Category: Web Design

Virtually all human endeavors depend on repeat visitations. Although you’re not selling anything to your site visitors, the frequency and number of return visits are usually good indicators of failure or success.  If you are going to make a site into an online location that people want to visit time and again, you should think [...]

Don’t make these six common mistakes that can hamper effective use of images on your site: No images: Using no images or graphics will result in boring pages, regardless of how good your texts are. Too many images: Unless you are creating a site to display your photography works, use image sparingly on your Web [...]

Evaluating and justifying the projected cost for a Web Development project is really important. If you want to have an online presence for your business and only need a simple static site then it would be very easy to estimate the costs. The biggest cost component is usually related to creating layout design for your [...]

You may have marketing objectives and goals for your site, but if your visitors can’t find anything they want or can’t perform an important action, you won’t be able to meet those objectives. Many good sites follow these essential navigation principles: The main menu and options should show up consistently on all pages at the [...]

Once upon a time, in the distant past of the 1990’s, all web sites were composed of text, lines, tables and maybe a few low quality images. This was the dawn of the Internet, when few people had access to it, and those who did were running on pretty normal 28.8 kbit connections or paying [...]

As you evaluate a few competitor sites, look carefully at the content shown and discuss with the client to ensure that your site includes all the necessary contents. If you’re building Web site for an Italian restaurant, you might need to include some unique sections, for example Restaurant Information, Map to the Restaurant, Awards and [...]

Having a good understanding of the ideal visitors is important for webmasters because it can guide them in making important decisions in how to run their sites. For example, if a webmaster handles a health-care site for seniors, he might deduce that a bigger font size should be used throughout the site. With Cascading Style [...]

The website is a means of providing access on the internet for information. The best way to provide that information is with simple navigation of the website. Making the website user friendly will generate traffic and business. A bad site will leave the users frustrated, confused, and stranded on the site, where you will lose [...]

The Firefox web browser, owned and developed by the Mozilla Project, is one of the most popular browsers online. You could say it’s the most popular, but that title still belongs to Internet Explorer, mainly because it comes installed by default on most PCs. Firefox may not be the fastest browser around (although version 3.7 [...]

Although there’s no such thing as industry standards in the Web development projects, it is logical that certain information should be included on a professional Web site, no matter what are the site’s purposes. Beyond that, other things that go on your site are up to the client and you – the designer. The more [...]

These are few things that you need to consider when designing a site. 1. Avoid excessive advertising Ads may create income to your site especially if you’re part of affiliate marketing but excessive advertising can be harmful and may discourage people from revisiting your site. To avoid repetitive and excessive ads, you should place these [...]