There are many basic design principals that should be adopted when
designing your business website. They include the
following:
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Adopt site standards for use of color, fonts,
graphics, hyperlinks, etc. |
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Adopt a simple, intuitive navigation approach |
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Use shared borders, headers, footers and
other components |
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Design your site for different screen sizes
and types of web browsers |
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Keep images and file sizes small; allow pages to
load quickly |
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Provide a simple site map and site search capabilities |
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Keep your business website current |
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Eliminate nuisance "dead links" |
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Avoid "frames", "pop-up" windows
and other
annoying techniques |
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Provide interesting content that encourages
return visits |
In addition to finding a quality business web hosting provider
that can deliver great performance and reliable service, a good web creation
application is also needed to generate and maintain an attractive and well-coded
website.
There are many software applications available to build websites. Some
are included free with business web hosting packages. Others can be
purchased online, downloaded and installed on your computer.
A good web creation package will help you develop a business website that meets many
of the design objectives listed above. It will also simplify the
ongoing maintenance and evolution effort and will reduce your overall cost of
ownership. Some of the more sophisticated packages web creation
packages can also help you deploy complex e-business and data-driven capabilities.
