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Keeping usability for stumblers, browsers and surfers in mind when creating a website can be an exasperating task. Doing so shouldn't have to be so frustrating... What follows is a list of how to improve your site's usability without going crazy!

For those who are interested in having a photo gallery installed on their portfolio/professional page, please check out cssplay.co.uk. Scroll down and copy the code provided below, and you can have a photo gallery (which consists of an unordered list code) viewable to employers, etc.

As we learned in class the other day, a page must be able to handle smaller and larger text sizes appropriately. Some of our pages, mine included, looked like they were too small when the text was increased. This article, shows you how to change text size on your own. You may or may not need it, but it certainly helps to use it if you're not sure if your page will look right with larger text.

This is a quick guide useful to refer to when you forget what words to use for what command. I often find myself forgetting what certain alignments do and which words mean what when clicked. This is a cheat sheet for those who are forgetful, or when stressful times lead to forgetting the basics.

This is the HTML and CSS codes for Horizontal tab menus. When you copy the code, you have to make sure that you save the two images so that they may be used as the background images and also make sure that the image is directed correctly in both the HTML & css or you wont get the cool effect. I do plan to use this in my professional site.

I know we should be recommending CSS tips and such, but please check out this short article by Jim Ramsey about flow in web sties. It's very akin to Web ReDesign 2.0 (for those of you who bought the book), which talks about the psychology of users - Kelly Groto and Emily Cotler both speak about the utter importance of a site that affords fluid, easy usability.

This site has a list of free CSS templates. I think I'll be using one to construct my revised professional site

Free! Well, this takes part of the thinking out the design progess. This site offers free css templates that you can preview and then download if you'd like. Something to try next time you are in a crunch.