Handy ideas about : web design tips.
- Web Designers usually guard their secrets, and do not give them away for free.
- It's easy enough to use Search Engine Optimization to help search engines to find your website. Web Designers should aim to build attractive and functional websites. Draw your viewer to the content, news, or events. An easy way to do this is by changing the header's font size by making it slightly larger than the text. Another alternative is to bold or italicize certain words in your text. Keep in mind that overkill will be counter-effective, so do everything in moderation. You must also use common sense when choosing size, font, or color. You want to make things look interesting, but most importantly it should be readable.
- Each webpage needs one <Title> tag, to list the website's name as well as the page's name. Include keywords without going overboard. It will help the users navigate, as well as help Google to index your site. There should only be one <H1> tag per page. Try to include keywords in all header tags. The <H2 tags are for sub-headings, but don't misuse them on a menu or blog sidebar.
- It can take a lot of time and money to create a web design. Fortunately for some, low-cost web design software has been developed to let even the most novice of users create a website. You can teach yourself SEO by doing a rudimentary Google search. The majority of SEO is hidden from users, but there are several changes you can make to the design that will help search engines to index your page.
- Keep in mind that search engines hate tables, so you should use Divs and CSS instead. As long as you code clean and properly it shouldn't be a problem. Run the W3C validator on your XHTML and stylesheet(s).
- Make sure your headers' font size similar size to the text size. Try to use similar fonts where possible. When working for a client, have them decide the font size and include that in your contract. It will save you from needing to make changes later on in the project.
- Include alt attribute on all of your <img> tags. Not only is this a W3C requirement, it will show your description when the image does not load and will read your description to the visually impaired.
- Put all of your content through a spellchecker before posting it online. Spelling errors suggests you're an amateur who doesn't pay attention to details, and it will lessen your chances of earning the client's trust or employment.
- You should emphasize the most important content. For example; if you're building a website that has Blog, Breaking News, and Advertisements, you would want the emphasis to fall on the News, then Blog, and finally ads.
- It is not that difficult to get a high rating on Google. If you follow the rules of SEO and keep on top of it, your website can be listed in the top 50 pages of search results.
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