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bikram | September 23, 2011
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5 Basic Tips for Web Designing Beginners

Web designing is certainly not just about the technicalities or putting random shapes and colors in blank space, it is much beyond. Good web designing skill needs good aesthetic sense of designing and color, understanding of which color will match your product and service offering, which place of the site will be strategically fine for putting a certain call to action button or tab. Such expertise and knowledge develops with years of experience. But here are some tips for your help which will help you to evolve as a great website designer.

Color scheme

If your brand already has a corporate color, seen everywhere in office stationeries, logo ; stick to it. Use this color safely in your website as the fundamental color. It will create a coherence of color usage everywhere – in all brand communications and build a specific brand image and personality in the consumers’ mind. Else, use not more than 2-3 colors, which complement each other. Do not use different shades of colors for each page. Some commonly used, safe color schemes are – blue/grey and white; yellow, grey and white; blue, orange and white; red, grey and white; blue and white. If you are a beginner and wondering which color scheme to choose, refer to some good websites. You can simply replicate their color schemes.

Use special effects only when needed

Don’t forget, too much special effect can kill a website and you may lose a visitor forever. Spinning logo, rotating image not only distract attention but also weaken the loading speed of the website. People are impatient; they may not wait too long and simply leave the website with a bad impression. Even if you use special effects, keep it minimum, less flashy and less distracting. Too much flashy and distracting special effects will not only take away attention to somewhere else, but may also make your website appear amateurish and unprofessional.

Available templates on web

If you are new to the business and don’t know how to build it from scratch, pre-set designed templates on web can solve your purpose. There are many sites which specialize in web template designing. Some of them are also available at nil cost. You may refer to these sites for design templates -www.web4business.com.au emplates1.htm
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www.123webtemplatesandmore.com

Easy navigation system

Easy navigation makes it easier for the visitor to find things in a website. Websites generally put navigation bar on top or left corner. Stick to it. Too much of experimentation can fall flat. Also put additional navigation bar at the bottom, so that they need not scroll up every time. Even great looking websites fail miserably with a bad navigation system.

External links

Make sure links to other websites or blogs open in a new window altogether, so that visitor need not leave your site and re-open your site again and again while browsing the external link provided.

Follow these essential tips and set your first step towards designing with firm confidence.

 

 

 

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bikram | June 29, 2011
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5 Designing Tips for a Professional Blog

Many of us are active bloggers, but very few of us own good professional looking blog. It’s your blog’s design besides the content, which discriminates a professional blog from an amateur one. Here are few designing tips, implement them and take your blog to a superior level.

Customize the template

There is nothing called 100% original design of template. All are variations of themes. So rather than worrying about owning a new template altogether, you should start customizing the template available to you as per your blog’s content. Start with the top banner first. Top banner draws first attention of the viewer. It should reflect what your blog is all about. Consider your blog’s niche and design the banner accordingly. If it’s a travel related blog, you may consider displaying some travel related images on the banner. Color has to be apt to your blog’s nature.

Make post titles clickable

Make the post titles clickable, so that when viewer clicks on the same reaches exclusive post page. Make sure it has space for comments below, like button and sharing facility at different social networking sites. Clickable posts score higher in SEO, besides reader’s convenience.

Keep an eye on the white space

Don’t forget white space is very important part of every design. Although it is referred as the negative space, but surprisingly this negative space has great contribution in making the surrounding designs much more. White space adds sense of refinement to the entire design. Space out all elements of your blog with the white space so that readers can read with an ease and also enjoy the process of scanning.

Keep it clutter free

Many young bloggers clutter the entire blog by installing widgets like – clocks, calendar, weather forecast, thought of the day etc. They are not only style statement and unnecessary, but also slow down the entire blog and takes long for it to get loaded. Many readers are impatient and won’t wait too long to read. So keep it simple, neat and reader friendly. If some elements have become outdated and are not found relevant anymore, remove them immediately.

Place key information rightly

Important information like – email address, RSS feed subscription link, sharing links and other ‘call to action’ buttons should be kept in a prominent place of the blog; preferably on the top half of your blog or at the bottom of each post.

Follow these useful tips and make a professional blog. Soon your traffic will rise, and popularity will score higher.

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bikram | June 28, 2011
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Common E-commerce Site Designing Mistakes

With growing numbers of internet surfers, and busy schedules people prefer to buy things online than physical form of shopping. E-commerce has witnessed major leap all over. But a poorly designed e-commerce site can actually weaken a brand badly, and collapse its entire dream of building –Ecommerce Empire.

Here are some common e-commerce site designing mistakes.

Forced registration

Many websites ask for forced registration. This is highly annoying for the visitor. Undoubtedly sign up is important for the sales team to keep up the database and sales record; but not important more than the sales itself. By asking visitor to register first and then allowing him or her to purchase merchandise is indeed an obstacle towards sales. Many visitors may not have much time or patience to fill up form and sign up before buying and they may prefer to simply quit. Instead allow them to conduct purchase as a guest. You may ask them to save accounts detail for future reference or verify their mail addresses.

Lack of product detail

When one is buying online one is not physically seeing the product, feeling it, touching it, or smelling it. Thus one has to entirely depend on the computer screen and what is visible there through words, images and videos. Many websites have inadequate information, and customer is left wondering about the product, its size, color, weight etc. Many times product images are very small. Products like shirts, handicrafts need minute detail to be displayed, else, people fail to recognize its worth. Pictures should be big, with close zooming facility and 3D viewing for thorough understanding of the product. Make sure it has been clicked using a professional-grade camera.

Hidden contact information

When people are spending online they are skeptical about the company if it’s new or his experience is new with it. They fear financial cheating, credit card information loss. They also want to know whom to find and talk in case of problem. If your site doesn’t provide such contact information, viewer will be certainly doubtful about your credibility and may prefer to visit some other site. Make a ‘Contact Us’ page and put your information. Give a contact number which is working and available 24 hours. Mailing address, postal address, phone number can build credibility.

Limited modes of payment

Many websites offer very few modes of payments, which limit its prospective buyers from buying online. Make all procedures of payment viable – net banking, credit card, debit card, cash on delivery, cheque deposit, etc. If you can offer EMI to credit cards users then it will boost your sales. You can collaborate with credit card companies for such facility.

Make sure you do not commit any of these mistakes while designing an ecommerce site for your products. Missing out on any may result in sluggish performance.

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bikram | June 24, 2011
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Mistakes to be Avoided When Designing a Website

Web designing is not only art; it involves logical thinking, knowledge of the medium and analytical mind. But web designers often commit several mistakes while designing a website. Here are some of the fatal mistakes often committed by a designer. Make sure you don’t repeat them.

Confusing website identity

Often a website suffers from its identity crisis; people fail to understand what the website is all about. At a glance, the visitor must know what the website is. If visitor fails to comprehend, may soon leave the website and never come back.

Detailed content

Content should never be jumbled up, long and detailed. Break content into short paragraphs with bullets, charts, images, headers, sub-headers. It should be scannable.

Fancy, complex fonts

Don’t get fascinated with fancy, complex fonts. They may look nice independently, but not suitable for websites. Many of them are not readable. Don’t forget your main objective is to send the message across effectively. If visitors face difficulty in reading, they will quit immediately.

New browser windows

Often some websites are so poorly designed that if you click on a link, a new browser window opens up in front. The logic behind such web design is that the viewer won’t easily leave the website. But forcibly keeping audience with the site is dangerous, it can annoy the viewer and he may think of never coming back to it. Let the viewer control his viewing. If he wants, he can get back by clicking back button. Stay simple.

No white space left

A major disagreement between website programmers and designers lies in space management. Programmers desire more and more information stuffed in a page; whereas designers think eye needs white negative space to breathe freely and move from one point to another. Make a balance between the duo.

Obsession with the center

Many designers think putting everything on the webpage in center is cool. They tend to align text, pictures, headings and everything in center of the page. Centering everything on a page is amateurish act and shows unprofessionalism. Play safe by putting everything on left of the page.

Avoid these common mistakes while designing a website.

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bikram | June 17, 2011
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Common Web Designing Mistakes to be Avoided

Many times website designs display serious blunders. Designers may unconsciously commit some mistakes, which they don’t even know how harmful can be for the website. Here are some commonly made mistakes by web designers.

Confusing at a look

An ideal website should grab attention of the viewer and immediately tell him what it is all about.  If at a glance the visitor fails to understand what a site is all about, he may leave immediately and never come back. In few seconds it should send the message across, else the visitor may soon leave and never come back to it. So the site has to bring essence of its content and intention everywhere – in its look and feel.

Long continued paragraphs of text

Often websites look exactly like novels bearing long paragraphs of text without any break. Never do this mistake. On Internet people do not read, they filter and scan. So break the content with bullets, headers, lists, sub headers, tables etc. It will make the content readable and interesting.

Fancy calligraphic fonts

Don’t fall in love with fonts that you readily mess up your website. Calligraphic and fancy fonts may look very nice, but not effective for a website. Font should always be legible, graceful and effective. If the reader is unable to read, will soon leave the website and may never come back.

Tiny fonts

At times, to accommodate more and more text, we end up choosing tiny fonts which are not legible. Make sure readers are comfortable in reading the text and need not zoom.

No new browser window

Often web designers think links landing up in new browser window is a good idea, as the viewer will not easily leave the website as multiple windows of the same site will remain open. But it’s an outdated and wrong practice. Don’t dictate the viewer. It may annoy him. Let him control his viewing pattern as per his own wishes. ‘Back’ button is effective enough to go back to the earlier page.

Unnecessary registration

Don’t force the viewer to register first for full viewing of the website. Many viewers may soon close the tab and never come back. Ask for registration only when needed with mail address.

Annoying music

Many websites play music which is highly annoying.

Overuse of Flash

Over usage of Flash not only look distracting, but also increases loading time. Limit its usage, only when needed use Flash.

Don’t subscribe without consent

Forced subscription of visitor is highly annoying. Don’t annoy him with newsletters when he registers with the site. Ask him if he wants offers and newsletters to be sent or not.

Don’t make these mistakes while designing a website.

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Gossimer | March 8, 2011
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Gossimer | February 2, 2011
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Websites Made Easy With the Right Website Builders


Websites Made Easy With the Right Website Builders
By Marv Dreyer

If the thought of designing an attractive, easy-to-navigate website makes you hyperventilate, you’re not alone. Many successful website owners have never written a single line of HTML or CSS. Instead, they’ve taken advantage of a hosting company that offers an easy website builder, complete with predefined templates that let you get your website online and running in record time.

Unless your business is website design, you shouldn’t have to learn a whole new skill set just to get your business online. The truth is that web design is complicated. It includes graphic design, color sense and an understanding of code that many people spend years learning. A good website builder allows you to create a professionally designed website without making web design your profession – and without paying top price for professional design services.

Many web hosting companies offer a variety of website packages that include templates for various types and sizes of business. A versatile website builder will offer several levels of website design and allow you to choose which basic pages you want your website to include and price your plan accordingly. The simplest website designs consist of one to four pages, including a front page to describe your business, an “about us” page that provides background information about your business and a contact form page that makes it easy for your customers to contact you. More complex designs may include photo albums, pages that describe your services, a blogging platform and integration with social media, such as Flickr, Facebook and Twitter.

Look for a website builder that allows you to make changes to your own website from an intuitive interface. It should be easy for you to change colors, move page elements around, add photos and logos and manage your content without turning to a pro for help. The best builders offer a large variety of templates that you can customize with your own logos, photos and content that allows you to create a professional looking website that doesn’t look like every other website in your business niche.

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