Friday, 24 October 2014

Great Ideas To Up The Ante On Your Web Design

By Judie Sollman


With more people using the Internet now, any website that does not function properly is going to receive negative attention. As you continue learning about web design, your websites will begin to garner more and more traffic. Keep the size of your web pages small. A lot of modern web pages are full of unnecessary elements, including huge images, Flash advertising, and lots of AJAX. Many people, especially those in rural areas and other countries with less-developed internet infrastructure, don't have high-speed Internet and will have to wait forever for a large page to load.

Always mark files that must be opened in an external program with an icon. Many sites host PDF files, and less commonly, DOC files, that must be opened in Foxit Reader and Microsoft Word/OpenOffice, respectively. These files should be marked with an icon representing the file type, and a link to download the appropriate viewer if the user does not have it.

Web design is a subject that you always want to stay informed on. With this in mind, if you have any friends that are also into web design then you will want to keep in contact with them. You can exchange any new information you learn so that you're both on top of your game when it comes to web design.

Choose your color scheme wisely. Your text must be easily readable and not disappear into your background. In general, a light background with darker text is much clearer than the reverse situation. Don't be afraid to ask a friend or colleague for their opinion of the color scheme.

Keep the sizes of your files and images small. Excessive loading times are a death knell for any site. The larger the files are that must load, the longer a user's load time is going to be. Most users will click away if the page doesn't start to load within the first few seconds of opening your page.

Make sure that your front page is not too difficult to read. Visitors to your site will decide quickly from your front page if they want to stay to look around or leave just as quickly. Blow the horn about your business and its unique qualities, but reduce the amount of extra fluff on your site.

If you want your site to become more visible to online users, you must learn to use proper meta tags for each page. Quality and relevant meta tags will provide search engines with information regarding your site. If you have poorly thought out the meta tags that have no reflection on what your sites content is, you will not be getting many visitors.

When designing pages that have links, make certain your links have text content. Links with content should be visible enough to show the viewer what they're clicking. If your links don't have text, they may not be helpful.

This advice will get you to be where you want to go. However, it is important to keep learning. Always look for new information about web design. By doing this, you will hone your skills in making webpages that work and look great.




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