Customizable Websites - The Definitive Guide
By Abid Warsi2008-02-06
Tips for adding customization to your website
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If you do decide to provide customization, consider doing the following:
- Provide a reset button which users can press to take them back to the original configuration, as used on the BBC homepage beta.
Users of the BBC homepage beta can click a button to reset their page to its original configuration
- Give users the option to lock their configuration so that content can't be moved or removed by accident.
- Make
it simple to arrange content. On MSN's homepage page content can't
easily be moved from one column to another. Yahoo! and iGoogle's drag
and drop method is much easier to use.
iGoogle content can be rearranged easily by simply dragging it around the page.
- Consider using an open application platform to make it easy for developers to migrate existing applications to your website.
Tutorial Pages:
» Introduction
» Types of customization
» Benefits of adding customization to your website
» Disadvantages of adding customization to your website
» Tips for adding customization to your website
» When you should add customization to your website
» Conclusion
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