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The design and layout of your site is the next most important part of building a website. Make a bad choice here and it won’t matter how great your content is or how much advertising you do. If your site looks bad no one will visit and those that do won’t stay long or buy anything.
Choose your colors carefully and keep in mind that your tastes may not be appealing to your target audience. Try a few different color schemes and ask some of your friends or family for their opinions about them. And remember this term, “white-space”. In general, white-space is the cornerstone of good website design. Keep the background areas where your information or products will be displayed white or another light / pale color. Dark or oddly colored backgrounds distract your visitors from your information and also can make it difficult to read. Background images are also a big don’t for the same reasons plus they make your pages load more slowly. Colored text should also be used sparingly. Contrast is key, otherwise it can be very difficult to read. Here’s an example. Try to use colored text only to emphasize important information. If you choose to use a color other than black throughout your site make sure it is dark.
The layout is how things are arranged on your pages. There are many different ways to display your content and we’ll cover that a bit farther down the page. What we’re going to discuss here are the elements that frame your content such as your navigation menu buttons, any graphical accents, logos, etc.
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Where your navigation buttons or links appear on your pages should be decided by the number of main or primary pages you will have in your website. Primary pages are the pages organized just below your home page in the structure or diagram of your website.
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