Designing your new web site?

Get the professional look and feel you want, then compare.

Once you have completed your story board now it's time to decide on the look and feel for your web site. If you're working with a professional designer such as Zeus Design , your design consultant will assist you in the look and feel that's right for your type of business. If you've decided to develop your web business by yourself, you must start by identifying the appropriate look for your business type. As an example, if your business is consultative, your web site should provide a soft consultative appeal. Images should reflect the type of consultation and the business environment. A great way to get started on your DIY design strategy is to purchase professionally design web templates.

Major Design Considerations

Page load time - <10 to 20 seconds depending on the targeted audience (consumer or B2B).

Crisp Images - Spend time and money on software that creates fast loading, high quality graphics.

HTML Page Size - Web sites should be designed in the screen resolution of the primary targets. Many designers create sites at slightly higher than 800 X 600 and sometimes create an auto stretch for higher resolution settings. This insures a full screen image at higher resolutions. A good size to start with would be 760 X420 pixels, which provides a full vertical screen at higher resolutions and a slight scroll at 800X600.

PC Review - Always be certain to view your site on a different PC than the one that created it.

Exotic Font Types - Use widely accepted font types such as Default, Arial, etc.

Choosing Colors - To properly construct your web site you must use web safe color pallets. This ensures your site will load properly and guarantees your site will look the same on the braodest range of PC's.

Once you have designed the look you want it's always a sound strategy to compare the results to competitors and similar businesses in your market.

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