Create The Web Site Of Your Dreams

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Create The Web Site Of Your Dreams
Designing a website is exciting, and yet just a bit

scary too! This is especially true if you are a novice at

it. Apply the advice of this article to prepare yourself for

both handling the rigors and reaping the benefits.

Pay careful attention to which colors you choose to use

together in your web design. Your text should remain the

main focus of attention and should be easy to read. Choose a

dark color for your text, and use a lighter color for your

backgrounds. If you don't know whether your color theme

functions well, ask a friend or colleague to provide

feedback.

Include a link to the homepage on every page of your site.

One of the best ways to do this is to make a graphic title

for your page that can be included on all pages. Web users

are used to clicking on a graphic to return home so there

won't be a learning curve to navigating your site.

To help your website visitors find their way home on your

site, always include a link to your homepage on each page of

your site. Having a home page link that is visible allows

your reader to easily make their way back to starting point.

If you do not have a home page link then your visitors might

get frustrated and leave your site altogether.

Test your website in the most popular browsers and

platforms to make sure that it displays correctly. Sometimes

scripts that work in one browser may not produce the same

results in another browser. So you may need take extra

measures, like adding a function for browser detection, in

order to ensure that your website will display properly

under most conditions.

Avoid excessive use of pop-up windows. Pop-ups are an

irritating distraction, at best, for most web surfers, and

the possible benefits you could reap with them are extremely

modest. When you annoy your visitors with these popup

adverts, they will more than likely leave your website and

vow never to return.

Use breadcrumbs and make it so that clicking on the site

logo returns you to the homepage. Breadcrumbs are markers

that show where the visitor is in the site structure. For

instance, the breadcrumbs might read "home > furniture >

beds." When the user clicks a link in the breadcrumbs, he

can return to a page further up in the site hierarchy.

Clicking on a business logo should generally take the

visitor back to the homepage as well.

You should always put in the effort to make a customized

error page for your site; this page should include a basic

sitemap that links users to the major sections of your

website. This ensures that if visitors follow a bad link or

spell your URL wrong, they will be able to find what they

are looking for.

Make sure you are always on the lookout for as much

information as you can grasp your mind around when you're

getting into web design. There usually isn't anything that

you can learn that isn't going to benefit you in web design,

unless the information you learn isn't true so be aware of

this.

To capture the

attention of your prospective customers, and to show off

your products and services, web design is the ultimate tool

for the job. It is an excellent skill to add to your resume.

By using what you've read here you'll be able to begin right

away in creating the site you need to succeed.