Thursday 11 October 2012

The Best Web Design Tips You'll Find

By Manny Rutz


Trying to design a website can be extremely intimidating in the beginning. What can you do to maximize your site's appeal? Where do you begin in the coding process? The following article will offer you some great suggestions that can help you build a site that looks wonderful, while also helping you to promote the content.

One simple design feature some people often don't pay attention to but is important is your website's favicon. Your favicon is that little icon on the left hand of your browser next to your URL. Believe it or not some people will bookmark your site if the find it interesting. Which is why if you have a favicon you can also be consistent with your business or theme.

Be certain to 'remember' personal information that might have to be re-entered by the returning visitors. Make it easy on your visitors by keeping information that they may need for other forms or orders. It's annoying for visitors to have to re-register for different site functions, so work to make the site experience positive for your users.

One thing to remember is to always make your designs consistent with the structure of a regular site. For example having a clickable logo is one standard thing many site owners use because is a common thing. Don't try to do stuff that might confuse your visitors, keep it simple and easy to follow for all your visitors.

One important tip is to often maintain and update your site's content. Avoiding broken links and empty pages is one way to do that. It can be extremely frustrated to end up with a broken link on a page, which is why you must often check and make sure your content is always live and working properly.

Hopefully these tips help you and you now have a few more ideas on what it takes to structure and design a good website. The more you research and apply the better your site will look in the end, good luck to you.




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