Good Practices for a Conistent Template

Web Site

Logo

• Top / Top Left
• Clickable to home page

Navigation

• Main Menu at top or left
• Text links at the bottom of all pages
• Ability to navigate within a section
• Ability to navigate cross sections from any page of the site

Consistent Footer

• Text Links (Way Out)
• Contact info at bottom of all pages

Users-Empowered Relative Design

• On-line design uses a flexible grid, not like print
• Relative not absolute sizes

Web Safe Fonts

• http://j-town.com/web_site_design/resources/websafe-fonts.php
• Fonts affect the way your readers perceive your page (serious and formal, or friendly and casual).
• Usability concerns. For example, some font types are more easily readable than others

Technology

• Server side includes and templating systems
• HTML and CSS
• Skins/Themes

Consistency can have variations (color by section) http://pbskids.org/games/

Exceptions

• http://yarokyarok.com
• http://www.alefhost.com/
  (Note both blue dot menu and side navigation - you might miss it)