Advice To Help You Become A Web Design Pro

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Advice To Help You Become A Web Design Pro
No matter what sort of website you have, it is

important to make sure that it follows the principles of

good web design. A poorly designed website will drive away

visitors and frustrate those few who persevere. The

following article can help you design a high quality website

and attract more traffic.

Pay attention to the way the different colors you use on

your website interact. It is important to have text that is

easy to read on your chosen background color. Dark text on a

light background is the easiest for your visitor to read.

Let some of your friends see your site and give you some

advice before going live.

Be wary of web hosting companies who claim that they offer

unlimited bandwidth to their customers. Usually there is

something that is written in the small print that is far

different than that. In many cases people end up having

problems when it comes to fair use policies.

While you might be inclined to add a lot of bells and

whistles to your website, flashing graphics, loud music and

neon colors will just distract from the purpose of your

website. Visitors who are bombarded by too many sights and

sounds might be inclined to leave your website before they

even start browsing. Keep the colors simple and the content

relevant and your website design will be a winner.

Make your links obvious. Customers do not like spending

time wading through your site searching for something they

are interested in. Having a site map, as well as providing

big, prominent links will help your viewer find what they

are looking for without wasting time in a hunt. Lead them to

your information.

If you plan on having a commercial site, you should

seriously consider buying your own web hosting. Most free

host sites force you to display their advertisements, which

is counter-intuitive if you are attempting to sell something

as well. Purchase your own hosting to avoid this advertising

hassle, so that you can choose your own ads.

Make sure your website content is both interesting and

compelling. While the look of the design is important, the

content is what keeps visitors returning to your site. When

your content provides useful and valuable information that

addresses the needs of your site visitors, those visitors

are more likely to come back to your site in the future.

Use breadcrumbs and make it so that clicking on the site

logo returns you to the homepage. Breadcrumbs are markers

that show where the visitor is in the site structure. For

instance, the breadcrumbs might read "home > furniture >

beds." When the user clicks a link in the breadcrumbs, he

can return to a page further up in the site hierarchy.

Clicking on a business logo should generally take the

visitor back to the homepage as well.

Eliminate pop-up windows from all pages on your site to

create a user-friendly experience. Users hate them and they

won't add you any value. As a result, your users may just go

away from your site, too angry to come back.

As you have seen, the

principles of good web design are not terribly mysterious or

difficult to implement. However, too many websites still

ignore these basic techniques. Do not let your site fall

into this category. Put these techniques into practice to

design a website that you can be proud of.