Malcolm Buttel joined Oxygen Creative in 2004 having moved to Devon from London. He developed his creative skills in the graphic design and presentations department of a investment bank in Canary Wharf. Working out of the Devon office he works on projects involving web, graphic design, animation, 3D and 2D illustration. Devon Website Designers Reveal the Secrets of Good Website Design
Devon Website Designers
There’s no doubt that a strong, active and entertaining website can help a business succeed. Many business owners make the mistake of allowing an inexperienced friend or relative to create their website. That’s fine for your first ‘dip the toe’ in water and figure out what all this web stuff is about. Unfortunately, the result of such efforts, while inexpensive, rarely has the desired effect. Web design is a highly complex and technical activity that requires special skills and training. Devon website designers have the ideal combination of local knowledge and high level expertise to build and implement high quality websites for their clients. How? The experts at Oxygen Creative Services Ltd. reveal just a few of their secrets below.
Devon Website Designers Secret #1: Don’t Use Welcome Pages
Welcome pages once were regarded as portals through which visitors enter a website. Such pages usually consist of a large photo or flashy graphics and the word “Welcome” or “Enter.” Welcome pages can annoy visitors as well as damaging search engine potential, so professional website designers rarely use welcome pages.
Devon Website Designers Secret #2: Don’t Use Annoying Advertising
The truth is that many people find ads on websites annoying. So, expert web designers eschew using annoying banners, and substitute well-conceived ads that amuse, entertain, or inform. The website designers at Oxygen Creative Services are skilled at using ads that don’t annoy, but that engage visitors.
Devon Website Designers Secret #3: Use Simple, Easy to Understand Navigation
The easier a website is to navigate, the better chance for success it has. Users don’t have the time or inclination to untangle an arcane navigation scheme, may grow frustrated, and go elsewhere for whatever they’re seeking. A good design will avoid complex features, and keep site navigation easy, intuitive, and convenient.
Devon Website Designers Secret #4: Always Orient the Visitor
Visitors always should know where they are on a website. A good design will ensure that navigation options appear on every page, so that visitors are aware of their location, and know how to get to the next place they want to go.
Devon Website Designers Secret #5: Make Your Text Easy to Read and Understand
Large blocks of text on a website discourage the visitor from reading them. A skilled website designer knows how to break text into short paragraphs, and to use text that’s written in simple, uncomplicated language that most visitors will understand.
Devon Website Designers Secret #6: Avoid Using Sounds and Music
Visitors who want to read and understand the text on a website generally don’t want to be distracted by sounds or music. If you’re set on including sounds and music, our designers highly recommend adding a mute button or volume control.
Devon Website Designers Secret #7: Adhere to Current Standards and Browser Types
Perhaps the most valuable service our firm performs is that we ensure that our website designs conform to all current web standards, and are viewable by all the major browser types.
The professional Devon website designers at Oxygen Creative Services will make certain that their website designs adhere to these and other important rules.
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