Usability

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Designing Web Usability
Part I: Before You Begin...
Part II: FEED THEM: An Acronymn for Parish Web Site Design

This two-part article discusses some of the underlying concepts of Web site usability. If you are either not familiar with the study of usability - or if you merely need a slight refresher - this is the place to begin.

Page Layout & Usability

A very thorough, high-level discussion of the usability concepts as they pertain to page layout. This series of articles will familiarize you with everything from general layout concerns to different types of users and their prefered means of navigation.

Page Layout & Usability: Intro

Article I: Screen Space - Your Scarcest Asset
Part I: Using Space
Part II: Using Graphics
Part III: Creating Graphics

Article II: All Users Are NOT the Same

Article III: Page Load Times - The Need for Speed
Part I: Size DOES Matter
Part II: First Things First

Article IV: Navigation - Size vs. Effectiveness
Part I: Different Strokes...
Part II: Bars, Menus and Links

Article V: Wrapping Up Page Layout & Usability

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Tip:

If you plan on growing your Parish Web site to include a great deal of great content, "usability" is a study with which you should become familiar.

Hint:

The best content in the world doesn't do anyone any good if the people who need it can't find it!

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