Web design best practices

  Karma Sutra    January 29, 2016    1538

 

Great sites in Sacramento are not made in a single day. A website is said to be successful if it not only useful, but also well designed and also relevant.

Although there are many websites projects that have various needs, there are certain fundamental of web design practices, there are certain rules and basic rules to all websites. In this piece, we shall discuss the best tips to revive a dead website.

Think about conversions

There are many things that are involved in website design, especially if you want your website to look great and attractive. However, you should know that a site is not just a work of art. Customers do not visit your site just to admire the design. Customers come to see your website for a reason and to accomplish a specific job.

A great website is that which caters the needs of the clients and understands it in depth. Its design should be tailored to do exactly what the customers want it to do. On the same note, know that conversion potential of your site is a key element of the site design. Conversion means that you customer starts from being a casual visitor to a paying customer on your website, subscribing to your channel so that they receive information in the future, or call you for information.

Every section of the website design plays a vital role in attracting customers to your site.

Images

The images on your site should not only be interesting, but also of high quality and unique.

Color

The color scheme should also be catchy to the eye and also attractive.

Text

This includes things such as as descriptions, messaging and labels.

Navigation

This involves navigating through the site in an easy way.

There are certain components that contribute a lot to the conversions. The best way to know that your decisions about your website actually works, is by testing the design and be able to adjust the necessary parts.

A/B is one of the best ways to compare results after two types of design.  You want to know which text; color will be most effect for a particular button.

By running a test where there are certain users that see option X and others see option B, you can calculate the results to see which the best approach to gain customer conversions is. You can make
changes and run experiments to find the best button.

Do not be scared of white space

The effective use of white space is one of the most crucial properties of a good website design. Most people have not explored areas of white space. Most of the time, website owners think that the homepage of their site as newspaper. They work hard to fill every pixel with content. One of the best ways of using white space is parallax scrolling. Parallax is basically an effect where images move in various speeds.

Therefore, the above tips are crucial if you want to revive your website.

Karma Sutra is the author of this article on Sacramento Web Design. Find more information, about SEO Sacramento here


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web design, responsive websites, user experience, best practices

 


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