7 Basics of Good Web Design

[royal]

Whether you are just starting a web design project, looking at revamping an existing site, or just wanting to double check the usability of your current web site you should consider these 7 Basics of Good Web Design.

These Basics are aimed at new visitors/customers, your repeat customers will be judging your web site on different values. Just like wearing the appropriate clothes for a job interview, these basics will help you pick out the “look” of your web site so that you make a good first impression.

1. Fast Loading Web Site

2. No Meaningless Splash Page

3. No Annoying Web Gimmicks

4. Have a Clear Message

5. Coordinated Design

6. Easy Navigation

7. Have a “Complete” web site

[Blake123]

And, of course, the content of your page relevant to your keywords. I hate websites which mislead people by using wrong keywords. That's very annoying.

[Johnny_English]

And, of course, the content of your page relevant to your keywords. I hate websites which mislead people by using wrong keywords. That's very annoying.

yes! TS forget about CONTENT. it's really not the main factor on site, but it's really important

[xtreme123]

quite a very handy tips....Thanks for sharing

[dalethomas1]

Basics of Good Web Design

1) Create a lighter design. Where possible do not overuse either Javascripts of Flash that effect the major functionality of your site, including menus. For instance if there is some crucial information on your website and people need to access that information before doing business with you then don't make that information accessible only through a JavaScript on an image file or a Flash animation. It goes without saying that possible you important text should be available as text and not images, if this is not possible then you need to consider image replacement techniques.

2) Don't use colors that cause strain to the eyes. If you want people to come to your website again and again and consume your content or do business with you then you must make their stay over your website as pleasant as possible. No matter how awesome your design looks if the color combinations are strain-full, after a while they will tire of your website and stop coming. Always take care that your background behind the text is far lighter than the text, and vice versa.

3) Plan a carefully considered (from the users perspective) navigation system. If you have multiple pages on your website then there should be a prominently defined navigation system that is easily accessible to everybody. As mentioned above don't let your navigation depend on images, JavaScripts, or Flash animation. If possible create just a text-based navigation bar. With CSS designing you can create great looking navigation bars.

4) Design your website using CSS because then you can make your content and your navigation bar appear in a linear fashion. Since all the layout-related placements take place through CSS definitions no matter how your text appears texturally, graphically it will appear as a pleasant layout. The CSS designing techniques also enable you to dabble with intricate layouts without making your website inaccessible. CSS designing will always help you arrange your main content before the navigation link despite making it visually appear beneath the navigation bar or to the right of it.

[alfred]

Dear firends,
I am very thankful to you for sharing these beneficial technique. I hope you will keep going it.



Thanks,,,,,

[janet]

Nice posts, I agree on content too. It's just the basic factor.

[Kellyspa]

Quality Content, Easy Navigation Feature, Less advertisements, and Less outbound links.

[lennonrowen]

Good web design is most important for online presence and attract more visitors. For that web designers have to follow basic of web design.

[msherry]

Web designing is an art of etching the organization role and capacity appropriately to the world to elevate the company image and earn valuable customers.

[marymnewland]

Interesting words bout good web design. Mus t say

[sunitha]

Web Design is a technique that can work wonders for your business by attracting more and more customers to your website and convince them that your services/products are the best in the market and give a visitors a reason to stay on and buy/avail your services/products. For creating a effective web design you have to consider some basic web design guidelines:
• Your website should have easy navigation structure
• Your website should have unique and quality content that is related to your products or services
• Your website should contains balanced graphics elements like font size, color, images, etc
• You have to check your website for cross browser compatibility

[MarkTheUser]

Interesting. Nice post. Thanks for sharing your list tho i would add a few more things.

[sam051]

Nice and fantastic information, I agree with your post.

[kobehamilton54]

WebDesigning can be defined as the art that augmentthe role of the organization. Web Designing also improves the imageof the company and base of customers.