Chapter 4. Sketching the Interface

What Makes a Good Design?

Organizing the Layout

Designing the Navigation

Taking Measurements

Choosing a Layout Strategy

The logic of your site is in decent shape. You've divided the content into categories and subcategories. Now you want to think about how you're going to present your content. What's your web site going to look like? And does it really matter?

Uh, oh, you've done it now. You just posed one of the Big Onesthe existential questions of web design. Every web builder has to ask them eventually. There's no going back, and you're on a tight schedule, so this chapter directs you to some practical answers.