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[GreggInteractive]

Lately we have been toying with the idea of creating sites that no longer look uniform on every single page.

Uniform pages
For example, Web sites that have the nav at the top (that is a given) then a header photo, followed by header text and copy.

Catered Pages
The staff page and the capabilities page are both laid out completely different.



What if we created Web sites that were not limited by a secondary page template, but every single page was built differently to cater to the content on that page.

What do you guys think? Would it confuse people too much?

Does anyone have examples of sites that pull this off very well.

[falkencreative]

I think this depends entirely on the content... I've done this quite a few times for previous clients (though each subpage isn't necessarily unique) and I'm working on a site at the moment that has a unique layout for two or three of the main sections. If the content is best presented using a unique layout, then that may be the best way to do things. Obviously, though, all secondary pages need to use the same elements, color scheme, etc to ensure that the site feels consistent throughout.

[Parallax]

I generally work on sites that wrap an application (often flash based), and we tend to have a distinct layout for the home page, a different one for the application page and yet another for a traditional content page (text + images).

The trick is to keep retain UI consistency (navigation, etc) on each page, just as you would for branding and design.