Ways to Improve Website Design
In order to set up your website design you need to hire a great web developer but you need some good investment for it. Check out some easy ways to improve your website design and bring it into better shape now!
1. Balance your page
As user visits your website, his focus starts at the top left of the page, and moves along slowly tracking to the right. In real sense, the web user is concentrated more on the text of the page, rather than images or graphics. This is where balance comes into place.
Balance will not only make your page easier to read, but it will make your page more visually appealing too.
2. Keep it simple
Less is more. Remove all unnecessary visual elements from your website and keep it clean. This will let primary items to stand out. Maintain some white space on your webpage. The view of some space is visually admirable, as well as simple to navigate. Else, visitor of your website will blow away by dashing their head from left to right in an effort to scan at all the information overflowing on your screen.
3. Fix your fonts
The type and size of font you choose will have an impact on how your viewer takes in your information. Which font you should use? San-serif fonts such as Arial and Verdana are well-liked choices for on-screen reading. And the font size must also be taken care of. The font size must be no smaller than 10 points and no larger than 14 points.
4. Clean backgrounds
Go subtle. The background textures and colors you pick have the skill to gauge the overall appeal of the website. Much of images and texture in the background can be distracting, and the more texture you add to the background, the less perceptible your text and images become.
If you are planning to make use of color on the background, make sure there is a noteworthy contrast between the text and the background color. Strike a good balance, or you may compromise the readability of the text. Make good selection. Be thoughtful when using darker and brighter colors such as red or yellow. They result in visual fatigue and the reader will lose their focus on the text.
5. Graphics
Graphics are often overused on webpages. We often mess up the pages with images and graphics that appear cool but serve no purpose other than to multiply the download time. Here are some places where you can use graphics to improve your pages:
- Logo
- Title bars
- Navigation icons
- Horizontal rules
- Photos
- Background images
6. Easy navigation
Create a toolbar with links that are easy to navigate. Place the toolbar in an area that makes sense. Users often seek for the toolbar crossways the top or down the left hand side of the page. Going with the norm will create a sense of familiarity and facilitate the ease of navigation. And do set up a link to your homepage. It's often forgotten but very necessary to target your users to your home page.
7. Text readability
Try displaying your pages effectively? Make your pages easy to read. Divide into various blocks of text and make short paragraphs.
Consider the key points on each page and create headings and subheadings. Only use one or two fonts. Choose a single font for your headings and subheadings and another one for the body text. Highlight key words and phrases by making them bold or using a different color. Be particular when choosing text colors, and avoid using every color in the rainbow. It is always recommend to go for standard text color as black or gray to enhance readability.
8. Scrolling
Horizontal scrolling now need to go. Users really hate alot to scroll left to right. Vertical scrolling will do if you have to have it, but consider moving larger blocks of information to another page and providing links. There's also the danger of missing vital information that falls below the screen if a user decides not to scroll down to view it. So if you maintain have a scrolling page, try to keep all your important information above the fold.
9. Make it quick
We all get impatient when it takes more than 5 seconds to upload a website. Visitors want to make contact, and make it fast. Make sure that your pages load as quickly as possible. Remove all needless graphics, especially flash graphics. They can be time hogs and you need to make an immediate impression. So make it your webpage as light as possible.


1 comments:
Thanks for the helpful tips, I appreciate them.
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