Learning outcomes
- Explain how to guide attention with scale, contrast and spacing.
- Complete the guided practice safely.
- Check that you can make the primary purpose obvious.
Page Design and UX
Visual Hierarchy
Learn to guide attention with scale, contrast and spacing and make the primary purpose obvious in this beginner-friendly website development lesson.
Before you begin
Work on a practice copy, keep filenames lowercase and hyphenated, and create a backup before changing a live website.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open the relevant project page, file or WordPress screen and confirm you are working on a safe practice copy.
- Rank a page headline, action and supporting content.
- Inspect the result using browser tools or WordPress Preview; do not publish yet.
- Check keyboard use, mobile layout, content accuracy, links, images and privacy where applicable.
- Confirm that you can make the primary purpose obvious, then save a clearly named version or backup.
Ian's practical tip: Preview first, test at desktop and mobile sizes, and keep a recoverable copy before publishing.
Practical activity
Rank a page headline, action and supporting content. The expected result is to make the primary purpose obvious.