The Home Page

I want my home page to look nice and clean and clear and communicate what the site is all about. I plan to achieve this through ensuring that the site architecture and site maps are appropriate and well thought out before commencing any work on the site itself. These backbones of the site will ensure that the home page contains just the right amount of information to be of most use to the users who will visit it.
Badre says that "The home page should establish site identity and give a clear overview of the content. Both topic organization of the site and how to use the site should be communicated clearly by the links, buttons and tabs on the home page." (2002, p.161) To achieve this clarity of purpose on the home page it is essential that I get the architecture right so that I understand what it is I am building and make sure that all the content is there and arranged in such a way as to be easy to navigate, understand and for the visitor to get what they came for.

Reference:
Badre, A. 2002, Shaping Web Usability; Interaction Design in Context, Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA