| The first thing people notice when they visit | | | | Clear navigation is another vital aspect of good and |
| somebody´s site is its appearance. Its important | | | | effective web design. If your site is easy to get |
| to make sure the content on your site is clear and | | | | around, users are less likely to become confused. If |
| legible so there won't be any confusion about where | | | | information is too difficult to find, they will most likely |
| to find information. That will save visitors time, and | | | | go elsewhere to find it. Be sure the links and |
| can mean the difference between them continuing to | | | | information are placed so that they make sense to |
| look at your site, or just finding another one like it. | | | | those visiting your site. Design your site in terms of |
| Loading time is probably the most crucial part of web | | | | percentage, not pixels. This is important because of |
| design. Just because you have a great looking web | | | | the many different screen resolutions available for |
| site does not mean others will see it if it takes too | | | | computers today. You want to be sure yours will |
| long to load. Remember some people are not as | | | | work for these various resolutions so that more |
| patient as others. The design you choose should be | | | | people will be able to access your site and view its |
| optimized for the web, and it should take no more | | | | contents. |
| than 15 seconds to load. If the load time is longer | | | | There are many numerous other features you can |
| than this, people are likely to click on another site | | | | add to your site to make it more appealing. Keep in |
| instead. While pictures, graphics, and sound can | | | | mind that the people who visit your site will come |
| definitely make your site more appealing, they can | | | | from a wide variety of computer backgrounds, and |
| take a while to load, so you don't want to have too | | | | will own different computer equipment. Be as diverse |
| many on you front page. The same goes for each | | | | as you possibly can, and remember that the web is |
| individual page on your web site. If a particular page | | | | constantly changing, so keep up and know whats |
| takes too long to load, the person perusing your site | | | | going on. |
| may decide to go elsewhere for the information. | | | | |