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started by Freya Morton on 17 Jun 14

#1 Freya Morton on 17 Jun 14

Do you spend a lot of time online? Do you want to make a presence there? Read this article to learn how to get return visitors to your site.

Use images wisely. Bitmap images do not tend to fare well for internet use, and some GIFs do not work well with lots of color. Image size is important as well, as larger images may make your viewers have to wait for them to download. Choose smaller images, and use them sparingly to make your site more manageable.

Do not use images for your background. When you think about some of the biggest websites on the Internet, they do not have images as backgrounds. When you use image backgrounds, you represent yourself as someone who is not well-versed in web designing. Images as backgrounds also cause your site to load slower, which can lead to user frustration.

Every page of your website should have a way to return to the main page, or "home." This ensures that when users navigate deeper into your site, they always have a way to start over if they lose place of what got them to the page they are on currently.

Try including real customer testimonials. Very few want to be the first to try a product or service, so let customers know that others have tried your wares and that they were pleased with them. Try asking some clients that have done projects with you to create a short paragraph about their experience with your company, to put on your site.

Visitors enjoy knowing more about the webmasters of their favorite sites. So many sites have dull, boring information on these pages. Make it a little more exciting! Let people know about your background and experience, tell them how you started designing websites and show them examples of your achievements.

Web design becomes easier to learn and manipulate the more you view the process behind it. Test out your basic chops with C+ and HTML by building yourself a few simple web pages. By avoiding procrastination, you can begin to learn the basic elements quickly.

Learn as much as you can about the various forms of html, as the html is crucial to web design. When you learn about html go ahead and make a couple of pages that are sort of filled with the information that you want to add to any of the sites you plan on working on.

You must be open to research as you focus on site design. Research your niche and target audience. Your goal is to incorporate the content that will bring in the most customers. This extra will pay off in profits at the end of the day.

If you're going to choose a software program to aid in the design of your website, you can save some serious cash by choosing a free, open source program. Open source programs are great not only because they're free for public use, but also because they're constantly updated and improved by users with a lot of web know-how.

Creativity is what separates ordinary sites from the extraordinary ones, so never be afraid to get a little creative. As long as you're staying on topic and are keeping the site functioning properly, you can get a little creative. People visiting your site want to see originality. They wouldn't visit your site at all if they wanted the same old stuff.

Don't use too many different fonts or text colors on your web pages. Word processing or web authoring software may present a dizzying array of specialty fonts or wacky colors, but if you use too many, the text on your website may become unreadable. A good practice is to use just one or two fonts per page and avoid excessive use of bold or italic text.

Make sure that your fonts on your pages are well structured and aren't changed up too much as people scroll through your website. You don't want people to become confused and agitated with inconsistency, people like things to flow one way because it shows that you know how to handle things on a professional level.

Create webpages that are "scannable". Reading online is different than reading a newspaper or a book. By default, site visitors scan webpages, looking for anything that stands out. Make sure your pages have lists, bolded words, titles, and short blocks of text. That way, your site will "feel better" to site visitors, enticing them to stay on your site.

Your whole website needs to be consistent, focusing on being user-friendly. Anything with an underline must be a link, and links should change color when clicked. If your website is easy to use and consistent, visitors will come back in the future.

Designing a great site isn't all that difficult. You will need to understand the basic fundamentals though. Keep these tips in mind as you design your site.

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