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Design tips of creating a website
 Always
pick either a plain color or simple background for your site. Many very
good sites can be ruined by complex backgrounds that make the text impossible
to read.
Pick
a color scheme for your site using 2 or 3 colors. Excessive use of colors
can prove overwhelming to the reader.
Consider
carefully your use of font. Never use more than two typefaces but rather
emphasis text with color and bold/italic.
Divide
your text up into headings, sub headings, quotes, body text and bullet
points. Create a style for each (e.g. Body = Helvetica, Size 1, color
= black) and then stick to it throughout the site. This will give the
site a more unified feel and continuity throughout.
When
forcing a specific font onto a site make sure it is a standards window
font that everybody has on their machines.
Decide
on how you want your page to be structured and then keep to it. It is
worth remembering as you layout your pages that most people read a page
left to right and top to bottom therefore be sure to put the most important
and attractive elements in the top left. This also a useful rule when
deciding how to justify your text. The normal should be to range text left with only a few exceptions for headings
and quotes.
The
structure should also include a navigation system and usually a banner
of some kind.
Break
text up into separate pages in preference to scrolling. The chances are
large blocks of text will put off a visitor to your site.
Be
careful to create a logical structure for your site so that people can
find information quickly and easily.
Try
and make all sections available through hotlinks on every page.
Always
remember that many people have a poor Internet connection and so it is
important to keep pages and images small. Keep file sizes to a minimum.
Keep
images small and try to use flat color as this reduces file size. Use
animation with caution. Many sites use animation for no good reason and
it only serves to increase download time without adding to the site.
Try
and design a page so that it looks OK at low resolutions such as 640x480
or 800x600 Make sure any graphics fit in with the color scheme for the
site.
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