Website Design Tips
If you choose to design your own website instead of employing another person/company to do it for you, here are a few little tips to help you on your way:
- For business sites--keep the number of colors used down to two or three. This actually adds more impact and makes your site less confusing to a potential customer.
- Those with personal sites are more likely to use a greater number of colors. If you do this, it's a good idea to make sure they all tie together instead of clash (e. g. mauve and white as opposed to orange and blue).
- For both business and personal--graphics are great, but can slow down the load time of a page. If you DO use a lot of graphics, it's better to stick with static as opposed to animated.
- Music and graphics are a good thing, but be careful--make sure the Copyright Daemons don't turn around and bite you in the tail.
- Ask yourself a very important question: "What is my audience and purpose?"
- Frames are a powerful feature, but sometimes they can blast a user right out of cyberspace--some older browsers have trouble viewing frames, and will not allow a user to view your page. If you offer frames, also offer a non-frames version of your site.
- Java applets, etc. are neat, but there are a lot of people who are still using older browsers. Purely HTML-based pages tend to be more browser-friendly.
- You can avoid a lot of hassle by not specifying a font, and letting the user's default take over. That way, the user won't have to download the necessary font from your site, and they can spend the time browsing through your site instead.