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How To Make A Website That Works

There are websites that make you want to stay and visit for awhile and there are websites that you don't. We've all visited both, but have you thought about why some websites just seem to work better than others?

Cookbook sites are a perfect example. When you visit one cookbook site, you find yourself lingering and browsing for more books long after you've found the one you want. On another site, you may not even bother looking for your book. Look at the differences for clues about how to design a site that works.

Cookbooks are a good example because there are so many of them, although it's a specialized niche. You can find cookbooks for every conceivable type of cuisine or diet. When a person goes to a cookbook website, especially if it's their first visit, they are not going to want to waste their time browsing for the one they want.

If a web designer has done his job right, he knows this. The message on the homepage will be that you can find what you want fast on this site. He's going to have short, concise content and draw the visitor's attention to the easily navigable index.

He will have the books all arranged into easily identifiable categories. Those visitors who are looking for cake decorating books will intuitively know which category they will find them under. Since cakes are desserts, the general category might have a link button that reads, 'Delicious Desserts.' If the reader is looking for Mexican recipes, the homepage category might say 'Favorites from Around the World' or something like that.

The website that you run from will make you scroll down the page while they explain in detail why their website is so wonderful. When you want to know how to decorate cake, you don't want to have to scroll down a sidebar that lists each title in alphabetical order and hope to find one that sounds like it might be about what you're looking for. On the homepage, this is a very bad idea. Keep it short and categorize your offerings.

Almost every website with a number of products has a search facility. However, this should not be thought of as a replacement for a well designed homepage. The visitor hasn't come to a search engine - a search engine has already directed them to the site. If they typed 'cake decorating designs' once in google, they don't want to do it again on your site. Also, while you want to make it easy for them to find what they're looking for, you also want them to notice other books while you've got their attention.

In a nutshell, there are three elements to a winning homepage. Make an eye-catching, themed design, keep your content to a minimum and make your site easy to navigate.

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Book, naughty cakes cookbook 19 fabulous fun cakes $33.68 Cake decorating has never before been this deliciously delightful! Liven up any occasion with these 19 flamboyant and sexy cake designs that will appeal to both men and women. Written by Debbie Brown, photography by Ed Allwright. Hardbound book measures 8.75inchesL x 1.5inchesW x 11.25inchesT and contains 80 pages of sinfully scrumptious cake recipes and step-by-step decorating instructions. Each …

Book, naughty cakes cookbook 19 fabulous fun cakes Cake decorating has never before been this deliciously delightful! Liven up any occasion with these 19 flamboyant and sexy cake designs that will appeal to both men and women. Written by Debbie Brown, photography by Ed Allwright. Hardbound book measures 8.75 L x 1.5 W x 11.25 T and contains 80 pages of sinfully scrumptious cake recipes and step-by-step decorating instructions. Each decorating meth…