6 Ways to Successful Web Design
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1. Website = Face of the Business — Don’t get caught up in all the bells and whistles. Make sure it looks professional, but don’t get too carried away. You don’t want to distract your visitor from the reason they came there in the first place.
2. Make Navigation Simple. — The navigation menu should be uncluttered and concise so that visitors know how to navigate around your website without confusion.
3. Cut back on the photos — They make your site load very slowly and more often than not they are very unnecessary. If you think any image is essential on your site, make sure you optimize them using image editing programs so that they have a minimum file size.
4. 4 sentences or less = Easy to Read — Short sentences are just naturally easier to read. Again, it’s about making your visitors experience more pleasurable. Break up the long paragraphs.
5. Firefox and Internet Explorer have got to be able to show your site — Their are others for sure, but these seem to be the most popular one’s at the moment. You are going to want to make sure that your site works the same in both. Go to w3.org and double check.
6. Please, back away from the scripts — I would say just stay away from them all together. They slow the loading of your site way, way down. Remember, keep things very simple. You don’t always need all the fancy flashing lights. Let people find what they are looking for.
The above is web design 101. Don’t discount these 6 things. hey alone will make your life a lot easier when it comes to the success of your website.
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