Elements for a Functioning Website
Posted by admin - 27/10/08 at 11:10:57 amThere are many things you should consider if you want to build your own website. A properly functioning site is essential if you want to maintain users for longer than just a few seconds. Many of the things you should consider include broken links, functions, download or upload capabilities, and load time of your site. These are very important factors for a good website.
When you build your own website it is important that there are no broken links. It is common for your site to be working perfectly fine and then for links to become broken, especially if you house your own web pages. Broken links most commonly occur when someone cleans up folders or moves files and folders without realizing they are for the website. Some people don’t understand you cannot move folders with web files on them if they are the live files for the site. This is because the web files are pointed to these folders. When they move it will cause a link to be broken, photos to disappear and other issues. If you have photos of Christmas trees on your site they will be missing until the web pages are redirected to the new location of the folders.
If you have buttons on your site that should complete a specific function it is important for everything to work properly. If a user can click through your entire site filling up a shopping cart and find the ‘buy now’ button doesn’t work they will be unable to make a purchase. This can cost a company a lot of money and a loss of customers. It can be frustrating for a user to spend the time and be unable to make a purchase at the very end. If you are selling artificial Christmas trees online you need to be sure the functionality of the entire site works. Users won’t give you a second chance.
The loading of a website is another factor you need to consider when it comes to a functioning site. If you have a large number of photos of artificial Christmas trees and the files are very large this can cause the loading of a page to take a long time. Most users are used to the convenience of high speed. If a website doesn’t load quickly then it can be irritating and cause the user to go elsewhere for their holiday needs.
The best thing you can do for your business online is your own quality assurance. Go through the web pages and be sure everything functions properly. It is also a good idea to have another employee besides you to check out the site also.
Functionality is one of the major elements of a successful website. Any type of site needs to be functional in order to maintain customers. Most customers won’t give a second chance for a site that doesn’t work if they are a new customer. If they absolutely love your site and your products and services they might return, but this is the only exception to the rule. The most important thing that you can do is have a fully functional site.
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