Tag Archive | "web design"

Switching from Dreamweaver to WordPress

February 15, 2010 No comments yet

Switching from a custom designed website to a CMS or Content Management System like WordPress can have many benefits. SEO, easy updates, having a blog as part of your website and not having to buy software are a few. A huge benefit is keeping the content separate from the design. You can change the design [...]

Good home page design

December 17, 2009 1 comment

The home page of your website is probably one the most important page of your website. It’s the page that most of your visitors will come to when they find you and so its need to be very well designed to give an excellent first impression. The design of your home page needs to communicate [...]

How does good design help visitor retention?

December 15, 2009 No comments yet

Did you know that 99% of people who visit your site will make a decision to stay on your site within four seconds of clicking on your link! People who surf the internet have a short attention span, usually when they visit your website one of the things that makes them stay on and go [...]

The Importance of Web Accessibility

December 8, 2009 No comments yet

Web accessibility defines a set of rules which when implemented will make a website user-friendly for people with disabilities that prevent them from browsing the web normally. Not all but some countries do have web accessibility laws but how stringent these laws are varies from country to country. Talking about the United States, there are [...]

6 Ways to Get Your Website Noticed

November 20, 2009 2 comments

In order to be successful, your business or your company should get noticed by your target audience. In this fast-paced internet culture, the World Wide Web is the best and most effective way to promote your business. Owning a website is easy but getting it noticed is the most difficult task. For marketing or advertising [...]

Why I don’t use Flash

November 5, 2009 No comments yet

Designing is an integral part of websites that involve using flash animations, graphics, text and other elements. A lot of website owners don’t know is that too much of designing can weigh down your website, especially using software like flash. Basically using flash can result in a lot of search engines not being able to [...]

Graceful Ways to Handle Navigation on Your Website

October 30, 2009 No comments yet

Navigation structure of a website is very important for its success. Success of a website means that the users are comfortable using it i.e. they know where to go when they land on the home page. A weak navigation structure can make the user frustrated and reduces the time which a user spends on it.
Handling [...]

Website Usability Guidelines

October 27, 2009 No comments yet

Overview
These are the days of e-business where more and more people are turning to Internet for their buying needs.  As a result, the number of websites is increasing in leaps and bounds. With so many sites competing with each other, your need is to draw the attention of the net surfers to your website and [...]

Cohesive Web Design

October 13, 2009 6 comments

At this moment, there are approximately 20 billion web pages and with each passing moment, more and more pages are added. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) will help you get found, but how do you get trusted? Websites are a marketing tool. With any marketing tool, the goal is to get people to hire your business. [...]

What content should be “above the fold”?

September 17, 2009 1 comment

There are many websites both eCommerce and services oriented that don’t do enough businesses because their websites are just not getting people to buy. One of the things you need to understand when you write and design content for a website is the psychology of the visitor who comes to your website. You need to [...]



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