| Ten top tips for web design that works: | | | | impaired. |
| 1) Provide points of interaction | | | | 6) Integrate |
| Always provide an opportunity for the user of your | | | | Integrate the design of your website with offline and |
| website to interact, interaction is key to engaging | | | | other digital designs. Make sure that one consistent |
| your audience. Interaction is also key to capturing | | | | set of design rules is followed. |
| audience information so that you can learn more | | | | 7) Allow for growth |
| about users and their preferences. | | | | Make sure that the architecture of your website |
| 2) Keep it simple | | | | allows for further development. This means not |
| Often the easiest route to take when designing | | | | building a website where pages can't be added and |
| websites is to over complicate. Why have 1 menu | | | | using menus that can't be adapted or added to as |
| when we can have 20? Simplicity is key. A | | | | your site grows over time and new content is added. |
| complicated website will prove unpopular with users, | | | | 8) Order navigation consistently |
| they will simple click off and go elsewhere. | | | | This one speaks for itself! |
| 3) Innovate | | | | 9) Don't just copy everyone else |
| Where ever possible, try to do something different | | | | If all of your competitor's websites look the same |
| with your website content. Users are very used to | | | | then why fall into the same trap. Differentiate your |
| seeing the same content on multiple websites and for | | | | website through innovative web design. Try |
| your site to stand out from the crowd you will need | | | | something new, go in a different direction. |
| to innovate. | | | | 10) Keep content fresh |
| 4) Under design | | | | Humans and search engines love web sites where |
| When it comes to web design, less is more. Go for a | | | | content changes on a regular basis. Make sure that |
| simple design that is easy for the user to view. Use a | | | | when you design your website you build in the ability |
| limited palette of colours and remember to be | | | | to update and add new pages and other types of |
| consistent. | | | | content. Think about how you will manage this |
| 5) Work to web standards | | | | content. |
| Always work to web standards and make sure your | | | | Use these ten tips for web design success and you |
| website looks right on all major browsers. Also make | | | | will achieve much better results in the long run! |
| sure that your website is accessible for the visually | | | | |