This Web site supports my Open University module TT284. Like all OU modules you can pass this course with the knowledge and understanding gained from the course materials but, as budding Web Technologists, we sometimes need to understand a bit more about the context of a topic and the technologists themselves.
In field of Web site design I have had two "heroes": Roger Black and Jakob Nielsen.
Roger Black is an America designer who famously said " I have designed more magazines than you have read" and "there should only be three colours on a Web page and two of them are black and white".
Jakob Nielsen who is the guru of Web Site Usability.
Follow their wisdom.
Web Sites that Work - Roger Black (or see attached page)
Usability 101: Introduction to Usability - Jakob Nielsen
This site brings together additional support materials and further reading Web sites.
Enjoy!