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	<title>UserPlus &#187; Best Practices</title>
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	<description>- Design best practices to create a better web user interface</description>
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		<title>Creating an information architecture</title>
		<link>http://www.userplus.com/blog/design-best-practices/creating-an-information-architecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[information architecture]]></category>
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		<title>Usable security</title>
		<link>http://www.userplus.com/blog/design-best-practices/usable-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[account registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captcha]]></category>
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		<title>Content tagging and taxonomies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<title>International audience</title>
		<link>http://www.userplus.com/blog/design-best-practices/international-audience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Writing headings and links</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Password recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.userplus.com/blog/design-best-practices/password-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Writing articles for the web.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Filtering search results</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonneke</dc:creator>
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