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When creating a web design, there are a number of things that a web designer should take into consideration if their goal is to produce a high quality user-friendly website.
Number 1, Vomit Induced Coloring Schemes. There is nothing worse than visiting a website and seeing a border line, gruesome, mismatched, out of control color scheme. As basic as it, some people have a terrible time choosing successful color schemes. Though there are millions of colors to choose from, it doesn't have to be a difficult process. Whether you pay for a piece of software that will significantly simplify the color scheme selection process or use one of the free color scheme tools available on the internet, you will be implementing attractive and successful color schemes in no time. Less is more. When choosing your color scheme, don't use too many colors. The statement 'less is more' should always be applied during the color scheme selection process.
How many colors should I use? That's a difficult question to answer. Although there is no set number, it is generally best to work around three colors, if possible.
Color number 1, the primary color. The main color that occupies the majority of your page. The primary color sets the overall tone.
The secondary color. The second color has the purpose of backing up and reinforcing your primary color. The secondary color is usually a color that is similar to the primary color.
And the highlight color, this is a color that is used to emphasize certain areas of the page. It is usually a color which contrast more with the primary or secondary colors, and is such, it should be used with moderation.
There are lot of resources available on the internet that explain color schemes in greater detail.
Flash-al Abuse: When used excessively or in inappropriate places, Flash is terrible for your website, terrible for search engine optimization and perhaps most importantly, terrible for your visitors. Don't get us wrong. Flash is a remarkable program that allows creative multimedia geniuses to produce some fascinating work. However, the following implementations of Flash should be excluded from your website.
Navigation: Probably the most abused and misused method of using Flash. Flash navigation is usually bad or extremely bad. Why is it bad you asked? Well, there is number of reasons.
Reason number 1: Search Engine Optimization. If you are familiar with search engine optimization, then you know the importance of having text on your website. Text is what makes indexing your website in the search engines possible. The problem with Flash is that the search engines do not go inside of the Flash files to collect the text information. What this basically means is that when your search engine's spiders crawl through your website and come across your Flash navigation file, they crawl right over the top of it.
Page Load Time: Using Flash for your navigation will slow down the load time for your web-pages. Yes, using anything on your website will add to the load time, however, something such as Flash navigation are avoidable.
User Non-friendly: The purpose of website navigation is to provide for your visitor a means of, well, navigating through your website. Flash navigating crosses over from bad to extremely bad when the visitor must wait for an animation to complete, each time their mouse cursor rolls over an item in the menu. The best way to build search engine optimization friendly, fast loading, user friendly, ultra-compatible navigational menu is by using CSS or Cascading Style Sheets. CSS solves all the problems that you will encounter when using Flash navigation.
Flash Intros: Without a doubt, the worst way to use, or should we say, misuse Flash is to have a Flash-intro on your website. Most people are impatient when surfing the web. Many of them do not have the time or the patience to watch a long Flash-intro. If you are going to use a Flash-intro, then at least include a Skip Intro button that is clearly visible to the user.
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