| Here are some of the basics of web design that you | | | | Use standard fonts. You can get by using Serif |
| should know on your own without your web design | | | | for your headlines and Sans-Serif for your actual text. |
| company having to teach you: | | | | Do not wonder if your web design company advises |
| Web Design- on Graphics | | | | the use of this font family. Serif fonts are actually |
| Always think small. In order to optimize your | | | | easier to read on monitors than it is in print since |
| page and avoid slow loading pages, make sure you | | | | screen resolution is lower in the former. |
| set your graphics to a file size of only about 10 to | | | | Minimize the use of different fonts. It is |
| 12KB per image. It is true though that broadband | | | | undeniable that ages with varying fonts here and |
| technology have advanced leading to increase of | | | | there look like they are made by an amateur. Doing |
| speed, but the number of broadband users are | | | | this will not make your web design company very |
| increasing at a steady rate as well. Slow pages are | | | | happy. Try to limit your site and page to about two |
| always annoying, and no doubt your web design | | | | or a maximum of three standard font families. Trust |
| company will agree with this. | | | | me; they look a lot more professional. |
| Use graphics that are suitable to the page | | | | Use only standard fonts. You can use rare fonts |
| content. Adorable pictures should not be posted on | | | | that look pretty good. However, the chances that |
| the page just because they are adorable. Make sure | | | | your online visitors will have the same font installed in |
| that all your graphics have something to do with the | | | | their system might be low. If you stick will general |
| site. An exception will be on design images, which are | | | | fonts such as Arial, Helvetica, or Verdana, your pages |
| made up of photos and graphics that make up the | | | | will look better and your designs will likely be in the |
| page design and have nothing to do with the content. | | | | right places once they are viewed. |
| Minimize the use of blinking, rotating, flashing or | | | | Web Design- On Advertising |
| changing images or graphics. These types are the | | | | Never be greedy of advertisements. Yes, you |
| ones which annoy and distract people the most. You | | | | and your web design company have the actual |
| need your online visitors to look at the contents of | | | | control over the ads that can be placed on the site. |
| the page, and not get distracted by these graphics. | | | | However, know that your readers do not visit your |
| Web Design- On Layout | | | | page to read the ads, but they need significant |
| Try to get by with standard layouts. I have seen | | | | content. Do not overwhelm them with ads that |
| them all: from those pages with eight frames, to | | | | overshadow the content of your site, or you might |
| those which you need to scroll to the right then | | | | tend to lose their interest immediately. Instead, keep |
| downwards. These layouts are novel and cute, but | | | | them small and subtle (no flashy ads, please), but |
| they are pretty darn confusing. The reason why your | | | | relevant and strategically placed to draw attention. |
| web design company suggests the use of the | | | | Web Design is about remembering Your Readers |
| standard 3-column layout is because it is what works | | | | Make sure to test your page in different |
| well with the general audience. The same is true for | | | | browsers and operating system combinations. Your |
| newspapers and other media print. This can prove to | | | | web design company requires you to come up with |
| be boring, but you have to bear with it to make sure | | | | sites that are viewable and effective. Coming up with |
| you do not drive your visitors nuts. | | | | a page that is only compatible with the most modern |
| Pay attention to whitespace. You should know | | | | browser and the latest operating system is simply |
| that whitespace is not just a CSS property, but is | | | | unacceptable. Make sure that your page design is |
| one of the functions of your layout. The whitespace | | | | compatible with as many browser and OS system |
| actually has a bearing on how the page content is | | | | combinations as possible. |
| viewed, and is just as important in your web page | | | | Write the content that readers want. Remember |
| layout as it obviously is in paper. | | | | that you are making a website that is not for |
| Use graphics as actual elements in your layouts. | | | | yourself, but for your readers. So make sure that |
| If you use graphics as actual element in your page | | | | you create content that covers topics that your |
| layout, it serves a far better role. | | | | visitors would like to read. Your web design company |
| Web Design- On Fonts | | | | will appreciate this as well. |