the content is the most important part of a website. Fresh content is also required to keep the audience interested and coming back for more. Most of all do not put unnecessary content on a website it adds to clutter and confusion which will in the end drive away your audience.
order of the order
how do you decide what categories will bring order to your designs? The alphabet, numbers, hierarchy, bullets, and indents are all used as organizers. Designer's however need to reach beyond the conventional tactics and provide new creative ways to juxtapose information.
designing interfaces
being able to navigate through a website is one of the most important problems to keep in mind while designing a website. signposts are features that help users know where they may be in the surrounding web. having clear entry points is key makes the user feel at easy and allows them to begin their search must faster and easier. global navigation provides navigation to key sections of the site. isolation of applications within a site makes it easier to get to and from the main page. if a site requires anything to be sequenced have a map of that sequence in order on every page that it is applicable. to make navigation easier it would be helpful to leave breadcrumbs or a map of what links got the user to their current page. color also helps identify sections of a page or application. in case a user gets lost, every page should have a button or link that allows them to get back to a known place.
as a designer, what would be the best way to test an unconventional organizational tactic on an audience to make sure that it is understandable?
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Very good question, I would have to say the best way to test an organizational tactic is how we did it today with our Wire framing test. Having an audience member sit down and work their way through it. Coming from today it was very helpful to see how an outsider would work their way through our website. I believe that is the only way you can test anything. After looking at a computer screen and the same thing all day you have to get an outside look on things. So the best way to do this is by testing it with your audience as a trial run through.
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