Seven Website Design Tips to
Make Your Site More Attractive
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1. Be
Aware during Selection of the colours scheme If
your company has a logo or preferred colours on its stationery
that's a good start. For those of you starting from scratch,
choose two or three complementary colours and stick with them
- don't change colours on every page. The most common colour
schemes include:
- Red, yellow
and white
- Blue and white
- Red, grey and white
- Blue, orange and white
- Yellow, grey and white.
- Onion shade, Tan, white
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If you're not
sure what colour scheme to choose, surf the internet and find a website
that you like. You can then model your colour scheme on what already
exists. Always Select
those colours which Attract the visitors, and the person revisit your
site.
2. Page
Backgrounds Ensure
your visitors can read the text on the background, i.e. no black
writing on dark blue background or yellow on white. Means if the
page background is dark always use light colour for the writhing
a text or if the light colour is used for the page background the
always use dark colour for writing a text, like this colour scheme
for the background everything is visible to the visitor. Also
be careful that your links are visible before and after being visited.
The default for links in most programs is blue (before being visited)
and burgundy (after being visited), so if you have a dark background,
ensure your links are light. 3. (Page
loading) site open within a minutes All I've seen for
the last 10 minutes is 'page loading', I think something might be
wrong with my browser this is probably one of the biggest gripes
a site visitor has. If your page takes more than a minute to load
(on dial-up) and you have anything less than the meaning of life
hidden within your content - something needs to be done.
The average
person does not have time they just go for another site without passed his
time for these type of site those take time to open. So a good website
takes less time for loading a site.
4. Appropriate
page Size Web pages are measured in pixels. Pixels are
the unit of measurement for the screen. A Web page can literally
be any size. Standard Web pages usually fit into a few sizes:
* W × H * 600
× 800 * 640 × 480 (Dream weaver default) * 1024 × 768 * 550 × 400 (Flash
default)
The default
Web page sizes provided in Web friendly applications and listed earlier
are a great place to start. You will probably use a smaller, custom size
for pop-up windows. The Web page
size you choose is up to you. Remember to use actual space for the Web
page effectively so that the content is in the proper proximity to the
user's navigation patterns. Web page size affects the way users move
around the Web pages and the Web portfolio site. One rule: Pick a size for
all main screens and stick to it.
5.
Logo Create a simple logo to identity your website.
Have a captivating tag line somewhere with the header, and write
an About Us page which describes the uniqueness of your website.
These will leave an impression for your visitors to remember your
website.
6. Application
of graphic designs You must be careful in choosing for
the appropriate design that will best represent your projects, and
tell about your business. Create a design which coveys in a stylish
way what it has to
7. Be
aware about grammar and spell Grammar is overrated [and
the spill-checker too] Most web authoring and word processing software
comes with a spell/grammar check utility - don't let your hard earned
money go to waste, use it. Some of the more common grammatical mistakes
are misusing its, it's, there, their, they're, your, you're, and
noone (correct=no one). Proof reading your final product is also
helpful. No one is infallible, that's why pencils have erasers and
computer programs have [ctrl+z].
About the Author - Alex Roderick - The author is Business
Head for The Web Design Company www.webdesigningcompany.net It is
a web designing company which deals in web site design, website
redesign, flash, 3D animation, logos, Banner Adds etc. nick@webdesigningcompany.net
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