Pages You Liked

Ad Pro Designs
http://adprodesigns.com
"Layout is not too cluttered...." "It has an easy to use navigation bar..."

Trans Union
http://www.transunion.com/
"like the funtion of the left frame.... There is a column of different areas of the company.... It makes it easier to find information."

Crayola Crayons
http://www.crayola.com/
"I love the whole setup of this page. It is so colorful and attractive. I also love the graphic in the middle of the page."

Loyola University Chicago
http://www.luc.edu/
"The web designer puts quite a few links on the front page in a small space, so the visitor doesn't have to scroll up and down."

Mother Theresa
http://catholic.net/RCC/People/MotherTeresa/
"I liked this site because it is simple..."

Some Unifying Themes of Page You Liked

1. Navigational elements that helped the user move through the site.
2. Layout that are uncluttered and well thought out.
3. Colorful pages
4. Pages where information is simply presented and easy to find.
   

Pages You Didn't Like

ESPN
http://espn.go.com/
"ESPN crams so much information into one screen that yor don't even know where to start reading."

Indiana Jones Adventure
http://johnp.simplenet.com/disney/indy/indy.html
"...it is difficult to access information.... The background of the page clashes with the color of the letters, which makes it difficult to read."

Mika's Down Under Miniature Golf
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~wall/course/
"...it is mainly text.... The text is difficult to read, because the words seem to run into each other and the frames are too close to one another"

University of Kansas
http://www.ku.edu/
"You have to scroll down to see the whole page.... there is a lot of text, which is not presented in an interesting manner."

Some Unifying Themes of Pages You Didn't Like

1. Crowded Pages.
2. Pages where the information is presented in a confusing way.
3. Pages that are not aesthetically pleasing because of bad color choice.
4. Pages with too much unbroken text.
5. Pages where part of the content is hidden.
6. Pages where the background makes it hard to read the text.

Related Terms

Site Architecture: Refers to the organization of the webpage. Includes organization and labeling of information, as well as navigation.

Site Design: Refers to the graphical and color elements of a page and how they work together to produce the "look" of the site.

Conclusions: Good web pages combine good site architecture with good site design. Ultimately these two components are equally important.