Chapter 2 - Better Late than Never 5 points

Make sure you have an awesome battle plan before going in and trying to tackle a site. Think things through, down to the smallest detail, such as "Where should I put the recipies pages? Should I link them by author, or category? Should measurements be in metric or standard (in the recipies AND on the site). What colors will show up on an RGB screen well with this shade of red?"

Organization is KEY. If you cant remember where you placed a link or a page, it's as good as lost to the end user.

The Nav bar should help your viewer know where in the site they are, which is why you often find secondary menues along the site, with a clearly labeled section marker.

Keep in mind that the vast majority of users are not using the best software or computers, so make it useable for lower end users. High enders might not OOOOH and AAAAH as much, but at least you wont lose a vast portion of your audience.

Keep in mind that there may be various other limitations with things like plugins. Does the user need a flash or java plugin to view the site properly? Then perhaps a splash page explaining that is necessary.