Layouts - Web design tips
Clean Layout Design.
Clean layouts use lots of white space (or black space, or just plain space). It enhances a site's looks. It helps to keep the focus on your content. Use a web template for this. Use fonts available on all computers. Remeber, just because you have the font, doesn't mean everyone does!
Neat and Easy Navigation.
Navigation of links, in your website layout, plays a big role in getting readers where you want them to go. Website design, with good navigation, means visitors stay and explore. Ask yourself this, "What do visitors do when they see your web page?"
A visitor first reads the content of the present web page. Next, they look around to find other interesting web pages. If the navigation design is poor, it encourages visitors to hit the back button. You don't want that! It means your website failed to find something interesting for the visitor to do. They remember this and may not return!
Optimum Load Time.
Be sure the load time, of your web page, is low. For this you must minimize images, flash, and scripts. They dramatically increase file size. A large file size is not good! People do not visit web sites if the pages take forever to load.
Optimize HTML and script code.
Be sure your web page doesn't have any unwanted tags or unused scripts.
Design for all Screen Resolutions.
An easy-to-use web page encourages visitors to stay, and read your content. Believe it or not, multiple web pages are better than long web pages. Sometimes, long web pages are unavoidable. But, be aware not to have items causing people to right scroll, to read all your content.
Suppose your site doesn't look good for a particular resolution. It is very likely visitors will close the browser window, because they feel the web page is not for them. Designing stretch layouts fit any screen resolution. It ensures all your visitors see a visually appealing and professional web page.
Cross Browser Compatible.
Check your website using Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, and Netscape Navigator 4+. They constitute 95% of the worlds browsers. Each implements HTML, CSS (templates and layouts), and scripting differently. It is possible for a web page to look great in one web browser and look terrible in all the others.
Don't design for just one web browser. If you must have some whiz-bang feature, and it only works in one web browser, create web pages optimized for each web browser. This way, no matter what someone is using, they get a good looking web page.
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