A useful way through
- Name the three main visitor tasks. Give each a clear route from the relevant landing page and describe what success looks like.
- Check the page on a small screen and at ordinary zoom. Make the main content readable without hover-only controls or essential animation.
- Test links, forms, errors and confirmations. Use a keyboard and inspect headings, labels and visible focus.
- Record the test device, task, observed result and unresolved issue. Prioritise broken tasks before decorative refinements.
Read the map as text
YOUR PLANNING MAP · 01 · Visitor task · 02 · Entry page · 03 · Required · information · 04 · Action and · confirmation
- Visitor task
- Entry page
- Required information
- Action and confirmation
Put it into practice
On a workshop page, a visitor needs the subject, date, place, price if applicable and booking route. A large hero image cannot compensate for a missing date or a form that loses the chosen session.
Illustrative example, not a reported client project or test.
Your take-away checklist
Judge a website design by a visitor’s task
- □ Visitor task: ____________________
- □ Entry page: ____________________
- □ Required information: ____________________
- □ Action and confirmation: ____________________
- □ Observed issue and owner: ____________________
Before you act
An attractive screenshot does not demonstrate accessibility, speed or conversion. Test the actual rendered page and the complete task.
Sources & context
This guide develops the subject of Is Good Website Design Important?, published 2021-12-29. The original capture is linked below. The new checklist is a planning procedure; product specifications, contracts and local requirements must be checked for the actual situation.
The starting point: Is Good Website Design Important?
The page was credited to Maria Baldwin and dated 2021-12-29. The present procedure and example are by MichaelT editorial.
Web design refers to the design of websites that are displayed on the internet. It usually refers to the user experience aspects of website development rather than software development.