A web page is part of a collection of documents, very much the same as a page in a book or magazine. However, because it is published on the Web, any one page on your site can be accessed from another website directly.

This means, for example, that it might make sense to provide a link to information about your site and its author on every page of your website. You should also provide links back to your home page, so that a reader can have easy access to your whole site. Every page should therefore have the following elements of information:

• A page title
• The name of the author and/or sponsoring organization e.g. Harry Twigg (educator: Memory High School).
• The contact details of the author (e.g. your name could be hyperlinked to an e-mail address).
• Date when the page was last updated.
• A link to the home page.

• Any sign of a logo or graphic that gave the site its identity

• A place for graphics and menus (sometimes combined) and a place for text on each page

• A link to the sub-menu of which this page forms part.
• Navigation tools to the home page, sub-menu or previous/next page, if appropriate (words or buttons) - buttons/word links that help you to go back, forward, up or home, as required.
• A copyright notice.

Look at the image below to see where these elements have been placed on this page design. Of course, it is just an example. You should feel free to choose your own locations for different elements. It is best, though, to be consistent in applying these choices.

When designing your site, you can also make links back to the top of pages if your pages are long.  It is often not sensible to expect the user to scroll back to the top of a long page. Hence the use of the "Jump-to-top" link in the diagram above.