Issues of Website Designing


Internet today is now a significant medium for people to do business and communicate online. To carry out any task on the internet the basic requirement is a Website. For everything we have to visit a website which is known by various names in different context like Portals, Vortals, Corporate Websites, CRM Websites, CMS Websites, Wiki Website, Flash Websites, Web 2.0 Websites, e-Commerce Websites etc. So you can see that the names are different but they are all a website. We might be knowing many names as we are in this industry but, what about a layman? Well he can know all these by a single name called a Website.

 

For him a website is good and useful if it is well designed, intuitive and responds to all his query quite fast. You know the term "SEO" which is popular today but, what many people do it wrong, that is, they design a website as per the process of optimization forgetting the user.

Many website design companies claim that they are best Web Design Company or professional company with an impressive portfolio but they are all website well designed for user and also for robots. This web design firm can be rated 8 on a scale of 10 points.

Important things to keep in mind:

1. Popup Window – This is a very annoying thing on the website. They are usually used for advertisement purposes. No body even clicks on them. So it is practical to avoid it.

2. Simple Navigation – Visitors do not have time and are given many options. It is essential for a website to offer ease of accessibility to its content with simple navigation. The system of navigation should be user friendly to follow and simple for robots to crawl.

3. Flash - Use when just necessary. Purposeless use of flash makes the website heavy and takes lot of time to load.

4. Style & Font - Use the style and font types consistently on each page. Don't use different fonts on different pages. It is not professional.

5. Color & Background - The background should be simple and not flashy and must not hurt the eye. The website color combination should be aesthetic and eye-soothing.

6. CSS - Use CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) to control website look. It is also easy for designer to maintain a website with CSS use and it makes the source page little lighter in coding terms.

7. Search Facility - If your website has many pages then add a search feature on the website to help the user to quickly find for anything he is looking for.

If you follow the above guide lines while making a website it will help you and your client.