Basics Of A Great Website Design
Numerous techniques and styles exist for designing a great website that
works. However, all these techniques have few similarities and
guidelines that are employed in designing good websites. It’s important
for a layman to know the basics of a great website design so
that he may pass on the necessary instructions to his web designer.
Some of these basics include:
- Heavy use of graphics and multimedia files enhance the look
and feel of a website. However, this enhanced look comes at
a huge price of slowing the download rate of your website.
Not everyone enjoys a high speed Internet connection, and a
website that takes forever to download is a sure no-no for
people with slow Internet connections. Therefore, it’s
vital to give a balanced look to your website with lightweight
and limited amount of graphics and multimedia files.
- Similarly, Flash Animations on the website look attractive but there
may be people around with old computer systems that do not
support Flash. Moreover, the initial download time of flash
animated site is definitely more than the normal one. An advised approach
is to limit the use of Flash instead of completely ignoring it because
Flash surely enhances the user experience of your website.
- Using frames on the websites is an old and cumbersome procedure and
should be avoided especially with the emergence of advanced
and better technologies available with the web designers. Frames
cause major indexing problems with search engines and are concidered
as the most distructive format use to developing a website
second to a full flash website.
- Cascading Style Sheets is the norm to lend special features and style
to your website. Make sure your website incorporates CSS instead
of tables, formatting and frames.
- A great website has keyword rich content that is Search Engine friendly.
After all, your web presence is recognized only when someone
knows and visits your site. Search Engines drive more than
90% of Internet traffic. Thus, it’s vital that your site content
has plenty of informative and keyword-rich text.
- Finally, ask your web designer to build a W3C
compliant website.