subject: Web Design – Do's and Don'ts [print this page] Web Design Do's and Don'ts Web Design Do's and Don'ts
Many factors need to be considered while designing a web site. Most of these factors can make or break your website especially colors, images and graphics. It is very important to know how to use graphics, colors and images on the website. If any of these is not used correctly, it might make the user to leave the site by hitting the back button. The success of the website is mainly the traffic it generates and the time users stay on the site. So let us see the do's and don'ts of website design.
You need to use the right graphics and formats for the web site. The most commonly graphics format that is supported by most of the browses are the JPEG and GOF. While using graphical images on the site, make sure the size of the images are less and not more. If the size is high, it might take time to download the page especially if the user is using a dial up connection. Always use the width "and height" tags for the graphical images to make the pictures load faster.
Similarly, use the ALT tag in the graphical images used for the web design. When you use this tag in the picture, it will load the text or the description even if the picture does not load. The users will only see the text in the space for picture.
Whenever you check your web page on a browser, try to check them on various browsers with different color settings and different screens. When you check the web page on different browsers with different screens, you will be able to see how it opens on them. In some cases, the images and text in the web page may not be in the correct position. These are few of the factors that have to be considered while creating a web design.
