Newspaper sites can be intriguing to examine from a design perspective. The presentation of their content, both visual and textually, needs to entice visitors to read and click on the advertising. Balancing these different actions can be quite the challenges for design. Smashing Magazine has put together some trends and examples of todays newspaper website designs. There are some good examples here.
The article further digs into:
- color schemes
- header and sidebar banners
- top navigation
- tabbed content areas
- grid-based layouts
- social media integration
- comments
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