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How to Design a Good Website

HOW TO DESIGN A GOOD WEBSITE OJUTSU NOWEK A good design puts mor value to any product BUILDERS & CONTE Vivamus vel umain elit interdu LOGO A Websites welceme About Temana Good website design requires substantial planning, and takes into consideration not just visual design but also content, tone and the way information is arranged, as well as accessibility and usability for people with varying degrees of ability. None of these things are developed in isolation: ALL OF THEM IDEALLY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. CONTENT ultimately is the standard by which your website's usefulness will be judged. To understand what your content should be, Start by asking yourself these questions: Who is my website for? What do they want from the website? What do I want from the website? What can I realistically provide and IIII maintain? TONE Tone tells the world what kind of department or program you have and is reflected in your choice of content, how you present that content, and the look and "feel" of your website. Begin making decisions about tone by asking questions about what you want visitors to think and feel. The only "right" answer is the one that best represents your program or department. Come up with words or word pairs that describe the impression you want visitors to gain from your site. For example, your tone might be any one of the following: Formal Intellectual but fun Creative and sophisticated Exciting Scientific and cutting-edge Informal but smart Academic but friendly ORGANIZING INFORMATION nformation architecture is webspeak for the way you structure the information on your website. If you have a very complex website with many sections and pages, you may want to leave developing an information architecture to the professionals. But if your site is simple and straightforward, staying mindful of just a few rules of thumb can help you create a good information architecture. Information should be categorized logically, and labels should make sense to visitors, not just to you. Think about your audience. Information should be placed where people might logically expect it to be, and cross-referenced where it makes sense. Every page should provide something more than mere navigation. Avoid pages that are nothing more than long lists of links with no other content. All pages should contain navigation to enable the user to get back to the starting point. VISUAL DESIGN Many amateur web developers misunderstand the real purpose of visual design. In reality, the job of visual design is to support the information architecture and further the accessibility of the website rather than to wow visitors with graphics and animation. Some key points to remember: Email us at: [email protected] JUTSU Pole an fn RAPHIC DESION Servicen About Us Our Blog Contact Us A good design puts more value to any product BROCHU SOCI E DESIGN GRAPHI DESIGN NED MARKE E-COMMER WEBSHO PROFESSIONAL Wed High Qualty Websites LOGO DESIGN GET YOURS NOW ART WEBSHOPS IIli click graphicdesign here Welcome About Us Testimonials Subscribe High Quality Graphic Design, Website Design Development T company specializes on graphic design, website design and web development. We have different designers who ferent design styles, whether its a corporate design style, fashion & apparel, modern, stylsh, web shops, we can Mąke sure your text is easy tó read. Think carefully about graphics Keep readability in mind when choosing your font, type size, page positioning, and colors! Do they add value to the site? Do they support the statement you're trying to make? 4. Colors matter Don't place anything on your site that Your color choices should reflect the personality of your program or department, but definitely should not inhibit readability. doésn't serve a purpose. THINGS TO O KEEP IN MIND > Avoid Flash! • Use Cascading Style Sheets to control layout and positioning. • Avoid nested tables; use single tables sparingly. • Avoid or modify javascript drop-down menus. • Use alt attributes for relevant graphic images. • Don't rely on icons or images to communicate, especially in navigation. • Keep visual design clean and simple: No frames! • Make sure your information design is solid and logical. • Check your site with online accessibility tools, like WAVE. • Run your site through a screen reader or try to navigate it using only keyboard navigation; ideally, enlist differently-abled people to test your site and give feedback on its usability. INFOGRPAHIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY JUTSU GRAPHI C DESIGN SOURCE: http://Iscr.berkeley.edu/advice/web/design

How to Design a Good Website

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Here's a guideline on how to design a good looking and effective website, designed by Jutsu Graphic Design. Visit our website for our portfolio. designjutsu.com

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