This is a quick list of the layout and design elements that need to be tackled during the development process.
I will be making decisions about each of these elements with the following three ideas serving as a foundation: every element of the design should be self explanatory, obvious, and intuitive; always consider the F-Pattern; simplicity is king.
- 404 error page
- Advertising
- Badges, pins, icons, emoticons
- Block quotes
- Color scheme
- Copyright
- Date stamps
- Footer
- Fonts/Typefaces
- Forms
- Images
- Menus and navigation
- Mobile layouts
- Pagination
- Post meta data
- Print layouts
- RSS
- Tag clouds
- Tables
- Textures and backgrounds
I’ll tackle these one at a time, though not necessarily in this order. I’m drawing inspiration from other sites that I consider well designed and highly usable. I will post screenshots and links where necessary to credit these sites and designers for their inspiration.
Note: This is the second in a planned series of posts detailing the step by step development of sandbox.kwjr.com. For all such posts, follow this link.
