Design Blitz: Three Tricks You Can Use Now to Improve Your Website's Image
Oo la la! We live in a beauty-first, business-later world of Web design. How bodacious your site appears to visitors to your Web page on first glance directly influences their likelihood of returning, or heading to the search-engine hills and never looking back.
Without the coffers that run over for soft drink companies and other such big business entities, it can seem difficult to make a substantial and noticeable change to the look and attractiveness of your web site. Never fear -- we are here to provide you with a trio of quick yet potent ideas on how to coif your website for the better and for the beautiful.
CSS = Cute, Sexy, and Stylin'.
Now into the second decade of the 21st century, it is quite important for your website to look like it belongs in 2011 and beyond. The best way to upgrade to the moment is with a firm inclusion of CSS into your website's fundamental framework. Web surfers regard pages that boast a healthy display of CSS with respect and desire because the the programming tool provides top-notch approachability and that clean polish that screams professionalism.
Here's a link to a first-timer primer on CSS 101: a beginner tutorial.
Go with the Best, Avoid the Stinkers.
The link in this tip's title will take you to a listing of the past year's ugliest, most abysmal Web pages, including a shocking and ironic appearance from the homepage for the Yale School of Art. Taking a look at cringe-worthy Web design will support your pretty-Web-page acumen, as well giving a gander to last year's best-designed sites. One thing you'll notice that differentiates the best and the worst of the Web is the usage of whitespace, and the play of light and dark.
Avoid junk on your site, and put on your artist's cap when it comes to envisioning a clean Web design that delights the eye upon first sight.
People's Resolution Revolution!
Do not unwittingly exclude potential fans of your web site by ignoring the democracy of computer screen resolution. With the diversity of computers that consumers can now purchase and use, it is crucial that your website be not only visible to all, but idyllic to all who happen to click on your site. This tutorial will instruct you on how to design your website for every possible screen resolution. Doing this can augment the number of potential visitors you court -- and keep.