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Web Design Guidelines

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

You may have a great business idea, product or service to offer and an equally great marketing strategy, but your knowledge on website designing is limited. That does not give you an excuse to put together a shoddy website just to be on the internet. There are millions of people also trying to cash in on the growing online market and if your site is low quality, no one will ever notice you. How then do you get to build an excellent web design that stands out from your competitors? (more…)


Choosing the Best Web Designer

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

The success of your online business lies in having a great website; and great websites are born of good website designers. Below, we will look at things you need to consider when choosing a web designer.

Be Informed

Knowledge is power. The more you know about a business you intend to venture into, the better it will be for you to operate it. This same principle applies to web design as much as in any other field. Get to know of the basics of a good web design so that you are able to tell if what you are getting from your designer is what you deserve or not.

In the same breath, keep in touch with changes happening in the web design sector because this is one field where changes happen on a daily basis. Your design should change to accommodate what is new in the industry or else your business may not prosper for long.

Keep close contact with industry gurus.

This will help you know the workings of the sector better. It is also to talk to clients who have used the services of different web designers. Compare notes and se what you can learn from their experiences as well as what to avoid. Check out leading websites too and learn what makes them tick.

Do not concentrate too much on graphic design.

Remember that graphic design alone does not make great websites. While it contributes to enhancing the overall outlook of websites, it should not be what your web designer focuses on. Go for a designer who is able to incorporate all the important aspects of web designing to come up with a great final product.

Your web designer should be able to balance function and form, with more emphasis on function Form alone is plain appearance and does not carry as much weight as function, which lies in the content. Check also the organizational skills. How well do they organize page layouts? Navigation in the site should be effortless. Browsers enjoy going through websites that are easy to navigate. If it becomes hard to access some pages of your site, then you may lose visitors to other more competitive sites. Ease of use is the other factor that should be exhibited by a web design. It should be user friendly with a clear call for action.

Lastly and most important, does the design reflect the purpose of the website or is the purpose lost in the maze of creation? If a website is meant to entice visitors into buying a product, that should come out clearly in the final product. Likewise for if the aim is to get subscribers for a business. Always keep in mind that there is a goal for every website. Yours should reach that goal.

Much as low prices are tempting, do not always go for the web designer with the cheapest rates. As it goes, cheap is expensive. Chances are that the designers have no experience. You could end up with a poor quality website that will bring in little or no business.


New Enhanced Featured Submission Package

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

We are always looking to improve and enhance the benefits of our featured submission package.

Now to kickstart the promotion of your site you will get…

A standard permanent listing within our site..
Your site design in our Featured category..
Your site logo added permanently to our sister site LogoFury..
A thumbnail linking directly to your site in our sidebar featuring on nearly 2000 pages, for a full month!

All this for just $15….

If it proves popular then of course we will have to raise this price, so lock in this price today..

Visit our submission page to get started…


Free Background Tile Generator For Web Designers

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

bgpatterns.com is a great resource for web designers looking to quickly create custom background tile images for websites ( or wallpapers ).

It allows you to select from 5 textures, unlimited colors,  50+ images, adjust opacity scale and rotate, with a realtime preview this site is a sure bookmark!