Online college newspapers: 4 common design mistakes

Newspaper style

They say old habits die hard and one habit that doesn’t seem to be doing too much dying on college newspaper sites is adhering to newspaper layout. This usually means having a story or two above the fold and major navigation elements several scroll lengths down the page. This works great on broadsheet, but it ca be frustrating for web users. Instead, divide the page into columns and ensure that a list of recent or breaking news stories is somewhere near the top.

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