Rules of website design

With my new homepage designed, I did more research and found that Eccher, Hunley (2005) et al describe 5 basic rules for website design. They state that a website should be...

• "Your web site should be easy to read
• Your web site should be easy to navigate
• Your web site should be easy to find
• Your web page layout and design should be consistent throughout the site
• Your web site should be quick to download " (p38)

Measuring my website against these rules I could see that it was easy to read, it was easy to navigate, easy to find would come later, the design was consistent and it would be quick to download.