The one major drawback to the well-designed site was that its software does not immediately inform shoppers if they try to buy an item that is out of stock.

KA-CHING www.ka-ching.com THIS well-designed and informative site was developed by Oxygen Media, a television and Internet start-up headed by Geraldine Laybourne, the former Nickelodeon executive.

Web sites rarely add directly to the money a movie takes in, studio executives say, though a well-designed site might influence the choice of someone who has not yet decided which movie to see.

The other flotsam on Über - oof, that Motley Crüe umlaut gets annoying - is not so lovely, but somehow you do end up wanting to explore the outer limits of this well-designed site.

Entertainment Weekly offers a well-designed and informative site with the pros and cons of each entry in the major categories.

DRUMLESSON.COM: www.drumlesson.com - A comprehensive and well-designed site on drums and drumming.

You know, well-designed sites know when you're not running their script.

Another well-designed site, the AT&T Internet Toll-Free 800 Directory, has a different limitation: The only numbers listed are those issued by AT&T and included at the request of the business.

Mr. Tanaka runs the well-designed site from his bedroom studio, where he also has prepared 42 remixes of his own.

According to NetGuide, RCN "takes a huge topic - parenting - and presents masses of useful and reliable information in a well-designed site that's a delight to visit".