{"id":754,"date":"2009-05-11T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T09:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agconsult.com\/en\/homepage-design-horizontal-lines\/"},"modified":"2009-05-11T09:03:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T09:03:27","slug":"homepage-design-horizontal-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agconsult.com\/en\/usability-blog\/homepage-design-horizontal-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage design: horizontal lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of homepages are full to the point of overflowing with content. Most of the time, that&#8217;s not a good idea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then again, sometimes it&#8217;s the only way to go. For a newspaper website for example, a long homepage filled with content is the norm rather than the exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, a long homepage isn&#8217;t always a cardinal sin. At least not when it looks orderly and structured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, some websites look like they&#8217;ve been thrown together from a distance. The result: a mess without visual anchor points to steady and guide the visitor&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-horizontal-lines-are-calming\">Horizontal lines are calming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a simple thing that makes a page look a lot calmer: the horizontal line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use an actual horizontal line or you can simply line up a number of page elements to an imaginary horizontal line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try it. It&#8217;ll make your page look less frantic.<!--break--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-de-standaard\">Example: De Standaard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We tried it on the homepage of De Standaard, one of the leading Flemish newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The actual homepage of De Standaard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image small\"><a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/2009\/05\/3501925780_566b1cbe4b_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/2009\/05\/3501925780_425c1ef3ab.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Actual homepage De Standaard\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>After our cut and paste work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image small\"><a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/2009\/05\/3501111073_182126719c_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/blog\/2009\/05\/3501111073_ae2309631d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The homepage of De Standaard after our cut and paste job\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We&#8217;re not designers.<\/li><li>All we did is rearrange the existing elements.<\/li><li>We didn&#8217;t change the number of vertical columns.<\/li><li>We did it in 5 minutes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-do-you-think\">What do you think?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you tell the difference? Is it an improvement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long homepage isn&#8217;t always a cardinal sin. 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