Website design involves the structure of the website including the information architecture, layout, content, and the conceptual design with branding.
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Would it be bad design (and unsafe) to put password guidelines next to a login box?
Different websites have different password requirements
Some are content with a combination of just lower case words
Some require a combination of lower case and upper case words
Some require ...
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Multi-column articles
I just came across this article by Paul Lewis. The first thing I noticed was the multi-column layout.
It's great that people are trying to break the usage of overused templates for articles/blogs, ...
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When to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links?
Are there any rules on when to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links in a web application?
For example:
vs.
save
vs.
save
Extra question: Is save -or- save preferable?
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Is remembering and using user ID when logged out a bad thing?
I'm developing a website for a group of people who play a game online. (It's for a mmorpg guild). I'm creating it all myself rather than using an existing system mostly to learn website skills as I'm ...
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Show file size of (inline) linked downloads?
Should we show the file size of downloads linked on a web page?
For download sites (e.g. file hosting services), the answer is obviously yes. But what about websites that offer downloads only ...
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What is a good design for moving entities from the current role/place to another?
I need to create from an html page the following functionality:
I will simplify the domain problem. Assume that I have a person e.g. a teacher that goes to a specific building to work i.e a school.
So ...
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hero headlines and other marketing terms [closed]
http://www.apple.com/iphone/why-iphone/
The image directly under the "There's iPhone. And then there's everything else" is named hero.jpg. I've heard the term "hero headline" used in marketing speak ...
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how to manage big web based projects [closed]
How can I manage big web base application?
I'm using PHP to design a link sharing website, and need some experience about how to manage it.
Something that i need to know :
How can i develop it
what ...
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Are mega footers good UX? [duplicate]
I've noticed that several websites — especially universities and web development sites — have recently started placing mega-menus in their footers.
Here are some examples of what I ...
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I'm building a food/lodging website [closed]
The website EatNap.com should facilitate searches for both hotels and food
Specifically for the front page,
what is the best way for the user to see it?
i have mixed optinions and suggestions, such ...
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What are the best practices for tooltips on mobile websites?
What are the best practices for tooltips on mobile websites? I'm designing the mobile version of a website for customers' accounts (where they can see their latest bill and settings for their ...
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How should I link-back to a website's landing page?
My client would like to include a link back to his landing page (Lawyer Jump Page) in case a user mistakenly clicks to the wrong website link (either Divorce Law or Personal Injury Law).
He ...
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Is it a good idea to have a large footer containing many links?
In recent years, it's become quite a common design pattern to have a large footer on every page, containing a 'mini sitemap'.
For example:
This has supposed SEO benefits, but would also seem to ...
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Metro Box Style Navigation
Train and Subway Information Design
Metro style refers to boxing information so that it's easy to digest. Windows 8 uses this, although they failed to make it usable.
Metro Style on the Web
I ...
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Appended and Prepended Checkbox: when can I use this?
A was taking a look at Twitter Bootstrap, and, looking at the Prepended and Appended checkboxes, just cant figure out where, why and when I can use it.
Can someone give me a good example?
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Why at some web are pages always from 1,2,3 … for newest messages?
When I visit some pages, they have newest items first; page 1 has always the newest items. Some examples are imdb boards and icanhascheezburger.
I think this is case of top posting, because messages ...
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Best way to handle mobile website terms and conditions?
A form I am optimising for mobile has specific references to terms and conditions in numerous times (not just at the end usual checkbox, for example "We need this detail to sometimes contact you, read ...
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When I change the name of one page, should all child's of that page, have the url rewritten?
This question is actually three questions, but since they are all related to each other, they should stay in the same question.
First, should I allow a user to change the url of a already created ...
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OpenID login takes a second, how do I make it feel quicker?
Users on my site log in via OpenID. This is what loggin in looks like:
Click the login link in the header
Click one of 6 OpenID providers
(wait one second)
If they're there for the first time: Log ...
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Is it good to leave Select dropdown with default style for better UX and Accessibility?
When I design websites. many time I try make the select drop-down more attractive.
example
By default select drop-down looks slightly different in almost each Desktop and Mobile browser
but ...
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What could be a single term (for use in a website) to refer to a community that encompasses students groups, academic institutes & recruiters?
I need a simple term that I could use in website's main navigation bar to refer to community encompassing academic groups, academic institutes & recruiters.
The target page is supposed to contain ...
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Design recommendation for a button
I have a form in which the user requests a report to the system by clicking the Send Report Request button. The system then produces scheduled reports according to the interval the user selected ...
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Decreasing the display size of posts on the home page, depending on the amount of content
I am developing a RSS news feeder. I want to keep it minimal and just to the point, that is the posts.
Some bloggers that post news mainly, sometimes they just write content like "You have to look at ...
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Two-level menus: Why? and When?
Two level menus: should they be used? Why are they important?
I never found any resource explaining this.
Should I avoid them and only use them when you really have too much stuff to present?
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red checkmark vs. a red “X”
I am currently designing a panel in my business application that shows a table of data to a user. The data in the table is the company's percentage (this is equated by many different values), whether ...
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Are users more likely to sign up with social login? [duplicate]
These days social login (via Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc.) is becoming more and more popular. But it has problems: some users are reluctant to link their accounts on different sites to each other, ...
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Usability of transparency in navigation menu
I have seen a couple of websites using some css properties to make the navigation menu semi-transparent. I assume this has to do with giving the user a more continuous feel to the page scroll, but it ...
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Multiple items in one basket that get processed at different rates on completion of checkout
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to solve the problem of having multiple products in one order (basket) that are processed at different rates once the user completes their purchase?
An example ...
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Name and Company - One field or Two?
I am laying out a form on a website with the typical name & address fields. While I've done this a number of times, I have began to try and trim fields from my forms that will be on smaller ...
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Is a short stay on Web Page always bad?
There are a lot of articles discussing the fact that users tend to leave a web page in a very short time. Anything from 10 to 30 seconds is what you can expect from a user - and that is generally bad. ...
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What alternatives to calendars exist for inputing dates on websites?
Inputing dates is going through changes on the internet, and in web/user interface design as well.
Currently, I'm implementing <input type="date">, as this provides excellent usability on mobile ...
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Grid text alignment rules
I was wondering if someone has come across rules used by web designers for text alignment in a grid.
I was observing that majority of text is aligned towards left, but financial figures with ...
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Best IT CRM and Project management system [closed]
We are working in IT technologies and we manage multiples type of projects. We developps web sites, mobiles site and custom applications. We manage thoses project in agile , some are waterfall project ...
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What do you say to a complete web design newbie to not crush his spirit?
I have a newbie for web design activity. He sends me a link to his new website, and it's all blinking gifs and marquees and Comic Sans. My goal is to encourage him to learn and keep trying. What can I ...
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Searchresults on same page or on 'searchresults.php'
What is the best way for searching on a webpage.
Should i show the searchresults on a new page or on the same page? (maybe with autocomplete).
I personally like searchresults on the same page as my ...
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Is it absolutely necessary to show the currently selected language in a language selector?
There are three choices of language. At least on mobile it would be nice if I could save a little space in the footer by omitting the currently active language. This seems risky though as it means the ...
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Where to redirect after successful login?
What is best practice to handle what happens to the user after the successfully login on a dedicated login page.
Our current website has 2 possibilities. If the user was directed to the login page ...
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Are modals usable on smartphones, or is there a better alternative?
I want to make a simple popover (or modal) that allows a user to subscribe to a newsletter (of course only when a user clicks on "subscribe to newsletter", I don't want to be obnoxious). It'll be a ...
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DropDownLists becoming TextBoxes - Should the user be able to go back?
So I have a menu on web application I am developing. In this menu, there is an option for how many Project vacancies one wishes to create. The user can choose as many as they need (large numbers will ...
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Forms: Is it right to show empty fields in an info page?
In an application i am designing, there is a form, where the user completes the fields and some of them might remain empty (not filled by the user). Then we have the info page showing all these fields ...
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Are people used to seeing a “My Cart” link in the header?
I have been designing an E-commerce platform where users will be able to buy Apps from the marketplace.
I had thought of placing "My Cart" links in a number of places, such as:
Docked widget in ...
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In a website, how to make two segments of users follow the desired path
I was asked to design a website for a company that has two different segments: B2C (business to customers) and B2B (business 2 business)...
The company says both segments are equally important.
How ...
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Is the “Help” feature really helping?
Almost all apps/sites have a feature 'help' regardless of type and subject of the app/site. I have rarely seen people using the same for their benefit. I would want to know if it's worth putting the ...
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Balancing Information: Number of elements
I'm currently working on a redesign of our company support page. The focus is to move towards a search orientated experience, but there's been some debate about which elements to keep there and which ...
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Best aesthetically solution to overflowing data in a table
I have the following table which I created as follows:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
html {
background-color: #fff;
}
body{
text-align:center;
}
...
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How to visually suggest to the viewer that there is more than meets the eye in a elegant, neat looking way?
From a user experience design point of view, what would be a good way to let the viewer know, or better said, I want the user to "get it as he sees it" without further explanation that what I am ...
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Where should I locate logon steps for a private shopping site?
I'm developing a private shopping site workflow (like gilt.com and markavip.com) but I'm unable to decide which page to put login/register on.
I'm considering these locations:
Product list page
...
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Traditional file upload vs repository
I'm working on a b2b web application where users might want to upload files for several purposes: assigning images and/or documents with specifications to their products or businesses, attaching files ...
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What is a good way to fill in too much white space? [duplicate]
I have little design experience.
Here is what my site looks like.
Favicons and user images are added dynamically but the site looks sparse otherwise.
How can I add content. I don't want to grab ...
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Tag cloud for web site actions - a no-no?
I am building a website, and my designer came up with the idea of using a (3d) tag cloud to display the different actions a user can take (the site's functionality is somewhat complex, and so ...
