| When people are surfing the web they will get very | | | | Three clicks on your website should get them to all |
| impatient when they can not find what they want | | | | that they need to know. Keeping your web page |
| quickly. Navigating the web has to make sense to | | | | with a simple web design is more attractive and is |
| the surfer and right away, so if the web design is | | | | able to keep a persons interest better than one |
| done with this in mind, the layout of an effective | | | | which is too full of information. People do not want |
| website will have similarities to all the others. | | | | to read a huge amount at one time. People who surf |
| You need to use standard conventional links like | | | | the web are basically looking for information,so only |
| buttons underlining the text and changing the color. It | | | | use a short movie or clip if it really adds to your site, |
| is not such a good idea to use clever names for the | | | | and make sure there is an easy way to link to it or |
| links. Simple is good. Keep in mind the type of people | | | | they will be gone from your site forever. |
| who are going to visit your website and have it | | | | The best places for navigation |
| designed to suit them. | | | | Top Menus-located below the graphic header page |
| The elements of navigation are very important so | | | | where the logo site is found. These will be expanding |
| whether you are trying to inform a person about a | | | | menus drop menus or single links, A text or graphic |
| service or product, or trying to sell them this service | | | | will represent them. A visitor can click on the link to |
| or product, the web design for your links can be the | | | | any of them. Bottom Menus-can be a footer or |
| important factor to consider. | | | | menu bar. Footers use text links while menu bars use |
| Inform the visitor to your website that the link is just | | | | text links or graphics. These are all very important |
| that. Say you are in real estate and your property is | | | | aspects of web design. |
| in a specific city so you need a link with a map of | | | | Right side navigation is not so often used but can be |
| that vicinity to guide them to all the particulars about | | | | on the right side of the page as a text area or |
| that area. They will need the city name to click on to | | | | column. Most often it is used for advertising. Left side |
| so specify this on your site. Professional web | | | | navigation is just the opposite to the right this is |
| designers have a rule they use which is the three | | | | located on the left and usually the top of the page. |
| clicks method. When a person is surfing they will click | | | | These are just a few suggestions that you are going |
| no more than three times to get the information | | | | to want to keep in mind for your web design |
| they are looking for so make sure that they will | | | | decisions. |
| reach all the particulars of your site within those | | | | For more info about web design please visit my |
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