In business the only thing that matters is the bottom line. D'Design Studios effective website designs are dedicated to improving your bottom line and leveraging your return on investment (ROI). Our custom websites are affordable and attractive but more importantly they are highly functional. We know that usability is integral. Put simply, our websites create conversions. Our team of talented graphic designers work in tandem with accredited project managers, experienced programmers, expert search engine optimization (SEO) strategists, and trained technicians to create affordable custom websites that not only fulfill our client’s needs but surpass their desires.

Website Designing - Web 2

With the advent of web 2.0, websites and e-commerce business has got new dimensions in the world of internet. It has advantages of increasing user interactivity over web 1.0 which was a traditional way of website designing.

Web 2.0 features added to the websites are a need for success of business on the internet.

Web 2.0 is now becoming an essential need in the growth of e-business nowadays. As the more involved the user will be with the website, the more they will be prone to associate with the products and services the site is made for.

With this aim in mind D'Design Studio has built many successful web 2.0 designs for its offshore clients. Expert web designers at our web designing company have expertise in serving not just a web design but an interactive platform for the users and the associated web content.

Web 2.0 is a revolution in the world of website design, development.

Listed below are some useful and rather important tips for designing a professional and high quality web site:

Website Designing - Navigation

Neat and Easy website Navigation: Navigation of links on your site plays a big role in determining the stickiness of your site (how long your visitor stays and explores your site). Ask yourself this, What do visitors do as soon as they open your site? They would probably read the content of the present page and then look around to find any other page that interests them.

Clean website Layout Design: A clean layout that uses a lot of white space enhances a site's looks. Try to keep the focus on your content, use a template for this. Use fonts that will be available on all computers to prevent your site looking messed up.

Website Designing – Optimization

Optimum website Load Time: Make sure your load time is low. For this you must minimize Graphics, Flash and scripts: They hugely increase your file size.

Optimize your HTML & script code: Make sure that your site doesn't have any unwanted tags or unused scripts.

Use Server Side Include (SSI) files where ever possible. SSI files once called from the web server reside in its cache so on subsequent requests they load faster.

Website Design – Resolutions

Website Design for all Screen Resolutions: A website that is easy-to-use always encourages visitors to stay and read your content. For site with long pages of content this is very crucial as the amount of scrolling required is reduced. Suppose your site doesn't look good for a particular resolution it is very probable that the visitor will close the browser window feeling that the web page is not for their viewing. Designing stretch layouts that fit any screen resolution ensures that you know all your visitors see a visually appealing and professional site.

Ensure Web site scalability: Make sure your code and design is scalable. As technology advances and configuration of computers & their monitors keep increasing and varying it is impossible to test your site in all screen sizes and platforms.

Website Cross Browser Compatible: Make sure you check your site for Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Opera 7.0 and Netscape Navigator 6+ as they constitute 95% of the worlds browsers.

Website designing Tips

Here are some essential web design tips that every web site should follow. Design your website by following these tips and you shall guarantee that visitors will have a great first impression of your site.

1. Fast Loading website designs - This is the number 1 tip that every web designer should follow. You might design a web site that looks fantastic but few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load. Your designs should be optimized for the web and should not take more than 15 seconds to load. Remember, you might have a great design but very few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load.

2. Clear website Navigation - Once a visitor has come to your site you need to make them go through your site. To do this you need to have clear navigation. Make sure all your important links are at prominent places. Preferably right on top - that's usually where a visitor first looks. Make use of menus on the right and the left. Try to link to as many pages of your site. Let your information be accessible from all parts of the site. You never know what a visitor may be interested in. Try to also use the footer for your important links.

3. All Resolutions compatible websites - Today, there are computers with all kinds of resolution. They range from 640 x 480 to 1024 x 768 and go even higher. Your job is to design your site for all these resolutions. The best way to do this is to design your site in terms of percentage and not pixels.

4. Browser Compatibility compliant websites - Make sure your site is browser compatible. Your web site should look good in Netscape as well as in Internet Explorer. Don't stop designing your site as soon as you find that it looks great on IE. Usually Netscape gives some problems, especially when you try doing complicated HTML designs. But don't give up too soon, usually with patience these problems can be easily fixed.

5. Websites that use Readable and professional looking fonts - A lot of people click out of a site just because the font is in Comic Sans and the color is a bright pink or green. Just by looking at the font you feel that the site is not a professional site. Don't use Comic Sans and other fancy fonts that may not be available on most computers. If the font you use is not available in a visitors computer the web site will use the default font of your computer which is much worse. So try to keep to common and professional web fonts. The fonts that I always stick to are Arial and Verdana.

6. Minimize the use of images on websites- Sometimes simple designs are the most effective for the web. Keep your site simple but neat. Don't clutter your page with big, bulky images that take ages to load. Instead use tables creatively and design eye - catching icons that will draw a visitor's attention to a particular section of your site. Tip - Visitors are usually more interested in content than in design.

7. Use of white space on websites - Try not to clutter up your page with too many images, backgrounds and colorful fonts. Again use the Keep It Simple principle by minimizing the use of graphics and using a lot of white space. White space gives a sense of spaciousness and overall neatness to a site. Notice the white space in our site.

8. Check for broken links on websites - Always check for broken links within a site before uploading it to your web server. In Dreamweaver you can check for broken links by right clicking on any file in the Site Files Window and then clicking on Check links - Entire Site. If you don't have this facility you need to upload your site and then check it using online tools like Net Mechanic.

Making a great web site is much more than just coding HTML. You need to be successful at presenting your ideas in an interesting manner, whatever your topic may be. Ignorance may be bliss for the one who writes the web site, but that’s rarely the case for the one who visits it. If your site looks unprofessional, so will your reputation.

Why should you have a professional web development agency?

Companies usually spend a lot of money to establish themselves on the internet only to find out that the website has not been developed in the right manner. A professional web development company shall ensure that a negative image of your company is not sent out to the browser.

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