Many people falsely believe that flashier websites are best, but that’s almost never true. Successful sites make sure that site design and navigation is kept simple. Continue on for a number of great tips so you can keep your site clean and simple.
Use a fixed-position navigation format for easy navigation for your users. This keeps the site menus in place as visitors scroll through your site. This is convenient for visitors and helps frequent visitors quickly find what they need.
People don’t like to wait when they browse the Internet, so your pages need to load fast even on slow connections. You cannot expect much patience from your visitors. If they are stuck looking at an incomplete page for minutes on end while your content loads, they are quite likely to close your site and find what they’re looking for elsewhere.
Broken Links
Always double check pages for broken links before publishing a page. A visitor will get very annoyed when they click on a link that takes them to either a blank page or one that gives them an error. Either use a program to check for broken links or check each link manually.
Make it possible for users to cancel action if they want to do so. For example, put a “clear” button on a form, an unsubscribe link on all newsletters and a “cancel” button on orders. If visitors cannot cancel an action they are not interested in, such as providing their contact information, they will feel they do not have a choice and won’t buy anything.
It is important that your website is easy to read. Usability testing has shown that visitors are interested in scanning the content for items of value, rather than reading every word. Use sub-headers to break text into sections your readers will appreciate. Also, make sure to keep the most important information at the top. These techniques assure that the visitor to your page will find what they want fast and this results in higher satisfaction for your readers.
The use of JavaScript should be kept at a minimum. Some of your website visitors may not have JavaScript, and others will not want to update it on a regular basis. Each of the many popular web browsers out there are frequently updated, leading to many different versions being in use at the same time. Some visitors will have older versions of their browser, which doesn’t support the latest JavaScript. On top of this, some visitors will have JavaScript disabled in their browsers. Both of these elements can prevent users from fully experiencing your website.
Now that you read the above article you understand how important it is to keep flash to a minimum, because it may causes issues with loading. Find an even balance between flashy and simple. Implement what you’ve just learned, and build a site that visitors will flock to.
