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There are times when a client might own several subsidiaries or branches within a main company, and each branch may have its own “personality.” How do you design a site a site like this? What design elements do you change, and which elements should stay the same? In today’s article, Linda deconstructs a site - Peter Gabriel’s record company, Real World - to illustrate how the designers maintained unity throughout a site with a repetition of colour, layout, and images. The designers assigned each subdivision of this site a colour, and these colours are introduced on the homepage links.

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There’s nothing worse than a crowded, busy web site. Everyone needs some space in their design - but what’s the best way to manage that space? Linda looks how fine artists in the past have organised their paintings and perspective, and shows how the rules still apply to making pleasing web design. With an extensive links section and bibliogrpahy, Linda shows how to present your excellent content in a way that will make your sites stand out from the crowd, looking professional and pleasing to your clients and your audience.

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