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Are you planning to develop an Internet presence that will include your own personal WebSite? The tips below will help you get started.

(a.) Every element on the page needs a purpose. If you put an image on the page or a block of text or a line, there should be a reason for it to be there. If the reason is something like \"because I like it\" take it off. Your design elements are part of your design to communicate the message of the page. Anything that doesn't contribute to that message should be dispensed with. Don't make your customers struggle. Check out the example here. 

(b.) Your fonts should be a legible size and a reasonable scan length (no more than 7-10 words on a line). If your customers have to struggle to read your page, they won't, and they won't be your customers. Make it obvious what's important on the page. Use styled heading tags to call out the important sections of your pages and use images to highlight important features. Use the best images possible, the fewer the better. One awesome image will do more to enhance your message than three mediocre ones. And simple styled text will go further than one poor image. Text example.

(c.) Visual aids communicate more quickly than blocks of text. Tables, charts, and graphs are easier to grasp quickly than a block of text. And readers of Web pages are typically in a hurry. Don't be afraid to be bold. Hesitant design, whether it's colors or layout, makes the customer feel hesitant as well. Make your sites stand out so they're memorable. Simple designs have more punch than complicated ones. A one- or two-column layout is easier for your customers to grasp than multiple columns. For instance, this example. 

(d.) Sometimes you need to hire a professional. If you're creating something that needs to last a long time, hiring a professional designer, brand manager, or marketing guru will help make sure that you get the best possible site. This WebSite shows how.

(e.) Usability testing can be as elaborate or simple as you need, but no matter whether you have your mom look at your pages or do a complete usability test scenario, you should have someone not familiar with your site look at it. If you can, try to be in the room while they test. Watch what they click on and what they ignore. If they're ignoring your buy button and you've created an ecommerce site this is a serious problem.

(f.) Browser testing. Never assume that because it looks fine in your favorite browser, that it will look fine in every other one. This also includes the same browser on another operating system. Check your Web pages on every combination of browser and OS that you can get your hands on.

(g.) Learn from Desktop Publishing and Established Design Principles Many new Web designers have never had any formal training in design and end up trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to layout and style rules. Here's how a good WebSite should look.

(h.) Line lengths for readability, colors for emphasis, and margins for look are all basic principles of DTP and can be translated to the Web.

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