Web Design Checklist
Web design is a unique kind of art that differs from design in other media. Actually, web design is more like a hybrid of computer science, rhetoric, and visual art. So the challenges for the web creator are manifold: Simple Web Design is Good Web Design The implied joke among seasoned web designers is that you can tell a neophyte by the number of html graphics, flashing icons, and animated doohickeys. The best web design, in fact, has very few pictures and a majority of text. Organization is a Web Design Must It is imperative that a site be well-organized if it is to be what is considered “user-friendly”. Cross links (links within your site) should be clearly labeled, in the same menu in the same place on every page, and functioning (no broken links!). While the most often used location for the menu is to the left (which is probably due to English, which is read first from the left side of a page), many web sites feature the menu at the top, the bottom, or both top and bottom. More important is that the menu is readable, consistent, and working. Ranking is all the Rage in Web Design You’ve likely read or heard that search-engine ranking is the make-or-break of the web design world. The more the spiders crawl your site, the more frequently your site appears as relevant to keyword searches. And the more frequently your site appears, the higher up the ranking file you go. Using keyword-rich pages, cross-linking your pages, and linking to high-ranking outbound sites are three strategies to adopt and adapt. Legal and Ethical Practices are a Must in Web Design There are ways to get your web site flagged, banned, exiled to the nether regions of web hell. Creating shadow sites--twin