Design Patterns, Components, And Frameworks

How do you communicate to new visitors where they’re located within the hierarchy of your site? Do you use breadcrumb navigation that shows the hierarchy? Do you have code on hand to quickly implement it? Do you rely on a package of code that includes a breadcrumb solution along with a collection of solutions to other common problems?
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Reusable Divisions Of Space: Grids And Modular Design

For the last few weeks I’ve been digging into the concept of modularity as it relates to web design. Last week I moved from modular content creation to modular design and considered how abstracting out components and patterns could lead to flexibility, efficiency, and a consistent visual language. There was one aspect of design that I didn’t talk about and that was modularizing the space of the canvas.
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