Substance and Style Are Essentials of Web Design

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span                            want to mess up a beautiful
class="cap">Though      design by only coding it for one
not as important as writing     browser.

amazing content, creating an

One commonly overlooked
awesome site design is the most       component of web design is the
important part of leaving a           page's loading time. With many
remarkable first impression on        designs extremely graphic-heavy,
your visitors. Contents keeps         some sites take several seconds
visitors coming back, but a           to completely load. In an era of
beautiful web design has its own      web surfing where a visit may
value. Before you go out and          only last a couple seconds, it's
spend hundreds, or even               important to keep your visitor's
thousands, of dollars on a web        attention while you have it.
site design, make sure you            Images should only be a few
understand the basics.                kilobytes (10kb - 12kb). Many
There are two aspects of a good       graphic editors, such as Adobe
web design: substance and style.      Photoshop, have a "save for web"
Like we mentioned above, each has     feature that will allow you to
its own value, and can make the       save the bandwidth and load time
other aspect even better.

by cutting file size.

Let's start out with

As far as the aesthetic design
substance, or the technical           goes, it's important to be
aspect of a web design. A             "unique," after all, that's how
well-designed web site should be      trends change. But in most cases,
and easy to navigate. Minimize        it's better to stick with a
the distractions. Make sure your      traditional conservative design.
visitors can access the blog          There's a whole laundry list of
through a wide variety of web         ways that a web layout can get
browsers, operating systems, and      out of hand. Minimize the
screen resolutions. You wouldn't      distractions. Stick with a couple

simple fonts. Avoid Flash-based functionality.

component that steal bandwidth

Web design is the telephone
and attention. Cut down on the        line that delivers your message
advertisements, especially ones       to your visitors. Better yet,
that aren't extremely profitable.     your web design is the phone
Don't automatically have your         itself. Everybody wants a stylish
favorite song start blasting in       design, but it's most important
the background. And whatever you      that the message is delivered
do, there's no need to change the     across effectively.

visitor's cursor. Final point:

Designing a web site is a
keep it simple, stupid. There's never-ending process. Even after
the end of that rant.

the initial design, you'll find

There are quite a few tools        that little tweaks are needed
out there for a webmaster's           from time to time. With the
disposal. Some software               ever-evolving Internet, even a
applications allow you to certify     state of the art web site may
your site meets web standards.        need a significant redesign just
These swiss-army knives of design     one year later. Ask your readers
can help your site do it all.         for feedback about the site
It's possible to check out your       design; after all, they're the
site in a variety of browsers and     ones you're trying to communicate
resolutions, as well as making        with.

sure the code meets world wide

Hiring a web design firm is
web standards. In most cases,         one to develop a beautiful web
trial versions available for          site. However, don't forget that
download, if not the full             functionality is the essential
version. For web designers            part. Common sense doesn't
working on a variety of sites, a      require a thousand-dollar phone
do-it-all program is a great          consultant.

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