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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Tips To Improve Your Website's Design

By Manny Rutz


There is no doubt designing a website from scratch can be a bit intimidating specially when you don't have all the pieces together. You need to know exactly what look and message you want to send to your visitors with your design. In this article we hope to provide you with a few ideas and tips to do just that.

One simple design feature some people often don't pay attention to but is important is your website's favicon. Your favicon is that little icon on the left hand of your browser next to your URL. Believe it or not some people will bookmark your site if the find it interesting. Which is why if you have a favicon you can also be consistent with your business or theme.

If you are creating a commercial website make sure to make the process of entering information on your site as easy and smooth as possible. People are naturally lazy and they like things to be simple and straightforward. If you have your site structured correctly your visitors will have a positive experience and will return in the future.

Another important point to remember is to have your site's structure in a way that is familiar to any visitor. For example making your logo clickable to the homepage is well known and it should be used on all sites. You don't want frustrated visitors, you need to make it easier for everyone.

Another thing is good maintenance of the content and information of your website. Making sure all your links are live and active is one way to do it. Broken links results in frustrated visitors who will most likely never return to your site if it's full of broken links. Doing regular checkups and maintaining a clean site where everything works properly will go a long way.

These tips are the perfect starting point, so get out there and look for opportunities to use them! To stay on top of the competition, you must continue learning about new ideas, technology, advancements and techniques in website design.




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