A Beginners Guide to Web Page Design
Designing your own successful web page can seem difficult and
nearly impossible if you do not do a little research first. The
reason you need to know the basics of web page design is because
the design of your website will actually influence whether or
not people continue to visit your site and ultimately, whether
they will buy from you or not. Obviously, a lot is riding on
your website design so it is worthwhile to take this seriously
and put some effort into doing it right the first time.
Design #1 Color Any important aspect of your design process
should include the use of color. Color affects people
psychologically and different colors have positive and negative
attributes or feelings they can evoke and men and women respond
to different colors more positively than others. So, figure out
your target audience, what you are selling, and what colors will
best help you persuade your target audience to stay on your web
page and to buy from you.
Design #2 Organization A design flaw many beginners run into is
organization. Your website must be well organized, and not just
to you, but to the average person who has never visited your
site before. It should be obvious where the information is and
how visitors can get to it without wading through a lot of other
links and information they are not interested in. Check out some
larger, more successful sites to see how they deal with
organization and just follow their lead.
Design #3 Too Much Text Be careful about writing too much text
and loading it to your website. Different types of writing is
more appropriate for the Internet and in general bullet points,
bold words, short paragraphs, and the like help break up a lot
of text and make it easier to read. If you have a huge block of
text on your web page, it is unlikely people will actually put
forth the effort to sit down and read it. Make it easy for
people to get the information.
Design #4 Too Many Graphics Too many graphics is another design
mistake by beginners. Graphics can be very useful, however if
you use too many graphics you cut out the text you can use which
is how search engines find your website and rank you in search
results. Don