webster Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 5 Important Rules in Website Design When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are five important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well. 1. Do not use splash pages Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like "welcome" or "click here to enter". In fact, they are just that -- pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the "back" button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page. 2. Do not use excessive banner advertisements Even the least net savvy people have trained themselves to ignore banner advertisements so you will be wasting valuable website real estate. Instead, provide more valueable content and weave relevant affiliate links into your content, and let your visitors feel that they want to buy instead of being pushed to buy. 3. Have a simple and clear navigation You have to provide a simple and very straightforward navigation menu so that even a young child will know how to use it. Stay away from complicated Flash based menus or multi-tiered dropdown menus. If your visitors don't know how to navigate, they will leave your site. 4. Have a clear indication of where the user is When visitors are deeply engrossed in browsing your site, you will want to make sure they know which part of the site they are in at that moment. That way, they will be able to browse relevant information or navigate to any section of the site easily. Don't confuse your visitors because confusion means "abandon ship"! 5. Avoid using audio on your site If your visitor is going to stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you will want to make sure they're not annoyed by some audio looping on and on on your website. However, if you insist on adding audio, do make sure they have some control over it -- volume or muting controls would work fine. These 5 simple steps can make a dramatic difference in making sure your website works efficiently and keep your visitors attention where you want it to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) We had a discussion on this very thing about 1 1/2 years ago. Your list is short but relevant for newcomers today. Here's an expanded list of Do's and Don't's that I put together base on that discussion. http://www.thekaspergroup.com/website-do-s-don-t-s.htm Edited June 30, 2010 by newseed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webster Posted June 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 We had a discussion on this very thing about 1 1/2 years ago. Your list is short but relevant for newcomers today. Here's an expanded list of Do's and Don't's that I put together base on that discussion. http://www.thekaspergroup.com/website-do-s-don-t-s.htm Hey newseed, Great list and certainly longer than mine. Well done, I look forward to studying it more and applying some of it and also learning from it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Thanks and you are welcome add to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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