If you are a web designer or a webmaster, website design is one of the most important tasks you do. In designing a site, you need to create a design that is easy for users to use, is compatible with different systems, and is search engine friendly.
Making a site that is user friendly:
In some ways, creating a user friendly site is just common sense – other aspects are not so obvious, though. Obviously, you’ll want to make the text easy to read, the navigation links easy to find, etc. Here are a few other tips:
Put contact information on every page.
Make it obvious what you want the user to do after reading a page..
Make it easy for the user to reach your homepage from any other page
Making a site that is cross-platform compatible:
The main factors you need to consider in platform compatibility are the user’s browser, screen resolution, color depth, and plug ins.
Browser compatibility is easy – just test your site in various browsers, and fix any incompatibilities. The same for screen resolution – just be sure that you site looks good and is easily navigated with any common screen resolution....