| Your web design can make or break your | | | | your client's concentration as well. These elements |
| business. It is way too easy to create pages that | | | | can also affect your internet connection. In effect, |
| will frustrate your visitors than make them stay. | | | | clients who have slow connection will eventually |
| Websites that create an unpleasant experience to | | | | resent the fact that you wasted their time by |
| users are ignored. Visitors will almost always close | | | | forcing them to wait for animations and sound |
| your site without seeing what you have to offer. | | | | files to load against their will. In the end, they will |
| The good news is, the most common web design | | | | just close your website and move on to the next. |
| mistakes are very easy to fix or prevent. Here | | | | Don't Use Pop-up windows. We all know that |
| are some web design tips that you can use to | | | | pop-up windows are downright annoying. To think |
| make your website appealing to users. | | | | that it would appeal to your visitor's taste is just |
| 1. Provide a Compelling/Valuable Content | | | | wrong. As a website owner, the basic rule is |
| Although this is not directly related to web design, | | | | "always put yourself in your visitors' shoes". If |
| it is very crucial to the success of a website. A | | | | you hate pop-ups, most probably they do too. |
| good web design is of no use if your site can't | | | | 3. Make it Easy to Find |
| offer the content that your users are looking for. | | | | Organize your content so that you users could |
| In short, content is more important than web | | | | easily find them. Otherwise, you do your readers |
| design. | | | | a disservice. They should be able to go to their |
| Basically the reason why a website exists is to | | | | destination with as little clicking involved as |
| provide information to users or interested visitors. | | | | possible. Forcing your users to go around your |
| If your site doesn't have content then it is only | | | | website in a haphazard fashion is going to backfire. |
| appropriate to fix this problem first before you | | | | The more you can minimize scrolling and clicking |
| actually worry about how to present your site to | | | | the better. |
| your users. | | | | Another important thing is to limit page length to |
| Don't load your website with too much ads. | | | | 2 screenfuls. Although is true that you must put a |
| Imagine if there were no TV shows just product | | | | lot of substantial information on each page, |
| commercials? Imagine if magazines have no | | | | extending it to 6 to 7 screenfuls is going too far |
| articles and are filled with print ads? A website | | | | in another direction. For very long articles that |
| must have more content than ads if you want it | | | | may take more than 6-7 screenfuls, you can |
| to be successful. | | | | chunk them into separate pages. |
| 2. Avoid Sleazy Elements | | | | Further, always include a way for your users to |
| Examples of sleazy elements are blinking or | | | | get back to the homepage, on every page. This |
| scrolling texts, animated GIFs or auto-loading | | | | way, they will not get lost if they find themselves |
| sounds. These elements are very distracting and | | | | in pages that they want to get out of. You can |
| annoying. It makes reading quite difficult for the | | | | either add a clickable logo with a text that says |
| clients as it can affect clarity of the content and | | | | "Home". |