Design Elements
There are a lot of details to consider when designing and developing a web site. It can seem like an endless list — but if you look carefully you’ll see that there are certain elements that are more important than others, elements that are used consistently among the most successful sites.
Once you’ve completed the planning stage of your website, the rest of the elements fall into broad categories ranging from user interface design to content creation to actual development. Of course, there are also the issues surrounding search engine optimization (SEO), but that's another story.
With that in mind, here are the elements that should always be included on any top web site.
