Take a look at this web site and try to read it through the web design principles provided in The Non-Designers Web Book (Robin Williams and John Tollet, 2006). For those who did not read this book, just a hint that there are four basic principles, which according to the book, "will not make you a brilliant designer, and they will not lend you $ 20000 web design contracts, but they will keep you from embarrassing yourself in front of millions of people." So, these principles are: alignment, proximity, repetition, and contrast.

Alignment: Referring to the alignment of the website, the first observation is that the alignment is not uniform. In other words, the headline and the Search panel are aligned at the center, while the basic text is on the left. Also, the navigation bar features some dang borders, which furthermore emphasize the isolation and the lack of the communication between different elements of the page

Proximity: Paragraphs are not related to their titles. Instead of breaks the web designer used Enter button to provide new paragraphs. Nevertheless, due to the colored lines which divide each paragraph it is possible to grasp the connection of these elements.

Repetition: Some innocent clicks can provide an impression of a non-website: pages are not related with each other in some way. They don't share a common logo, graphic or any other multimedia device.

Contrast: At a first glance, there is a focal point in this web site. See for example the head with its capital letters. But, what is the specific of this site besides it being an overall "History Archive." (sic). In addition, the rest of the front page represents a table with confusing geographical and historical facts.

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