 5 Important Rules In Web
Design
5 Important
Rules When Designing Your Site
When it comes to your website,
extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to
make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here
are five important rules of thumb to observe to make sure
your website performs well.
1) Do not use splash
pages
Splash pages are the first
pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally
have a very beautiful image with words like "welcome" or
"click here to enter". In fact, they are just that --
pretty pictures with no real purpose. Do not let your
visitors have a reason to click on the "back" button! Give
them the value of your site up front without the splash
page.
2) Do not use excessive
banner advertisements
Even the least net savvy people
have trained themselves to ignore banner advertisements so
you will be wasting valuable website real estate. Instead,
provide more valuable content and weave relevant affiliate
links into your content, and let your visitors feel that
they want to buy instead of being pushed to
buy.
3) Have a simple and
clear navigation
You have to provide a simple
and very straightforward navigation menu so that even a
young child will know how to use it. Stay away from
complicated Flash based menus or multi-tiered drop down
menus. If your visitors don't know how to navigate, they
will leave your site.
4) Have a clear
indication of where the user is
When visitors are deeply
engrossed in browsing your site, you will want to make sure
they know which part of the site they are in at that
moment. That way, they will be able to browse relevant
information or navigate to any section of the site easily.
Don't confuse your visitors because confusion means
"abandon ship"!
5) Avoid using audio on
your site
If your visitor is going to
stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you
will want to make sure they're not annoyed by some audio
looping on and on on your website. If you insist on adding
audio, make sure they have some control over it -- volume
or muting controls are an absolute must
Like to see an example of what
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