Web Design: Website Designs that Work (and Some That Don't!)

Website Designs that Work (and Some That Don't!)

Written by Demetria Zinga

Have you seen repparttar website with repparttar 147895 black background and navy blue text? Oh, yeah…I’m sure we’ve ALL seen that website, and I hope repparttar 147896 last time we saw it was 10 years ago when web design was in its infancy. By now, we all know that visual appeal is a must when it comes down to website design, and that NOBODY (and I do mean nobody) wants to stare at a red screen with yellow text and blinking blue dots. A website’s design should be easy on repparttar 147897 reader. Think of your audience. Think of yourself for a minute! After all, would you want to spend countless hours designing a site whose colors you can’t even stare at for longer than 30 seconds? Remember who your audience is, and think of some colors that will bring them into your website without reservation. 1.For your design elements, think clean, crisp, and appealing. 2.Always use darker text on a light background. If using light text on a dark background, just be aware of repparttar 147898 color clash and that this can be harder on repparttar 147899 eyes. To promote easy visualization of your text, it is better to stick with dark text on a light background. 3.Clutter is very distracting. Try to minimize repparttar 147900 usage of flash or gif animation, and use only when there is true function and purpose for it 4.Create proper alignment of pictures and text. Text is read better in repparttar 147901 left alignment as opposed to repparttar 147902 center alignment. Pictures work well with text when left aligned in repparttar 147903 body of repparttar 147904 text. 5.Navigation should be consistent throughout each page. Take advantage of template abilities in programs such as Dreamweaver, to create a structured template and navigation scheme that is consistent for each page of your website. Check to make sure that none of your links are broken. When adding new links to repparttar 147905 navigation, make sure it is added on each page.

Do You Have Web Site Challenges ?

Written by Tony Simpson

Have you ever wondered what challenges are faced by other webmasters and owners in repparttar

design and promotion of their websites, well I certainly have and so I decided to try and find out.

I created a short survey which asked repparttar 147811 following questions:

1. How long have you been running a website ?

2. What challenges do you face right now with repparttar 147812 DESIGN of your website ?

3. What challenges do you face right now with repparttar 147813 PROMOTION of your website ?

4. What challenges do you think you'll face with your web business over repparttar 147814 next 12 months ?

5. What is your Number ONE single biggest problem in running your web business ?

6. What is your 2ND single biggest problem in running your web business ?

7. How experienced do you consider yourself with all repparttar 147815 areas of WEB DESIGN ?

8. How experienced do you consider yourself with repparttar 147816 PROMOTION of a web site ?

For most questions respondents were asked to choose their answers from a list and could select as many answers as they thought applied to them.

In answer to Q1. How long have they been running a website ?

27% answered less than 6 months.

18% said 6 to 12 months.

18% said 1 to 2 years.

37% had more than 2 years experience.

To answer Q2. What challenges do they face right now with repparttar 147817 DESIGN of their website, respondents were given 36 possible answers to choose from.

The top 10 challenges respondents gave in DESIGN were, in order:

1. Optimizing Web PAGES for Search Engines

2. Optimizing Web SITE for Search Engines

3. Choosing/adding a Link Directory

4. Adding a content management system

5. Tracking pages visitors view on their site

6. Finding content for repparttar 147818 web site 7. Creating Images for web pages

8. Choosing repparttar 147819 right web hosting

9. Choosing/adding an Autoresponder 10. Adding and using RSS News Feeds

To answer Q3. What challenges do they face right now with repparttar 147820 PROMOTION of their website, respondents were given 24 possible answers to choose from.

The top 10 challenges respondents gave in PROMOTION were, in order:

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