Advanced web design principles

Written by Zoran Makrevski


Home Page

Regardless of our connection speed, Internet users expect information to be readily obtainable, pages to download quickly and solutions atrepparttar click ofrepparttar 132284 mouse. As such, you should look at your home page as your Sale point. Have you explained succinctly what you are selling and included links to more detailed information? Note that onrepparttar 132285 first page, you should try to pre-sell your potential customers onrepparttar 132286 benefits of your product or service.

If you are offering many products or services, place onlyrepparttar 132287 most attractive onrepparttar 132288 first page. Do not overload your first page. People might get confused if you provide too much information on one page. That is one ofrepparttar 132289 reasons why I always advise my customers not to use flash intros on their first page or atrepparttar 132290 very lease, allow them to skip through it. Today, internet users have less patience to wait and will move on quickly if pages take too long too load or if they have to “wait through” fancy openers that are all flash and no substance.

Site structure

Structure of your site should be dedicated to one goal only. Leadingrepparttar 132291 visitor from your home page (pre-sale point) to different pages (sale points) on your site.

Structure of your site should be as simple as 1 – 2 – 3.

The 1 should be your home page, where you providerepparttar 132292 basic information (read benefits) about your product or service.

The 2 should be a “more details” page where you will list and elaborate on benefits and prices of your product

And 3 should be your “add to cart” or “contact us” page.

Navigation structure

If you are serious about having your business onrepparttar 132293 Internet, do not experiment withrepparttar 132294 navigation ofrepparttar 132295 site. Keep it simple and easy to use. If your pages are long, place a menu onrepparttar 132296 bottom ofrepparttar 132297 page to save your users from scrolling torepparttar 132298 top ofrepparttar 132299 page to reachrepparttar 132300 menu.

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Do you believe that people read everything written on your page? They don’t. What they do is SCAN. They are scanning your page, looking for specific information regarding your company, what you have to offer, pricing and how to contact you. What you say and how you say it can meanrepparttar 132301 difference between a visitor and a sale.

The Advantages of Dynamic Website Content

Written by David A. Saharkhiz


Think about your own surfing behavior. What types of websites do you visitrepparttar most often; which ones keep drawing you back?

If you are like most internet surfers, you will spend much of your time hanging around websites with dynamic website content, or content that is updated constantly or personalized to your preferences. The age of static, archival websites is long gone, in in its place is a dynamic and powerful internet driven by PHP, ASP, CGI, and Java.

But setting up a website with full SQL support and advanced features is not an easy task, especially for someone who is still waist deep in HTML coding.

So...what to do?

If you don't haverepparttar 132281 time orrepparttar 132282 will to commit to an advanced website with cutting-edge features and complicated scripts, there are still a good number of options that will make your website look more professional, with minimal effort.

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