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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Improve Your Web Design Skills With These Tips

By Meagan Smith


If you are beginner to web design chances are you feel a little overwhelmed sometimes with the huge amounts of information available on the internet about all the different platforms. There are many platforms like Wordpress & Joomla which each require special designing aspects. In the following article we will provide with a few tips you can start using today to improve your designing skills.

The look and feel of the website you are designing should not be your only concern, each website requires different features. One of the most recommended features each website requires is a search bar. If your site has lots of content and many pages this function is crucial to locate information fast. As a designer your job should always be to make it easy for a visitor to navigate and find what they are looking for.

Speed is everything on the internet, making sure your website loads fast is crucial to maintain a constant flow of visitors. Your visitors will not be patience and will not wait for everything to load if your site is slow. This is why the design must match to the niche is being used for, if it has too many flashy images and videos it will make your site slower.

Get advice from professionals; they can save you much hard work and grief. Gathering as much knowledge as you can will ensure that you can become an expert in the field, also by evaluating what the big design companies are doing, usually they have a portfolio you can check out.

If your intention is to build a business website never use free hosting services because it looks unprofessional. Your sites should always be hosted on the best providers you can find, specially if its a business site. Free hosting services usually flood your site with ads and slow performance shared hosting. Treat your sites like a real business and make sure you have all the necessary tools available when you need them.

We hope this article has taken the mystery out of website design. The more you know about it, the easier it will be for you to design a website that meets your needs. With the advice from this article, you have what you need to start moving forward, although we encourage you to keep researching because the more you learn the better.




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