RE: FN-FORUM simple design guides/tips

date posted 1st November 2002 09:43

> Newbie Design -
>
> * Choose 2/3 fonts/styles of font and dont use any more than that
> (e.g. one font for all body text, one font for headers, one style of
> the body text font for subheadings)
> * Choose 2/3 colours that reflect the aims and audience of your site
> (corporate? fun? warm?) and stick to them through-out
> * Always make navigation clear and immediately visible
> * Dont use graphics gratuitously (e.g. animated GIF's for the hell of
> it)
> * Each page should look like part of the same site, designs & layouts
> shouldn't vary greatly within the same site unless you have a very
> good reason.
>
>
> I havent gone into any of the stuff about white space and
> Human-Computer interaction stuffs as you asked for simple, but the
> above is definitely a start - the very worst sites you see break all
> those rules on the first page.


Thanks Richard, this is great.

Would actually love some simple comments on white space usage as well.

I'm writing this piece today so comments from others this morning would be
very much appreciated.

Cheers

Elizabeth