To become the best website developer is the dream of every web designers. For achieving this dream, he should be a professional designer as well. So, what are the points to be considered while designing a good website? Let’s see one by one:
· The site should be easily understandable by the users. The content should be simple and should communicate with users fast.
· The website should allow visitors to easily navigate through the web pages. Links and other lists should be inserted, which allow users to find out their interests very quickly.
· Using fancy or tiny fonts is not a good practice. Users will never take effort to read a text that is unable to read. The entire steps should be easy to follow and comfortable to them.
· Opening new browser windows for external links is not a good logic. It will be wiser if you could use a large ‘Back’ button instead.
· Resizing the visitor’s web browser might leave a black mark in his eyes because he wants to be in control of his browser.
· Do not make the visitor to register any unwanted links. Also you should avoid unwanted subscription to the user’s mail account without his consent. You should give visitors the power to decide whether to register or not. They will surely register if you are offering something unique to them, and they should not be forced to do so.
· Avoid excessive use of flash in your website. Use of flash only for some specific offers you provide will help you in reducing the page loading time. Also you have to maximum avoid blinking or glowing text on your website.
· Playing music in a website to attract visitors is probably an old technique. I don’t think that it will lead to more traffic. Public do have other options for enjoying music. They are into your website for other specific matters. If you want to make your visitors hear music, let them decide. You should give users, the permission to start or stop the music.
· Provide the users some easy and comfortable steps to read the content.
· If your website is not compatible with all browsers, you will lose long term visitors.
· Avoid long pages in your website so as to avoid scrolling. Visitors may get annoyed if they need to scroll a lot to read the whole content. They may skip the whole website instead of reading through the lengthy page. Any way, vertical scrolling is somewhat tolerable. But, you have to avoid horizontal scrolling completely. The most used screen resolution nowadays is 1024 x 768 pixels, so your website must fit inside it.
· If you are using CAPTCHA filters, let it be readable to all users. It is very useful to avoid spam on comments and registration forms; but it is normally very tough to decipher it.
· Don’t forget to include your contact details. This may cause the loss of a valuable customer feedback.
· It is the best way to include anchor text on links. It is not that easy to make people click on a link by saying ‘click here’. By adding relevant anchor text on your links, the reader will know to where you are leading him. There is also an added advantage of SEO benefits also in doing so.