The 5 Important Rules To Observe in Website Design
24th November 2009
by Taylor Nelson
In creating a website, one must be detailed-oriented. Small things can actually make a big difference in your site. It can actually make or break your online promotion. Hence, here are the five most important web design rules that you should observe as you create your website.
1) Avoid using splash pages
You must have encountered a page with an amazing first page. It is mostly accentuated with flash, video, or audio, stuffs that takes time to load. Most of all, before you enter the site, you must click enter or welcome. You don’t want your readers to be bored, and click the back button. Show them the contents immediately. Today, the attention span of people have decreased dramatically. You must cope with them.
2) Do not use excessive banner advertisements
Excessive banner ads can turn-off even the least net savvy users. Therefore, enrich your website with valuable content. Make most of your page space, by putting articles, journals, or tips that your readers could make use of, and just inject a few affiliate links. Readers don’t want to be pushed on buying. Hence, make them feel that they want to buy.
3) Simple and Clear Navigation
Design your site that would cater for newbie Internet users. Imagine that a child would be the one to navigate on to your site. Minimize the use of multi-tiered drop down menus or flash-based tools. Make it an easy experience for your readers, so they would not have to leave your site.
4) Clearly indicate where the user is
Your site should have signage that would tell your visitors where they currently are. Allow them to easily access the home page, and other parts of your site. Confusion would only push your readers to close your site, and just find another one. To make other pages in your site accessible, you may just place links on each page.
5) Avoid using audio on your site
If your visitor is going to stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you will want to make sure they’re not annoyed by some audio looping on and on on your website. If you insist on adding audio, make sure they have some control over it — volume or muting controls would work fine.
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