subject: Creating An Effective Website: Some Quick Tips. [print this page] Building a website can be quite an intense process. Precisely because its such an absorbing, immersive activity it can be only too easy to forget some of the basics and end up with a website which fails to deliver the goods.
To help prevent this from happening, here are some tips on creating a good website.
The golden rule of great websites is that they should simply achieve what they set out to do. Aligning form with function in this time-honoured way can however prove tricky. A site selling mince pies should stick to selling mince pies and leave the rest of Christmas to Santa and his reindeer. Having a strong, pre-defined site purpose, almost a site mission statement will help you keep your focus.
Next, your site needs to be clear, and easy to navigate, aiming to give users a comfortable, rewarding experience, which tempts them to make return visits.
You should furthermore ensure that the site is not bogged down with heavy prose, but entices your visitors with short, well-written sentences, that are neither overly formal or informal. Striking the right balance will reap rewards further down the line.
For the explicit design components, such as colour scheme, fonts, themes, use of images, it can pay great dividends to hire a professional designer. They will also help with the fiddly area of browser compatibility, which is certainly not for amateurs.
Finally, it is essential to have a site which feels snappy and responsive to users. Should you choose website hosting by EUKHost we can advise you on the bandwidth and performance requirements to enable this. With cheap UK website hosting by EUKHost you will receive star-quality technical support, enabling you to keep your site up and running around the clock. Web hosting by EUKHost will in-fact provide a firm, reliable foundation for the success of your new website.
