Website design has quite a short history. Web Design is a fairly new and evolving technique coming along after the invention of the internet.

Although web design has not been around for long it has definitely undergone many changes in its brief history. HTML was the initial building block of web design with its rigid structure it left a lot to be desired.

HTML made the web accessible and in turn created the field of web design. The biggest frustration with HTML was the fact that to change a certain colour or style all pages needed to be edited. But then came CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) with the ability to properly divide the style and structure of sites on the web.

Quick tacticts to help you get on your way with web design

• Consistent menus are esential to aid users visit to your website without providing these visual aids you are leaving visitors in the dark. Define a goal or action for each webpage and make sure this is mirrored by the layout and design of your navigation in particular.
• White space can be used as a visual aid to help users easily identify areas of the page that are of interest to them. Don’t let your good content go to waste by cluttering your website with too many ads use whitre space to highlight the content you spent time writting.
• Don’t use tables for displaying your website as this is another layer of code that can be easily replicated by the correct use of a style sheet. Tables now have one use and one use only and not surprisingly that is to create tables of data that visitors to your site can easily read.
• Make you website fast, now more than ever design has to make exception for usability and performance. While not inhibiting your natural design flare it is important to make some compromises when it comes to the speed of your page.
• Support for all browsers This follows on from the point above where designers need to take the actions and annoyances of their users into account. Making sure your new website displays properly on all browser types is essential if you want to portray an image of quality. The most problematic browser when it comes to compatability is internet explorer from microsoft.

Lots of SEO establishments have an inhouse team dedicated to web design.

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