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mercredi 20 août 2014

Get Your Web Site Up And Running Today

By Abel Reyes


Many people are pursuing web design as a career, and they're eager to learn all they can. Web design is a great choice of career, however there is a great deal of competition. Check out these methods to help you stand out.

Keep your page sizes to a minimum. Not everyone who uses the Internet enjoys speedy connections, so they are likely to lose interest if your site takes a long time to load. You don't need visitors having pages get stuck every time they load because they may just leave your site and not return.

A good website should be compatible with multiple browsers, so you should test your website in various browsers to ensure that any visitor can view it correctly. Your content may show up fine in Internet Explorer, but it may be unreadable or badly displayed in Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Therefore, you should check how all the pages of your website display in all the major browsers on the market, before turning your site live.

Take some time to learn about shortcuts that can be used to save time. In the world of web design, shortcuts are common place. Look into them and you will discover that they can help with most things. HTML codes are one shortcut that allows you to fix things on your pages without the need to re-upload them.

Regularly distributing a newsletter can help to secure repeat visitors. Letting customers subscribe to updates and new information can keep them coming back. Place the form for signup in a sidebar or at the top of the pages in your site, and track those who sign up. Your newsletter should only go out to those who specifically request to receive it, or you run the risk of turning off your customers.

No matter the niche or what the intent of the site is, you must aim to make them have 10 second or less loading times. A website that is designed well should load up very fast no matter what browser the visitor uses. The majority of online users demand instant gratification, and it is in your best interest to provide it.

Don't use frames when you design your site so that it is better suited to search engines. While frames look nice, they do not help when it comes to search engines. If search engines are unable to see some of the key information presented by your site, your ranking is bound to suffer. You won't get many visitors that way.

Make an effort to create a high quality "About Us" webpage. Web designers often forget to be creative when they create the company bio area of the site. Your site doesn't have to be one of those sites, though! Provide some insight about your own story. How did you get inspiration? What are your goals? What led you to web design?

Basic design tools will get you started on your website, but you will want to add some custom options. Once you have used the web host's site builder to its fullest extent, seek ways to infuse your website with elements of your personality.

Ask your friends who know web design if your knowledge about graphic design and server-side coding are relatively complete. It is difficult to keep all of the details of web design in mind, and it is common to become confused while designing and miss a thing or two. That's why it's good to have knowledgeable friends "proof" your site for you.

Dreamweaver is a site design software of choice when you're looking to create your own website. It is ideal for beginner builders and easy to learn. It is loaded with options that allow for template creation, special features and the ability to preview a site as well as test it before it goes live.

Choose fonts that are legible, and look professional. Many times you can tell a site is not professional because of the fonts they have chosen. Some fonts, such as comic sans, are ones that you want to stay away from. If a person doesn't have a font on their computer, the browser might render the site using the default font (generally Times New Roman). Sometimes this looks worse, but often times it helps the reader who otherwise may not have been able to read your website clearly.

Most of the millions of websites on the Internet follow a similar web design. Being better than the rest and having something that is unique will set you apart from everyone else. If you wish to begin in web design, use the tips above along the way.




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