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Choosing the web design for your website can be exciting and really fun. It is an excuse for you to use your creative licence and just go with the colours, frames, fonts and layouts that are most attractive to you, right? Well, not necessarily. It is important to remember that your website is aimed at your particular audience and there are certain things that they will be turned on and off by. It is easy to become over enthusiastic about images and think that the bigger they are, the better. However, in terms of usability and using your pictures effectively within web design, it is best to keep them to consistent dimensions and a low file size. Having huge images on your site means they are more likely to take longer to download on the page, which is very annoying, so it is often better to simply ensure images are all the same size and easy to download so that users aren’t too distracted by the images to read the content. Another important part of good web design is the navigation. Some sites place it right across the page where you have to scroll over in order to find it or right the way down, but the best layouts have everything that the user is likely to be looking for right where they can see it the minute they land on the page. Anything significant should be in the window before the user needs to do anything to the page, for example, the company message, logo, at least one image, some text and the navigation should be immediately visible. The best way of maximising your space in is to think of it exactly like a paper-based brochure - it should look neat and have all the content well organised so that it adequately fills any spaces but isn’t crammed tightly or over spilling. Think about how magazines and newspapers are laid out and how there are never any gaps because all text and images are allocated a certain amount of space. Nowadays it’s incredibly easy to just buy a professional web design layout and receive expert advice on everything from colour schemes and fonts to navigation. So rather than just guess what you thinks looks pretty (although tempting!), it is always best to apply the science behind it and just get a readymade layout from a designer who can advise the best way of making use of your site. If you’re looking for affordable web design packages, Easy Space offer a web design site package tailored to your needs ranging from simple layout and design to the creation of more advanced features. Easy Space also offer domain name and web hosting services to make it easy to create the right website for you. For more information visit the Easy Space website.
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