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Design is an important thing to consider when building your web site. The pages below will give you some things to think about when you're preparing your web site design.

Note: The principles outlined here are drawn from Robin Williams' excellent book, The Non-Designer's Design Book. Check it out for a great introduction to graphic design.

• Introduction:: Why you should think about design
• Contrast:: Helps make your page distinctive
• Repetition:: Visual elements create coherence when repeated
• Alignment:: Elements should have a clear relationship with one another
• Proximity:: Birds of a feather...

Williams, Robin. The Non-Designer's Design Book. Berkeley, CA:Peachpit Press, 1994.