| You might have come across several web design tips | | | | Underlining Technology |
| and practices which are general in nature or you | | | | In this step you need to decide on the technology |
| might have come across some best E commerce | | | | for implementing the<a rel="nofollow" |
| tips and practices which are programming oriented. | | | | onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' |
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| designing tips and best practices for Ecommerce | | | | solutions</a>. To start with, website design |
| website. Does good Web Design has anything to do | | | | should be in par with the latest standards and |
| with E commerce website, Yes in deed, this answer | | | | practices to ensure quality, as part of this its |
| is quite common as good design is needed for almost | | | | preferred to develop the web site in pure |
| all websites, for the users to hang on to the site or | | | | “CSS” using “div tags” instead of |
| visit the site again. How ever there are several | | | | going for standard html tables as they make the web |
| precautions and practices that one should adopt while | | | | pages heavy .Usage of images should be elegant and |
| choosing an already created template design or a | | | | justifiable to ensure fast loading website. Ensure that |
| new custom design for ecommerce website. As we | | | | the html and CSS code is W3C validated. This will |
| continue this discussion you well understand the need | | | | ensure web pages appear consistent in all web |
| for a good design for ecommerce site, when I mean | | | | browsers with out any problem. How ever if you |
| good design I not only mean visually appealing but | | | | come across any cross browser issues you can write |
| also one which has features to attract the users to | | | | separate CSS for each such browser to ensure |
| the website and make visitors prefer your site over | | | | uniformity. |
| other sites. | | | | Most of the users come to the websites but leave |
| The best way to make you understand the need for | | | | the site because of the unhelpful structure of the |
| good web design for ecommerce site it to walk you | | | | website. No matter how good looking website you |
| through the basic and the skeleton steps that one | | | | designed if it’s not easy to use it won’t |
| must follow to develop a successful e commerce | | | | retain the visitors for long. Its very important to |
| website and at each step I will be explaining the | | | | present the required information with minimum |
| importance of design. Skeleton steps will be like these | | | | number of clicks. Proper choice of categories and the |
| The Beginning Step -Find out the purpose | | | | position of displaying categories of the products is |
| At this step one should start determining what he | | | | very important. |
| wants as this helps in finding out the target audience, | | | | Now the Decision about the software technology, |
| does there need for B2c, B2b Ecommerce | | | | the good thing about developing ecommerce |
| applications or online auction, community buy and | | | | applications is that you have lots of open source e |
| sell or any other kind of buying and selling application. | | | | commerce software available which are optimized |
| Careful study and analysis will help you determine | | | | and can be customized as per your needs. Choice of |
| what are the latest trends and technologies in | | | | programming language depends on your existing |
| developing such applications, how ever the main | | | | resources and also on your budget for the application. |
| focus at this step is to find what you want the | | | | Innovative ideas of presenting the information about |
| website to do. Following questions will help you | | | | the products will help attract the visitors trying to |
| understand what is needed. | | | | understand the products. |
| • Whom you are targeting? | | | | Fourth Step –Effective Project management and |
| • What does the site offer target audience? | | | | ensuring quality |
| • Who are your competitors and how the | | | | You as the Product owner should manage your |
| market is structured in the specific industry? | | | | project proceedings to ensure project does not |
| Second Step – Deciding on the look and feel of | | | | overrun your budgets. You should be innovative in |
| the website | | | | presenting your website and should look in to every |
| Answers derived from the questions asked in the | | | | detail of all aspects of the website. Application has |
| earlier step will help what you need. You might have | | | | to be tested again and again to ensure there are no |
| arrived at what you want and whom you are | | | | bugs and application functions as desired. Similar |
| targeting, now look for such similar sites already | | | | graphics to that of the website should be used for |
| existing on the internet. Try to understand why they | | | | marketing news letters or sending mails to customers |
| are successful and how they chose the images, | | | | regarding the status of the orders. |
| graphics and colors. At this stage you might have | | | | Fifth Step – Live at Last |
| decided on colors and what kind of images you need. | | | | Now finally after completing the website, check to |
| I found many sites flooded with images with little | | | | see it has all the functionalities of what are expected |
| importance to products. It’s very important to | | | | or document in earlier stage of the project once |
| choose few images carrying greater meaning. Review | | | | done application will be ready for release. It is |
| your color choice to see it matches the target | | | | suggested to make a Beta release of the application; |
| audience, always choose clear and neat looking colors | | | | you can mark the site as Beta Release by putting a |
| that sooth the eyes of the visitors. And now about | | | | beta release below the logo such that It appears on |
| the Logo, Logo depicts the idea of what you are | | | | all pages of the website. This will help to preserve |
| trying to sell and what’s your identity. Put across | | | | customer confidence even the application fails to |
| all these ideas to the designer who is going to design | | | | perform as expected. After sufficient live Testing |
| the actual design template. E commerce Web design | | | | and customer activity you can make a final version. |
| is a specific service area of the web design jargon. | | | | Here ends the story of successful e commerce |
| Choosing a specialist will help you put across your | | | | website what follows after this is adulation for the |
| ideas easily. | | | | story and the story writer that would be you in the |
| Third step –Creating Web pages and choosing | | | | form of wealth. |