By June 2001 it will also be possible to buy the reports in hardcopy form. All of the design guidelines will be collected into a single hardcover, full-color volume. The reports contain extensive guidelines for how to design e-commerce sites to make them more usable. All guidelines are based on findings from detailed usability studies of twenty e-commerce sites with users in the United States and Europe. This is the report to give to your boss if he or she doesn't have time to read the detailed reports.
Home pages are one type of category page.
Some home pages clearly show what the site sells, but others confuse users by obscuring the purpose of the site. Product listing pages can be tricky to design because they must provide the right amount of information, and organize it well. 28 design guidelines. Table of Contents and more info about the Category Pages report Product Pages - Users need sufficient information about a product before purchasing it online. Product pages provide that information using a combination of text and images.