Web design is the design of web pages, websites, and web applications using HTML, CSS, and various web technologies. It is important to carefully define the purpose of the website as one of the first planning steps. After defining the purpose, you have to understand your audience. Then you should start collecting contents according to the targeted audience. Then arrange them in the form of web pages. The collection of those arranged web pages forms a website.
People use the internet for information. so your site should be clean, simple, and well-structured. Your site should have a lot of informative content with a simple layout and easy navigation. The most important things is that your site should load fast and doesn't look like that it has been designed by a novice.
Follow the tips below to start with:
Page Layout: There are two kinds of page layouts common. One is fixed and the other one is a liquid layout. This decision of which style of layout to use is often made on a case-by-case basis, depending on the needs and audience of the website.
Adobe Flash web page Vs HTML Webpage: Adobe flash formerly known as Macromedia Flash. The decision to use Adobe Flash is also done as per the needs and audience of the website. Flash-based webpages take more time to load. Loading time is an issue while designing a website. If your site is content-based, I would advice using HTML and CSS.
Table vs CSS: Use of the table in a webpage has been quite popular over years and still now. As most of the modern browsers are supporting CSS, i strongly support the use of CSS in your website. CSS gives you control over a page layout. The page layout has really been simplified with the use of CSS. This also helps in search engine optimization.
Look vs Works: You have to consider the works of the webpage. Although the look is also an important aspect of webpage design, the page should be optimized with works and looks.
Browsers Consideration: You should know that there are many computer platforms and browsers in the market. The computer platform doesn't matter much but the browser has to be taken into consideration. At least check your web page in two very popular browsers-Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. This is because your page is displayed differently in different web browsers.
Loading Time: This is the most significant problem faced by web designers. You should try to keep loading times for your web pages as minimum as possible. This can be done by using fewer or repetitive images for your entire website as images take more time to download.
Consistency: Your web pages should be consistency throughout the website. Keep the same background for all pages and the use of colors, fonts, and navigation buttons should be uniform.
Navigation: Keep the navigation simple. None of your pages should be farther than 3 clicks away from the Home page.
Use of Font: Keep the font uniform throughout the site. If you want to highlight something on the web page, use a bold and color tag.
Resolution: There are many resolution screens available in the market. Your page will be viewed on many types of screen with different resolutions. To be safer side, use 800x600 screen resolution.
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