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Graphics
One or two pictures on each web page can make your page attractive. However, keep in mind that too many pictures can become an “eye sore” or too large of an image (actual file size of image) can slow a visitor’s PC system down when visiting your site. Have you ever been frustrated with the slow load up of a site you’re trying to view and decided to just log off of the site from frustration? If so, you know how it feels and you should be mindful of it when deciding how many pictures or images you want on each page.
One idea in keeping your website clean is to have a great “masthead” (the top border of a website usually holding the company logo, slogan and color scheme) designed, which can be a part of the background of your website, so you don’t have to use a lot of graphics. You can then concentrate on having just text and use larger fonts and colors and adding bulleted or numbered list to bring attention to different sections of the page. This will make your site user-friendly and easy to read.
Basic Site Content
Decide on the type of content you would like to see on your site. There’s one thing you must absolutely know about designing a website and that is “content is king”. No matter how beautiful your website is; if it doesn’t have useful information that your visitors can use they won’t come back to your site, use your services or purchase your products.
Below is a list of questions that you should ask yourself when considering content:
- What is the purpose of my website?
- What response would I like to have from visitors on my site?
- What type of information is my target audience looking for?
- Do I want visitors to be able to contact me via email and phone?
- Do I want more of an informational site to bring awareness to my services?
- Do I want to display products? If so, do I want have a shopping cart on my site, so visitors can purchase items?
- Do I want to accept credit cards?
- Do I need a site that I will need to change information on frequently (daily/weekly) or will I just need to change information monthly, quarterly or bi-annually?
- Where will I get the content to use on my site?
Basic Site Pages:
Home Page
The first page you land on in most websites is considered the “home page”. It is this page that should be appealing to the eye, as well as user-friendly and easy to navigate. Your home page can give a glimpse of or feature items that visitors can read more about on other pages of your website.
Whatever industry or subject you want your website to be about, it should be clearly understood on the home page. This is where you will need to ensure that you use keywords (words and phrases that describe exactly what your site is about), so the search engines (a system that Yahoo, Google and other directory sites use to file or index your website, so visitors can find you) can properly get visitors to your site.
About Us
This page usually provides basic information on the company telling the mission, vision or core values of a company. Also in the about section can point or navigate to a separate page that provides a way for visitors to contact your company and a media center to make special announcements or store press releases.
It can be a single one page or a selection of pages. However, keep it as simple as possible when first starting. You can always go back and add additional sections.
Contact Us
The contact us page will display your contact and customer service information. You can either choose to provide complete contact information including point of contact, phone, address and email or have visitors complete a form asking you any question they desire. Once they complete it and click on the “submit” button the form will then be sent to your email or whatever email address you want it to go to.
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