Basic Rules on Page Layout and Color

Written by Granny's Mettle


For one to be able to stand out fromrepparttar rest, one needs to go out ofrepparttar 132163 box, breakrepparttar 132164 rules, and some other clichés that apply to breaking out fromrepparttar 132165 traditional. But before breaking any rule, you have to understand firstrepparttar 132166 basic and foundation ofrepparttar 132167 rule itself.

First off, let's talk about page layout.

The Rule – Too much boxes is bad for your health.

One designer said that a mark of a designer is when he or she starts to use boxes and rules in his or her pages. When you look at your page and realizerepparttar 132168 need to make something attractive and creative out ofrepparttar 132169 boring stuff you've just made, and then decide to throw around a box or two or place rules between columns, then that'srepparttar 132170 time when your creativity is getting out from confinement.

Before using allrepparttar 132171 box there is in your software, just remember to do it in moderation. Anything in excess is a bad thing. Sure, boxes and rules are a good way to highlight important information. But if you're going to do it in all your pages, or put virtually everything in a box, then nothing will stand out fromrepparttar 132172 crowd.

The Rule – Do not dividerepparttar 132173 page in halves.

The best way to infuse excitement and innovation in your documents is to dividerepparttar 132174 page into thirds. Afterwards, placerepparttar 132175 most important objects likerepparttar 132176 headings, photos, and visuals, atrepparttar 132177 top or bottom third.

Let's go to color.

The Rule – Contrasting colors make for greater readability.

Any designer knows that enough contrast betweenrepparttar 132178 text and background makes for easy reading of text and material. Often, dark text is used on a light background. And vice versa.

Although light text on a dark background is easy to read, this technique should be used sparingly. It's proven fact thatrepparttar 132179 eyes get more tired when reading large quantities of text on a dark background, thanrepparttar 132180 other way around.

Basic Rules on Web Design

Written by Granny's Mettle


In every design there are basic rules to consider. For a web design, here are a few ofrepparttar rules which you can take or break for your projects.

1 > Viewers do not want to scroll horizontally.

As a personal experience, I find it really annoying to have to scrollrepparttar 132161 page torepparttar 132162 right just to be able to readrepparttar 132163 whole content ofrepparttar 132164 page. People should not be put torepparttar 132165 task of having to pick their mouse and moverepparttar 132166 web page over torepparttar 132167 right so as to see what's hiding over there.

It's easier to scroll down a page than to scroll horizontally. One designer suggests checking out your web pages at resolutions of 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768 to avoid scrollingrepparttar 132168 page to your right. It doesn’t matter thatrepparttar 132169 majority of monitors nowadays come preset at 800 x 600. You never know when one of your audiences would have a monitor withrepparttar 132170 lowest denominator, and then have that potential client go to a competitor just because he or she also hates scrolling torepparttar 132171 right.

2 > Have more than three screenfuls of information… not.

Having to scroll horizontally forrepparttar 132172 rest ofrepparttar 132173 information is annoying, but it is also not fun either to have to scroll downrepparttar 132174 page forever just to be able to getrepparttar 132175 whole information.

The rule: one web page shouldn't require a viewer to page down more than three screens. Of it is more than that then you better go back torepparttar 132176 drawing board and re-design your screens.

But you should also consider that people will definitely scroll ifrepparttar 132177 content is king. As one designer puts it, "You just need to balance content and nuisance factor with having to click through on links."

3 > One web page should weigh in at no more than 50k.

If all of us would be able to obeyrepparttar 132178 rules what a wonderful world this would be. But we should also be considerate ofrepparttar 132179 fact that there are gray areas. Nothing is quite cut and dried. It would be lovely to have a web page that doesn't take so long to download. It only takes about seven seconds to make a good first impression onrepparttar 132180 web.

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