At the time of thinking of your own website the certain thing which generally pops up in our mind is the design of the site. Correct?

In order to narrow down which patterns will work best for you, I recommend a three-step process:

  • Identifying your site’s goal
  • Research on some competitor’s site & examine how other sites use different patterns
  • Dissect the patterns and choose the elements right for you
  • 1. Identify your site’s goal:
    Identifying the site’s goal is the core most thing to do before starting with a website. You can keep a note of all your goals and policies in a white paper or somewhere in the docs. It would be a great help to creating the process flow.

    2. Research on some competitor’s site & examine how other sites use different patterns:
    Take some time to review what others offer. Add/Delete/modify your taste with it. It is very effective.

    3. Dissect the patterns and choose the elements right for you:
    Now as you have the goal and you have researched competitor’s sites, so the final thing would the drawing the basic sketch or wore frame. By taking a problem-oriented approach to selecting UI patterns, you prevent yourself from choosing a layout simply because it’s the hip thing to do. While many UI patterns deserve their popularity, you should never base your web designs simply on what’s trending.

    Tips: Think about how you can help users better accomplish certain goals on your site, then start digging into the most effective patterns.