By Anne, on November 20th, 2009
Having a website with a great design, animations or flash may not always be as great as you think it is. Some of these can be a complete turn-off to your visitors. You do not want your potential clients to click the back button as they land on your website. If you already have a website and considering a redesign or you are looking forward to get your first website; below are a few trends that you should avoid.
Unreadable Text
Some websites have their font so small that is it almost impossible to read. You need to keep in mind that everyone might have a different screen resolution, you must take this into consideration so the font do not look too big and neither too small. Even better you can have an option to automatically increase or decrease the font size with a click.
Cluttered Content
It is important to have white spaces on your website for the eyes to rest. White or blank spaces make it much easier to read and move around elements on a webpage. Also it is much easier for a visitor to pay more attention to the “call-to-action”
Animated Backgrounds
We all know that it is a lot easier to read a book than reading online. If there is an animated background, it becomes difficult to read and annoying for the eyes.
Website Completely in Flash
No matter how much you like flash, know that some people may have flash disabled in their browser thus they will not be able to see your website. One more thing to avoid is to have a flash intro which is bad if you want to optimize your website for the search engines.
Having a good website that converts does not always mean you should have lots of graphics. Though it is important you must also give as much attention to content. Unlike what you might have heard, creating a website requires a lot of planning and time, so it is best that you avoid everything that will not help your website to achieve its purpose.
About the Author:
Rubeina Sawdoo is from Mauritius, a nice little island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Webline Ltd offers quality web design services. Visit the website at www.WeblineUK.com for more information.
By Anne, on March 16th, 2009
In today’s world a website is representing the Business brand of your company. People are very cautious to take decisions about which web site design company to choose from as there are many choices available in the world.
There are lots of companies available in the market to design a web site. Now the question is whom to choose? It will not be easy for you to get the correct person or company because it requires little homework. The simplest thing is there are few simple questions you need to ask before selecting the website design company or an individual which delivers you quality output with reasonable price. With price there are other parameters to take into consideration such as company portfolio, Resource skills and qualifications, strength of the company etc.
You first need to take a look at the company portfolio. This is an easy way to judge the capabilities of the company. You need to consider basic questions like: Is their portfolio versatile? Do you see depth in their capabilities? Does they only work in similar kind of domains? You can prepare a checklist of your thoughts to judge a website design company. The basic skills you should look into website design companies can be expertise in Graphics Design software like Flash, Photoshop HTML and SEO etc.
The price of the web site design companies varies from one to other. Out of all the companies in the market you will find mostly two kind of pricing pattern. The first one is to charge a fix price for entire project and the second is price per resource count. Now it is up to you to choose correct web design company from these two kinds of pricing patterns. The best way to judge a web site design company is to ask them to provide a presentation of their skills and capabilities along with their portfolio and while seeing presentation you can ask related questions to them to satisfy your needs.
You should not get attracted with the size of the companies or their infrastructure. Rather you need to ensure that the web design company will be able to meet all deadlines. Often the complexity of the website is greatly affecting the time line. In that case you can ask for what if they do not meet proposed deadline?
You can consider about individuals who have proven experience into web site designing and Graphics Designing. Also check for the certification if they have in Web design. This will make sure that you met the right company to hire for your web designing project.
About the Author:
SPINX Inc, is a leading Website Design Los Angeles company offers services like Web Design Pasadena, Website Design West Hollywood, Website Design Santa Monica & also across the world.
