By Johnathan Black


Do you think that you need fancy templates and over priced software in order to make a great website? The answer to that depends on how deep you want to dive into the field. To avoid the most labor intensive and specialized areas of design, you'll need to use special software and probably use a third party for some of the work. Use these tips to create a great site yourself.

If you're designing a website, make sure the code you write has a valid HTML+CSS. Although most browsers can make sense of code that isn't valid, it could be rendered correctly or incorrectly. Valid code will render the same way most of the time in modern browsers. You can check the validity of your HTML code with an HTML validator.

Personalize your site. Your clients want to feel comfortable with you, so use testimonials from trusted customers, as well as photographs of people. Building trust with your customers is very important, so be sure to let them know you personally care about the product or service you are providing them.

To help your visitors be able to easily read your site, you should design it using contrasting colors. If you use colors that contrast, it makes the text stand out. If you have black text with a black background you will not be able to see the information, but if you have black text with a white background it becomes simple to read.

To help keep your site visitors happy, do not underline words. Underline words on the internet signifies that the word is a clickable link. If you have too many words on your pages that are underlined with being clickable links, then your visitors will be frustrated after continuously trying to click on them.

Try designing for all screen resolutions. A simple website can always encourage visitors to remain and read the content. If your site doesn't look good for a specific resolution, the visitor may leave since they cannot view it. Designing a "stretchier" layout that fits any screen resolution lets you know that all visitors can enjoy the content.

While learning to design your website is important, it's not as complicated as learning the basics of open heart surgery. You don't need school, and somebody else's life isn't dependent upon it. Follow these tips to start creating great websites.




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