Chapter 6: Page Structure

Site Design in Context
This chapter focuses on the elements that compose a website and how its structure affects a user’s experience based on their expectations. Creating a “unique” web page may discourage site visitors rather than encourage them, especially if it is not easily usable.

Page Structure and Site Design
This section outlines the basic elements familiar to users in most page locations. Web design is more uniform and formalized today, creating familiarity among site design.

Page Templates
This section focuses on the importance of starting with an internal page template, as the internal page will be the most used on the site. Further along the chapter, information on the details and types of templates for the internal page, homepage, secondary pages, and more are given.

My Response
The chapter on page templates, specifically, the importance of completing an internal page first. In my head, I always assumed the homepage was the page to focus on and finish first. Still, upon the chapter’s explanation, I understand why they recommend establishing the internal page before others. Additionally, the details that went into showing and explaining what your starter templates should have and what they need to accomplish to function appropriately were very insightful and helpful. It provided further understanding of how to structure pages with details into why it should also be done this way.