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Will Kessel

Web Producer at IdeaStar, Inc.

 

The Rules of the Road for Site Navigation
02 Jul 2008
Posted in InDepth
Editor's Note: this is the sixth article in a series devoted to Web site navigation systems, where we focus on what works in site navigation systems -- and what makes them effective. Like any road less traveled, there are still traffic rules that apply to Web site navigation: Keep virtually every piece of valuable information within three clicks from the home page ... Read more...

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Accessibility in Site Navigation
24 Jun 2008
Posted in InDepth
Editor's Note: this is the fifth article in a series devoted to Web site navigation systems, where we focus on what works in site navigation systems -- and what makes them effective. There's one more requirement for proper Web site navigation: make it accessible. Most designers and developers, simply out of fear of the unknown, cringe when they hear this. For centuries, ... Read more...

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Usability in Site Navigation
17 Jun 2008
Posted in InnerViews
Editor's Note: this is the fourth article in a series devoted to Web site navigation systems, where we focus on what works in site navigation systems -- and what makes them effective. On almost every site I visit on the Web, I notice the inadequacies of the site navigation. Most of the time, it's not usable. It's not hard to imagine why, ... Read more...

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Keep It Short & Simple (KISS)
10 Jun 2008
Posted in InDepth
Editor's Note: this is the third article in a series devoted to Web site navigation systems, where we focus on what works in site navigation systems -- and what makes them effective. One of the biggest complaints I hear about Web site designs is that they're over-complicated, over-designed, and not easy to figure out where everything goes -- or leads. I'm ... Read more...

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Just because the boss likes it…
03 Jun 2008
Posted in InDepth
Editor's Note: this is the second article in a series devoted to Web site navigation systems, where we focus on what works in site navigation systems -- and what makes them effective. In an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Quark looks at his brother and loudly cites, with a laugh, Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #33: "It never hurts to ... Read more...

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