Articles consist of typical elements: heading, lead, main text and photo(s); usually there is also some box with "inform a friend", "rate the article", comments and so on.
I am looking for a studies focusing on this topic: proper web-article layout. We are discussing proposed layout of articles in new site; designer's proposition looks like this one: http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1355,title,Narasta-konflikt-Rosja-Ukraina-gazu-jak-nie-bylo-tak-nie-ma,wid,10744031,wiadomosc.html Heading and metainformation aligned to the left, and then two columns: in the left we have photos and related content, in the right one: lead, main text, rating, opinions and so on. I strongly prefer not to divide main content (heading, photo, lead, main text) onto two columns - for me heading looks like unnaturaly moved to the left and photo placed on the left on main text w/o floating looks like ad-banner. To determine which elements belong to main content needs some cognitive efforts. My proposition resembles BBC layout: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7826142.stm Everything is in big rectangle, left side of heading is in line with left side of text, floated photo on the right. Everything's clear. The page displays - and I just see where's the content I was looking for. As for now we have opinion vs opinion, so I am looking for stronger arguments. Greetings, KPK ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
