Web design.

Now YOU may ask - how to design a web site.
The guide lines for designing a website is quite simple . If YOU follow it YOU can design a good website .

Guidelines :

#1 : Decide the content of YOUR website : The content of a website plays a major role in success of a website . Now a days people try to build websites with lot of visual appeal but wont have much content. Such websites will not be a success in long run.SO YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PREPARE LOT OF USEFUL CONTENT ABOUT THE WEBSITE YOU ARE PLANNNING TO BULID.


#2 : Prepare a sketch of the design on a paper : Its quite nice to prepare a sketch about how YOUR website will look. Professional web designers prepare sketch of the website on paper before they actually begin the actual design.

#3 : Organise YOUR content : Arrange YOUR content in such a manner that the usability of the content is improved .


#4 : Choosing a tool / software for building website : Its better to use a tool to build a website quickly.Tools such as dreamweaver allows YOU to build YOUR website easily.This website tells more about dreamweaver :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Dreamweaver
YOU can get 30 days evaluation version of dreamweaver for free at
http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/

The advantage of using a tool is that YOU dont need to know more about html coding.If YOU already know html then this tool will improve YOUR speed.
Dreamweaver is the most preferred professional tool for webdesigning.If YOU find other tools YOU can use it for web designing.Its YOUR choice about the tool to be used.


# 5 : Throw away the urge to use too much flash in YOUR website :
Dont use too much flash in YOUR website.It will increase the time needed for browser to load the page .And this is not search engine friendly.(Will see about this later.)

# 6 : Make the design as simple as possible :If YOU believe or not the most successful websites have very simple design.The best example is
http://www.google.com/

# 7 : Design the website in such a way that it is user friendly : Even if YOUR website has lot of useful content people wont like YOUR website if it is not easy to navigate to YOUR website.

THE BEST METHOD TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE USER FRIENDLY IS TO PROVIDE LINKS TO ALL MAJOR TOPICS COVERED IN YOUR WEBSITE IN MAIN PAGE AND OTHER PAGES.

# 8 : Provide a sitemap to YOUR website : A sitemap is a page in YOUR website .It gives the user clear view of all the pages in YOUR website and also gives links to the pages . It improves usability.

At this junction I would like to ask YOU a question - Why do more people prefer NOKIA mobile phones ?
The answer is simple - NOKIA mobiles are preferred because their usability is high.

Now come back. This same principle applies to YOUR website too .

Wishing YOU all Success and Prosperity ,

Vinayak G Nair