Advice for the Inexperienced Web Designer
Website software and templates have made it easier for inexperienced website designers to create and maintain their own websites. Prior to the development of such items, if you wanted a website for your company you had to retain a reputable website design firm to create a website for you. Website development is not an easy procedure, but if you decide to undertake the process yourself, there are a few simple strategies that can make the process of creating a high-quality website a little bit easier.
The Bad Website Syndrome
Avoiding the bad website syndrome is easier than you may think. When you design your website, the last thing that you want to do is turn readers away by having a bad or ineffective website. A website is a great way to showcase the professionalism of your company, and increase the confidence that a customer or visitor has in your company. Bad websites generally have hard to read content and text and show a lack of organization.
Content
Inspired web designers know the importance of creating content that is easy to read. One way to do this is to use a medium to large size bold font that does not clash with the color of the background. Don’t use hard to read colors for the text or background such as lime green or lemon yellow. Limiting the amount of CAPITALIZED TEXT is important as well because too much capitalization can be hard on the eyes, and cause the text to blend together. Content must also be easy for the reader to understand and free from spelling and grammatical mistakes. It is important to proofread your content for inaccuracies and errors, and correct them accordingly. Enlist the help of your friends and family members to ensure that your website content showcases your products, services or information appropriately. There are many programs and services available to assist you in this process if you need a little help.
Organization
Organization is vital to your success as a website designer. To achieve this, you must start from the very first moment that you begin designing. Create a main folder in an easy to locate space on your computer to save all of your website files. This is where you will save your index.htm file as well as any subfolders that are necessary for the completion of your web pages. Subfolders will include your images folder, and other various folders. Limiting the amount of subfolders that you create is helpful so that you will always know where to find the content to link to your website. If you are well organized with the folders and subfolders on your computer, you will be well organized on your hosting server. Folders on your server must match those of your computer so that no links are broken in the uploading process. There is nothing more frustrating than uploading a website only to find that none of your images or pictures appear online.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:31 am
good advice. i think many people think that website design is easier than it is. there are so many aspects that only experienced designers are aware of