| If you are a web designer or a webmaster, website | | | | various browsers, and fix any incompatibilities. The |
| design is one of the most important tasks you do. In | | | | same for screen resolution - just be sure that you |
| designing a site, you need to create a design that is | | | | site looks good and is easily navigated with any |
| easy for users to use, is compatible with different | | | | common screen resolution. Color depth is also |
| systems, and is search engine friendly. | | | | relatively simple. Just restrict your design to using |
| Making a site that is user friendly: | | | | web safe colors. |
| In some ways, creating a user friendly site is just | | | | Plug-ins can be a little more complicated. If at all |
| common sense - other aspects are not so obvious, | | | | possible, try to use media that is compatible with |
| though. Obviously, you'll want to make the text easy | | | | most versions of a plug in. For example, try not to |
| to read, the navigation links easy to find, etc. Here | | | | use a flash movie that requires the latest version of |
| are a few other tips: Put contact information on | | | | a flash player. |
| every page. Make it obvious what you want the user | | | | Making a site that is search engine friendly: |
| to do after reading a page.. Make it easy for the user | | | | The biggest thing you can do to make your site |
| to reach your homepage from any other page | | | | friendly to the search engines is to give it a good link |
| Making a site that is cross-platform compatible: | | | | structure. Be sure that each page on your site is |
| The main factors you need to consider in platform | | | | linked to from at least two other pages with a plain |
| compatibility are the user's browser, screen | | | | text link. Image links are OK, but not as good as |
| resolution, color depth, and plug ins. | | | | optimized text links. |
| Browser compatibility is easy - just test your site in | | | | |