Trenton Moss walks us through the steps of planning out a usable, easy to navigate Web site. On the surface, one might be tempted to scoff at the very thought that a professional Web designer needs any help from an article such as this. The reality however, is many designers actually do need help in this area. Over the years, many designers have become to complacent and forget that a Web site is not just something that “looks cool”, it is also a tool designed for the person or business that asked for its creation.

A website is like an information flow, with you as the provider and your site visitors as the receivers of the information. If you don’t plan your website with this in mind right from the start, you could find yourself with a brand new website that solves all your immediate needs… but not those of your site visitors.

Clicking away from your website has never been easier for Internet users. There are about 35 million websites competing with yours on the Internet (source: Zooknic). Search engine results are becoming better and better and Internet connection speeds faster and faster - finding one of your competitors’ websites is now very quick and very easy.