Home Page Linkfest
1st edition — by Patrick McNeil — Dec. 30, 2005
The Design Problem
Sometimes the homepage of a site has no choice but to be a fiesta of
links. Portals abound on the web with the single intention of directing
you to other sites with information you are looking for. But as a homepage
turns into a mess of links to internal resources they become
as complicated as a regular portal. Essentially these pages become portals
to the site they represent.
Designing a page which is to be loaded up with links and yet remains
beautiful is a daunting task. The mix of sites below managed to get it
right. Most of them were laid out using css techniques. This is by far
the more efficient and future ready way of doing it. Take a look:
Sample Usage
Links
Strategies
for successful portal design
Design
Guild (A whole mess of Portal Articles)
