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| Step 3: Design Many designers make the mistake of skipping steps 1 and 2, jumping instead right hereto Step 3: Design. But if you got hereafter having done the necessary work beforehand, then you're on the right track In Step 1: Planning, you probably already got a good idea about what types of layouts and design you want to use. Let your creativity flow here. Remember, there are multiple layouts you will probably need for your design. You'll want a layout for your homepage, which, according to your sitemap, will just contain some introductory information or highlights, some links, and, depending on your goals, maybe some exciting imagery. You'll also want a layout for your transitional pages. Transitional pages are pages that just shuttle the user to more important things. In the sample sitemap above, the Music and Electronics pages are just transitional pages. The Music page would be small, and contain links to the different genres of music below (Country, Hip Hop, Classical, and Rock. The Electronics page would also be small, and just contain small bits of information while it links to the more important stuff, like the DVD Players, TVs, MP Players, and Digital Cameras pages. Transitional page layouts should match the whole site, but also be simple so users can spend as little time on them as possible. You probably don't want to hear this, but even at this point, you might consider leaving Photoshop closed fora bit. Instead, try drawing several layouts for your site on paper first. It's a good idea TYPE THE DOCUMENT TITLE 24 to build multiple layouts just to see how they "feel" with the site you're building, and using Photoshop to build lots of layouts that you might not even use is time consuming. It's much faster to draw some quick and dirty layouts on paper to get a rough feel for which way you want to go with the design. Make sure you finalize your design. Once you have your design ready, there's no going back. Download 2.8 Mb. Share with your friends:
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