Monday, 27 October 2014

How To Design Your Web Site Easily

By Macy Guilford


Technology is important in today's day and age. Web design can really help with a career path but it's important to know that there are a lot of people working on it already. To learn how to get ahead in web design, continue reading. Test your site to ensure it passes a NoScript test. Activate this extension to assure that your sits is readable. Some types of content, such as product ordering systems, won't work without scripts, however if your website looks completely blank without any scripts, you have work to do.

Don't disable the visitor's right-click functionality. Some sites do this in order to prevent people from copying and pasting text or saving images from the site. The thing is, it doesn't work and disables other useful functions. OCR can be used to capture text from such sites, and grabbing images is as simple as taking a screenshot.

Avoid useless scripts. Scripts like counters and date/time scripts don't really serve any purpose, and since they are all JavaScript, can add a few kilobytes to the page's file size. Getting rid of these elements also frees up space on the homepage. Replace those useless scripts with useful content that keeps users coming back.

Use ALT tags whenever possible. These helpful tags describe an image to a viewer, assisting the visually impaired, as well as those who prefer to browse without images. As an added bonus, some search engines include these tags in their rankings, so you may get a boost by using them.

Ensure that you save personal information that the user might need to enter again into your site. Save users' information like registration data, so it doesn't have to be entered more than once on different forms. You streamline the process when you create "sticky" information, and your visitors will appreciate you not wasting their time.

Don't pile on the graphics. Though graphics are necessary for a professional look that is well-designed, too much creates clutter. You should never use graphics simply to decorate your site; they are used to improve your site. Your site will be easier to use if it's not overly cluttered, too.

Every page of your website should have a way to return to the main page, or "home." This ensures that when users navigate deeper into your site, they always have a way to start over if they lose place of what got them to the page they are on currently.

It is imperative that all of your webpages have titles. Forgetting to include titles while designing your website can have disastrous consequences. The biggest reason is that it makes your website look unprofessional when there is no title, both on the webpage itself, and also on a search results page. Search engines also place heavy emphasis on titles when determining the content of your website. Remember to utilize keywords, and make your titles descriptive.

Do not use pop-ups. Most people do not like visiting a website, then having pop-up ads bombard them. Many visitors to a site will just click away from a site with pop-ups, even if the site is a popular one. In addition, many people now have pop-up blockers anyway. Show some appreciation and respect for your customers, by avoiding annoying pop-ups. Any host which requires you to have pop-up ads is a host you don't want to use!

As stated before, just about everyone, including you, has wanted to create a website. People have had ideas on what their website will be like for years, but become stuck in the actual creation process. This hurdle can be easily jumped from using the web design tips mentioned in the article above.




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