Easy to find your way around

30 minutes

Make sure your website is easy to navigate and all the pages are easy to discover. You should have:

Done when a friend can land on any page, figure out what the site is, and reach the other pages without you explaining.

Submission

Open your site. Write an email with a screenshot of how it looks now, and a short note on what is hard to find or unclear.
Leave that email as a draft.
Make the navigation changes: top nav on phone and computer, a clear home page, and a way back home from every page.
Click through every page yourself on phone and computer. Fix anything that does not work.
Sit with a friend or your supervisor. Do not explain. Watch them try to figure out what the site is and reach every page.
Add the live link, a new screenshot, and one or two sentences on what you changed and whether they could find their way. Then send the email and talk through it with your supervisor.

Time

00:00

Not strict. Just a reference you can come back to.

5 minutes. Open your site. Write an email with a screenshot of how it looks now, and a short note on what is hard to find or unclear. Leave it as a draft.
15 minutes. Make the navigation changes: top nav on phone and computer, a clear home page, and a way back home from every page.This step can run over. Be focused and careful. If you are finding it hard to complete in the time, ask for help.
5 minutes. Click through every page yourself on phone and computer. Fix anything that does not work.
5 minutes. Sit with a friend or your supervisor. Do not explain. Watch them try to figure out what the site is and reach every page. Then add the live link, a new screenshot, and one or two sentences on what you changed and whether they could find their way. Send the email and talk through it with your supervisor.