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Phil L Smith - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Freelance web designer, graphics designer, and in my spare time video game developer. I'm also fabulously out of shape, so I try to exercise as often as possible.
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- Choose Colors to Suit Your Site's Mood and Theme
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] I just finished building a site this morning and realized what a great importance colors have towards your site's character. You should choose the colors you want to use on your web site carefully and to suit what your website is about. In this case, I was building an informational website for people with back problems. I wanted the web page to be uplifting and give people a sense of security. After a bunch of failed ideas, I settled on a light blue and gray color setup.
- Color Scheme - The Most Important Part of Any Web Design
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] When you start building your site, it's important to spend time deciding on your site's color scheme. The base colors that your design elements rely on can make or break your website, so choose carefully.
- Image Based Site Navigation - There's a Reason People Don't Use It
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Sure, image based navigation can look pretty. You can have all kinds of fancy mouse over effects, and really blend the images in with your site design. There's a reason why you don't see fancy image navigation on major websites though: it just doesn't work as well as good old text links.
- Nothing Drives People From Your Site Like a Talking "Sales Assistant"
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Enough with the talking video people already! I'm sure you've had the same experience all too many times: You're cruising around the web looking for something, and wind up on a sales site with one of those talking video people on it. Nothing drives people away faster than those horrid things.
- Keep Bandwidth Usage at a Minimum For Greater Viewership
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] You could have a killer site design, great search engine optimization, and amazing content but if your page takes forever to load, you're still going to have problems getting and keeping visitors on your site. Always keep your site's bandwidth requirements at a minimum for best viewership.
- Dramatically Increase Dynamic Page SEO With Descriptive URLs
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The URLs of dynamically generated pages almost never look pretty, but with a few tricks you can make them look like well named files that both increase search engine optimization and increase readability of the URL. Get extra keywords in your URLs with Descriptive URLs!
- Tips For Selecting a Killer Domain Name
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] Along with selecting your web host, the domain name can be one of the most important parts of building your website. Learn tips for selecting a unique name for your site that sets you apart from the competition!
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