sophisticated and [...]

Basic navigation conventions

1)      Home links need to be provided on the upper-left corner of every page. 2)      A consistent look and feel should be the feature of every website, so that the users are not hard put to learn new navigation techniques for every new page they access. 3)      All similar items of a web page should [...]

Types of navigation and menu modules

1)      Menus are core modules that are used for providing something similar to the Table of Contents in a book. These menus can be one level or mult-level menus. Common types of menus are cascading menus and tree menus. These menus are usually placed on the left column of the body of the web page. [...]