Characteristics of a Well Design and Planned Website | Web Solution Related
What are the essential traits of great Web sites? After you visit a site and find yourself staying awhile, what makes you stay? Maybe a sense of humor does helps. Flashy graphics are nice. But the closer answer to the question "What Makes a Great Website"?" is the fundamental traits that make a site work are more elusive. Remember this, a website is not just about putting codes and images together, and there are various things you need to know and be aware of.
We are sure that there many different and often contradictory views and perceptions of the qualities that make for a good (if nor great) website. Of course we also agreed that you has to take into account current trends and popular styles in modern design, which can differ according to personal preferences. Despite these variables there are some central characteristics of good website that have emerged in the last few years, and which are generally perceived by pundits as being core features of good and well planed website. While design and creative layout remains an area dictated by personal taste and perception it is important to be aware of generally accepted characteristics in order to assess the comparative visual creativity of one’s own Web site.
Here we will look into some of the essential characteristics of great Websites (including some of the design aspect) and make into an easily followed rules of thumb. Most of these guidelines are just plain common sense, which seems surprisingly a scarce commodity on the Web. We will break down into two categories:
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Features of a Great Website (Click to read the complete set)
Summary/Brief:
• Originality of Content (s). Credible and Original Content (s) are well sought after.
• Easy Navigation and clear site structure! Should be easy to read and well organized.
• Have Customs Information. Custom-tailor the information to user preferences. Make it valuable, timely information.Be well-organized
• Clear but Attractive Design (See Planning and Site Design below)
• Unique and Fresh. Be interactive.
• Responsive (even on a 56 Kbps modem)
• Make best use of online communication (i.e. email, Internet Messager such as Skype, MSN)
• Optimized it!
• Test early and test more often |
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Planning and Site Design (Click to read the complete set)
Summary/Brief:
• Keep it Simple and Clear. Don’t make your users think. Don’t squander on your users’ patience
• Be Unique. Be well organize. Manage to focus users’ attention
• Strive for feature exposure
• Easy to Understand Structure (Strive for simplicity)
• Don't rule out "Conventional"
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