Q: Is there any information about planning and designing web sites?

There are many resources, e.g. newsletters , discussion forums, tutorials, from basic to advanced, for designing web sites.

Note:

• The information in these sites are opinions about site design and planning. There is no wrong way to create a web site.
• Some information may not apply to pages created in the Homestead SiteBuilder

The Yale Style Manual's "Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites" is a comprehensive guide on planning and designing a web page or site, to go to the table of contents, click here.

• Example: "Purpose of your site", click here

About.com also has information and links grouped under various web page design and planning topics. To see the list of topics, click here

• Example: " Navigation and Interface Design", click here

There are also people who write about design and usability. Here are three examples:

• Jared Spool, http://world.std.com/~uieweb/
  • Check out "Article and Other Resources", click here
• Jakob Nielsen, http://www.useit.com/
  • Check out "Ten Good Deeds in Web Design", click here
  • Past Column Archive, click here
• Vincent Flanders, http://www.fixingyourwebsite.com/

For more resources:

• Yahoo's Web Page Design and Layout Links
• Google's Directory of Web_Design_and_Development

Related articles:

• 02/06/02- "KISS: Keep It Simple ...Why?" from WebReference.com, click here

(Please note that none of the above are official partners of Homestead, nor have we done any extensive testing of what they have to offer. Use of their tools and services must be undertaken at your own risk.)