Questions tagged [website-design]
Website design involves the structure of websites, information architecture, the layout and pages, and the conceptual design.
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What is the point of hiding a webpage until load?
I have noticed that whenever I go to namecheap.com, the page loads abnormally. Instead of the gradual loading like most websites, namecheap stays completely blank for a few seconds, and then suddenly ...
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Hey, does anyone know how I can make this animated dotted line like on this page? https://rfqedge.com/how-it-works/ [on hold]
I would like to make this https://rfqedge.com/how-it-works/ style of page for an "Our Process" section on a website. How can I do that using Wordpress?
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Should I guide the user in their account set up? Designing for web
So, I know that when designing for mobile dividing processes into steps makes the user feel not so overwhelmed by the amount of options/fields that are required. Does this hold for web development?
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If we have to explain how to do something to a user, we have failed?
I was having this conversation the other day, well, a meeting where I heard
If we have to explain how to do something to a user, we have failed.
Now, in some circumstances, without a doubt, ...
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Background for black and white chart
I have a plot where I stack the color white and black as values by month.
I would use white as background color but the data is black and white as the color is. I'm using blue which I don't like.
Any ...
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what is the best way to design a comparison block
I am very new to UX designing and I am trying to build a comparison block using CSS between two companies.
I have already built a very basic layout about how it should look but its not looking that ...
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What design pattern should I use to migrate windows lists with buttons to web?
I have a Windows application that I need to migrate to web. This application has many forms that follow the same pattern: (1) a grid on the left with columns and rows than can be selected, and (2) ...
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How do you find out the pixel resolution of a website? [closed]
I took a look at the source code of wired.com, and saw that their media queries are for min-width 1800px and under. How do I find out the actual resolution the website is developed/designed in?
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Is a table a good idea for navigation?
We're discussing in my office about having a table where every row is clickable and used for navigation. Is that a good idea?
The context is:
"Users" are involved in "projects", a "project" contains ...
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How to structure dashboard with schedule
So, in my current design I have something like this:
I have a dashboard that has a menu with a couple different options. In the 'home' option the user can see a schedule with their appointments if ...
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Is it even possible to prototype chrome extension products in Invision?
Without giving away too much IP I am starting work on prototyping a product that augments google chrome with notifications and menus through an extension.
From what I can tell, there seems to be no ...
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Does the 980px screen width rule still stand?
I work with a graphic designer, she was asked to create a full width slider images, she asked me about the screen width, I said I don't know it varies, she wanted a number to use when designing I ...
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using bar-code scanner within website
I'm a backend developer who wants to put together some decent fullstack service for the community (entirely non-commercial): a shared library. User is supposed to scan a barcode on a book to save the ...
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Which is the best approach for Laying down the text on first scroll of the website?
The wireframes are for a product website, which is a suite of online products that can be used together or as individual modules.
Option1 has a traditional HEADING-BODY COPY approach. The most common ...
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What color to choose as “danger” if the main color of my app is red
I'm having this question wrapped around my head for quite some time. The thing is that my main application has a red color theme. And for just cancel buttons I used to use just gray colors but now ...
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WCAG 2.0 Redundant Links
I've tried searching but can't seem to find a straight answer regarding redundant links and WCAG compliance.
I have a product collection/category page with a list of products. Each product has a ...
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Too large space for input fields
I'm struggling with a form (in Bootstrap 4) which takes the whole (fixed) container width, there is nothing else displayed on the screen. It looks okay-ish on smaller screens, but on large ones it's ...
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Making pages without images interesting [closed]
I am currently designing a web application which, long story short, takes extracts data from an existing system and transforms it into posts which are sent out to employees. Basically, the existing ...
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Is having a “Contact us” form in the footer of every page on a website considered good ux?
Inside a footer which appears to be constant everywhere on the website, is it best practice to give this option on every single page or should it be ignored on some?
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What are the correct steps to build a SaaS B2B company UX experience?
I'm currently working for a SaaS B2B project in a specific niche, and this is my first experience of a kind.
On of my first toughts is to have a consistente user experience throughout the customer ...
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UX best practices for a help desk/ticketing system? Views and steps
I am building a "help desk/ticketing system" app from the ground up. I am quickly finding out that I am reinventing the wheel in terms of workflow for the admin and users.
Where can I find best ...
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Should the user be given an option to scan or read an article?
I am working on my portfolio website and I wanted to allow the user (colleague/recruiter) to either scan or read the case studies. How to I validate this feature?
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How to identify design system or design language used by app or website [closed]
Have few doubts.
I'm new to UX, how to identify which design system is used by app / website, can we judge by looking into its UI.
Can i design my own design system for my app and website - for this ...
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What is the best way to start designing this website? [closed]
I am new UI(ReactJS) Developer, I want to develop this webpage from scratch, however, I am not that experienced, hence, confused how to actually start. Should i start with logo or header or sidebar or ...
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Does a video lightbox need a close button?
I am building someone a portfolio website for their videos. When you click a thumbnail in a gallery of videos, a light-box no bigger than 65% of the viewport opens to show the video. You click the ...
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Users cannot find the way to key in information during registration
Many users cannot find the way to key in information during registration.
With a tracking script, we can see that users just click other places of page rather than the labels or fields of the form to ...
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On some screen sizes the CTA goes below the fold
I'm designing a web site and i have two buttons one below the other on the landing page. One is a primary button and the other is a secondary button.
The structure of the page includes an image which ...
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Is it common practice to use separate identical images of different resolutions for different screen sizes? [closed]
From a design perspective is it more common to use different size images for say desktop and mobile or is it more common to use the same image for each and display them in different size using css or ...
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Navigation from a filtered list to default view?
Suppose I am designing a web site to display a list of items. I'd like to add a category filter to display only the items of a given category.
Now I'm wondering how user should move back from the ...
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Where should the illustration go on this wireframe UX wise?
I'm making a wireframe of a responsive website and the landing page will have text field and a cta beside an illustration. Like in the image.
Where should the illustration go ux wise in mobile ...
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Show categories both on homepage and on categories page?
I'm creating a "directory" website that has many pages, each belongs to a category and a sub-category.
I have category pages that will list all the pages that belong to the categories.
Example:
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How to avoid bad bounce rate and boost good bounce rate?
I'm working on a comparing website. We got lots of traffic from the blog article, yet the bounce rate is so high. We perform well on acquisition but bad on keeping the user in the site then generate ...
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Using a select for navigation instead of tabs?
Is a select box appropriate to control navigation on a page? For user profiles, I'm considering putting a select box in the header to change views, so a user can select from 'About', 'Calendar', '...
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Is it more common, or best practice, to design several web pages to fill out user profile data or one page divided into sections? [closed]
I notice that a site like LinkedIn feels overwhelming and clumsy to me when I'm trying to update my profile. I would guess that LinkedIn would hire some of the best developers in the world, yet it ...
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Best way to show an inner submenu on mobile website?
On my mobile website I have a menu for the main website navigation. When you are in your account area, this is a further submenu, which is accessed by clicking the second burger menu button.
The ...
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How to deal with untranslated pages?
I have an e-commerce website available in French and English. All the pages are translated (homepage, about, shop, terms, etc.) excepted for the Blog which is only available in French for the moment.
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Is It Acceptable To Use Custom Focus Indications As Art Direction?
As part of a redesign of my personal site, I have a hero image with an animated flying blimp. When hovered, the blimp toggles to a different animation. I would like a keyboard user to be able to ...
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Using a lightbox as a new page
Hope i'm posting this on the right forum.
I'm designing myself a new portfolio website and had the idea of using a lightbox to display about me content. So, when the user clicks on about me, a ...
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Is there a program that can select a set of 5 to 10 colors based on a few main colors?
Say I want a color scheme to be 'vintage' and I know that, at least to me, that means a lighter sea green and a faded orange color.
I know the art students will understand color theory enough to do ...
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Considerations regarding hamburger menu in HP and traditional menu in subpages, for desktop
I know hamburger menus in desktop are not optimal but our team is stuck with it. Therefore, we wanted implement a normal main nav for subpages, which will result in a inconsistent experience.
Wanted ...
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Making up user audience?
I understand that, for someone who’s just starting to put together a portfolio without any “real” projects under his belt, made up projects and scenarios are acceptable pieces of work to include. ...
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Whitespace versus content
Given a larger amount of content (e.g. a table of data or a list of fields and options in a form) that absolutely need to be on a website, would it be better to space it out so that scrolling is ...
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Is it bad to have hamburger menu with back naviation button for inner pages
We are using hamburger menu on all page even page are inner pages. I want to know if this is bad user experience to show back navigation button with hamburger menu in web? below is an example
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Advice for course homepage design [closed]
I would love some input on the UX of the website that I've been designing.
The webpage can be found at https://www.math180.coursehome.page/ -- it's purpose is to serve as the homepage for a ...
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What's the best way to ask for user feedback about a specific element/section in a website?
I'm working a feedback form for a clinical platform which is used by health care providers (mainly doctors). The website has a patient dashboard where the doctor can see the patients clinical record ...
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Designing an admin panel with add/edit/delete products option
I am creating a custom admin backend for my website in Laravel.
I have several categories and sub categories of products that I would like to add/edit and delete in the backend.
I have around 10 ...
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How to deal with pages having short content text? [closed]
I have a website which consists of a dozen pages only to present and describe a company. Each page has a small paragraph displaying the information the visitors will need. The information is just in ...
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Different border-radius in different field. Is it a good practice? [closed]
Using different border-radius for different fields (e.g. textboxes, buttons, cards) to make the curves looks similar. Curves on the large field doesn't look similar to small fields.
Expected:
What'...
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Why are different border radiuses used for elements on same site?
I've noticed that a lot of websites use border radiuses differently for different elements. I've noticed some patterns, but I'm not sure of them.
I noticed a lot of them use completely rounded ...
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Website main action requires Sign Up: sign-up first vs sign-up on submit?
I am building a website in which we rely on the community to build contribute to publically available resources.
The main call to actions on our landing page will be browse and contribute.
The ...
