Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Web Design Guidelines

 
The goal of most web designers is to create a website that is attractive, accessible and functional to convince the visitor from doing anything to create. Creating such a website requires good graphic design, easy and intuitive site navigation, logical site layout and good web copy. The following suggestions is general web design guidelines.
Web Content
You want to see the visitors to your competent source of information and / or a reputable company. Poor grammar and spelling immediate reduction of credibility. Remember, people who use the Internet to find information. Whether you are selling your own product or recommending other people's products, you should first provide valuable information about the visitor or they click away and find a site that will give them what they are, what they want.

Cross-browser compatibility
There are at least a hundred different browsers in use. You must design your site properly, the most commonly used browsers. To do this, you may not be able to provide all the special effects are really great, because they are not supported in most browsers.
Although most web browsers are free, people do not bother to upgrade to the latest version. The average web users do not know how to update your browser or the attitude. "If it works, do not fix it" Remember visitors might PC, MAC, Linux, PDA or mobile phone, and they all use different browser.
Good web design requires your site using Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Opera and Safari at least work. Validation of HTML code, but the final test is run to look at your site with different browsers on different platforms.

Graphics and Images
The World Wide Web is impatient, and studies show that most people will click away if a web page takes to load more than 10 seconds. Always optimize your photos and other graphic files are very small as possible without sacrificing image quality.
Always use download the height and width attributes of the image with the rest of the page, in the same image file for download. Use ALT HTML tag people were turned off and the graphics they use handheld devices that the image should be.

Background color
If you use something other than white behind text, you need to set the color of the links, whether. The user's browser defaults, what color the links in order to induce them to read

Multimedia
Multimedia consists of a Flash movie, video clips, sound clips and background music. Always streaming media because it reduces download time. Make sure visitors can stop and start multimedia files or when the flash introductions, skip them if they wish. Thus, people ignore slow connections or devices that do not support multimedia.
Also, all the information put in the text, multimedia, presents and so the visitors. Access to such information without Multimedia When the plug-in is required to use the multimedia link so that user can always install. Finally, always remember the 10-second rule for site loading when deciding on the use of multimedia.

Site Navigation
Site navigation should be simple and intuitive. Research has shown that when the visitors. Denied access to the requested information within three clicks, they leave the place This is called the 3-click rule. Every area of ​​your website should be reached within three clicks on the website. If you use something other than just a text link, you have to try to navigate through all major browsers.
Left
Regularly test all site links can be sure that they are legitimate. Nobody chase visitors away faster than broken links. There are several free online services that are regularly checked the links.

Framework
Avoid frames, because they find it difficult every page of your site bookmark you make people want to bookmark pages, keep them coming back.

Summary
Good web design is a combination of common sense and good planning. Your website should be attractive and easy to use, and especially for users with the information or service they want to offer.

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