Tips for Improving Your Web Design (1)

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 Tips for Improving Your Web Design
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Simplify

• Simplicity makes a websites look sleek, reduce
  nagivation confusion and it helps achieving
  desired goals and results (I.e., more signups,
  subscribers and sales).

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Include a Tagline

• A tagline is a statement or a motto that
  represents a companys, or a websites,
  philosophy and mission. It should be the most
  obvious element on a websites front page and it
  should clearly describe the website in one phrase.

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Fonts

• Choose a font that's simple and easy on the eyes.
  
• The following fonts typically work well for
  websites Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, Verdana and
  Times New Roman.

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Implement Site Search

• Site search is a very important element on a
  website. When users are looking for something
  they typically look for a text field where they
  can enter their search term.
• Include a search button and clearly specify the
  search text, dont use text such as Go or Submit,
  because these expressions tend to mislead your
  websites visitors.

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Use Site maps

• Site maps are a relatively new website feature
  that improves web page navigation and also search
  engine optimization (SEO). Site maps in essence
  are a structural representation of a websites
  pages and architecture.

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Avoid CAPTCHAs

• The problem with CAPTCHAs are that each form
  of human verification method triggers a complex
  process in the users brains (e.g. figuring out
  the distorted text, adding two numbers, etc).
• Another problem with CAPTCHAs are the
  inconsistencies regarding different cultures. For
  example Chinese symbols, numerals are different
  from most western letters and Arabic numerals.
  Chinese people have a much harder time using
  CAPTCHA enabled online forms.

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 Give Meaningful Feedback

• Meaningful feedback is essential for a website.
  This is the communication channel between the
  site and the users, with the help of feedback we
  let the users know whats going on the site.
• In case of an error on your web page, dont just
  print Error occurred, instead write meaningful
  error messages which tell the user what went
  wrong and what actions they can perform from
  there.

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Don't Design Misleading links UI Controls

• Don't design graphic elements that looks like a
  button, but is not. We often see text that is
  underlined and looks like links, but are not
  clickable.
• By not having the action that the users were
  expecting, they would think that the site is
  broken and eventually leave.

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• Red Spot Design is a full service Dallas Web
  Design Company specializing in website design,
  internet marketing, search engine optimization
  and website hosting.
• If you need professionally designed websites go
  for Red Spot Design which is 1source for Web
  Design in Dallas and Fort Worth.

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Contact Us

• Address
• Red Spot Design
• 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1200
• Dallas, TX 75234
• Phone
• 888-636-1344
• Websitehttp//www.redspotdesign.com