Comments on: Website Layouts https://createawebsitenow.com Free resource for helping beginners to build, manage and grow their websites. Tue, 03 May 2024 12:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/website-layouts/#comment-413459 Tue, 03 May 2024 12:52:25 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=17467#comment-413459 In reply to Will.

Glad to be of service!

]]> By: Will https://createawebsitenow.com/website-layouts/#comment-413132 Mon, 18 Apr 2024 03:14:24 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=17467#comment-413132 Excellent information. You gave me clarity as to how to achieve a better layout.

]]> By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/website-layouts/#comment-188168 Wed, 06 May 2020 15:49:17 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=17467#comment-188168 In reply to Wendy Cockcroft.

Thanks for the input, Wendy! I completely agree that design should have a purpose.

]]> By: Wendy Cockcroft https://createawebsitenow.com/website-layouts/#comment-185480 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:43:42 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=17467#comment-185480 Good post, Paul. To paraphrase Jeffrey Zeldman, design without purpose is decoration. The first determiner of the layout of your site is your content. If the layout doesn’t showcase your content to its best advantage, you’re doing it wrong. I tend to use the large images and fancy flourishes when I don’t have enough content to work with.

Magazine layouts tend to demand large images, and unless they are particularly striking you’re better off with a simple layout. Another consideration is what the site is about: if the viewer can’t tell what the site is about at a glance, you’re doing it wrong. I’ve seen so many examples of style over substance, it’s ridiculous. The style needs to BE the substance, or you fail.

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