Top Tips For Putting Together A Great Looking Web Site
Posted by admin - 30/04/08 at 08:04:09 pmIf you want to create a web site that works, for your business or for yourself, you need a web site that not only functions well, but also looks great. Many people will judge your web site by its appearance alone, before they ever read a word of your content. No matter how brilliant your words are, you will not be able to communicate very well if your web site looks like a mess. Here are some easy ways to ensure that your web site looks its best:
*Hire a web design company. There’s no way around it. If you want professional, fabulous looking web sites, professionals are the easiest and fastest way to ensure that your site looks wonderful. Professionals have the skills, ability, and artistic talent necessary to make your site look wonderful, even if you have no sense of style and no ability to put together even the simplest web site.
*Make your web site simpler. Many people assume that a web site that has lots of animation, moving images, and video graphics is the best way to create an attractive web site. This is incorrect. The basic web design element is simplicity. The best web sites, if you look at them, are beautiful because they are simple and clean looking. Whether you’re selling Seiko watches or trying to promote your law practice online, create a streamlined clean looking site and visitors will see your site as professional.
*Make sure that each web page of your web site is similar in style. Don’t use a different look for each page — it’s distracting. Create one look for your web site, and make sure that the fonts, colors, images, and styles on all your pages match.
*Choose a few basic styles and colors and stick with them. Choose one or two fonts for your web site and use them consistently throughout your web site rather than using every pretty font available. Similarly, choose a few basic colors and use them for your web site. This creates an even cleaner looking site.
*Break up a lot of content. You don’t want to cram all your pictures, articles, headlines, and information into one web page – it’s too distracting. It also makes it hard for your visitors to find what they are looking for, if they need to scroll down through a very long web page. Break up your content into reasonable sections, and make sure each section is small – no larger than about four printed pages, in many cases.
*Have a great navigation system. A navigation system is the heart of your website and is the secret to a wonderfully-designed site. A well-designed website always has an easy-to-use navigation system that makes it easy for your visitors to find their way around. You can use a menu bar, a drop-down menu or a list of clickable keyword links as your system. Just make sure that your system makes sense and stays the same from page to page. You might want to include a site map as one of your menu options as well, to make navigating even easier.
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