Web design is really no different then designing a flyer, a business card, or even a t-shirt. All of them require a certain measure of the same ingredients… you need a good idea, you need to properly use the tools at your disposal, and you need to arrange the visual elements in such a way as to appeal to the people you are trying to appeal to. If you can do all of these in an online environment, then you can be successful at web design. Of course, there are some programming languages to consider, some math, or perhaps a web builder, but what we are going to talk about here are the basic concepts… the elements… that make up a good web page.

Experimenting with Fonts

First and foremost, what are you going to do with fonts and typography? Most of what makes up websites is text. This is because the text is a way to communicate, but it is also because text plays a huge part in SEO and getting your site noticed by web browsers. Web crawlers cannot crawl a video, but rather, they crawl the text that names the video instead! So, text, in all of its aspects, is something to consider.

• What font will you use?
  
• Will you make the headline bigger, bolder, and more colorful?
  
• What color will the rest of the letters be?
  
• Are you trying to match a theme, or are you going for something artsy/creative/spontaneous/romantic/explosive?

These are things to think about, and they are all very important. Every one of these elements will help you design a web page that appeals to people as they read it. Have you ever visited a website, took one look at the font and went “ugly”, because it reminded you of some kind of font that you hated for some reason? Well, more well known fonts will do that to people, which is why being spontaneous and creative with your fonts is a must. Try something nobody has done before, and go out on a limb.

Be Creative With Colors

Color is another element to any successful website that must be managed appropriately.

• What color is your background?
• Does it leave the text visible enough?
• Can you see well enough to distinguish links, controls, and text?
• Will you need to customize advertisements so that they will be visible?
• These are all color matters that you need to decide before you really get started.

Make Your Website User Friendly

And finally, ease of use.

• Is your website easy and friendly to navigate?
• Does it offer controls that work well?
• Can visitors successfully navigate about the page with little or no difficulty?

These are all things to keep in mind, and they are of dire importance. Nothing is more nerve wracking than a stressful website that will not let you leave… you can be sure that this type of website will send customers away who will never plan on returning.

These basic elements should make up the core of your web design.

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