Good website design is an art and science both. User centric website design is considered as the best practice in industry. Following are some of the best tips for making a good website and if followed can generate best results for a best designer.

Catchy Content

People surf web for their own interests. They want something so they stick to your site until they get whatever they want otherwise they will leave the site immediately. So provide whatever people want, useful information and other content they like.

Keep Theme

Select the color scheme and stick to it throughout the site. If you brand well and you have a theme, which represents your brand then it is the best option to cling on to on your site. Some standard color schemes include:

• Red, yellow and white

• Blue and white

• Red, grey and white

• Blue, orange and white

• Yellow, grey and white.

Similarly keep other elements constant on every page so it looks alike.

Avoid Distracting Things

Some websites show highly animated things which keep attention of the users for wasted interests so avoid such flying things. Sometime auto-loading sounds annoy the visitors so avoid it or place sound mute button there. Popup windows are another matter that most of the users don’t like. So don’t allow advertisers who use popup windows for their ads. Image back ground also distracts people. It not only interferes in reading of texts, but also increases loading time and is considered as low quality things on the site.

Easy Navigation

Organize your content so people can find them easily. It is best practice to put the information few clicks away from the users. More clicks distract the users and they abandon the site early. Similarly, limit the page length so users should not have to scroll much. Two screen-full content is good if they are normal content and six to seven screen-full content is enough if it is article.

Put navigation link to go home page on every page so users can get to your home page if they come through search engine to your sub page. You can put clickable logo etc to go to home page. Similarly include navigation menu on every page so users may have access to the other pages of your site.

Optimize Content for Fast Download

There is best compression software available in the market which can reduce the file size of your images as well as other content like audios and videos. Take its help and increase your efficiency by reducing loading time. Moreover, Google will not penalize your ranking.

Readability

Readability is an important factor to make your site good in eyes of your users. Make the width of text column reasonable so your users can catch next line easily. Use contrasting color for background so anyone can read text without harming their eyes. Select the appropriate font size so text should look decent and palatable. Use the white space sparingly. Don’t let any grammatical error and spelling mistakes in your texts.

Right Ways to Link

Use underline or blue color or both for anchor texts for the link purpose. It is a common norm to distinguish link texts from the other texts. Links in menu don’t necessarily have to be in blue or underlined since menu itself is a different thing. Moreover, explain what you are going to link. Your anchor text should describe what is being linked. Remember that never open internal link in a new window; it is a good practice for external link.

Easy Accessibility

It is a good practice to put your contact information on top or bottom of every page. Give more than one contact information so reader will trust you more. To save you from the spambots never give your email address in form of simple mailto: link.

Test

Frequently test for broken links. Try to include dates for your last modifications so user can see your activeness.

SEO Friendly

Make your site SEO friendly. Care for keyword density, placement, etc. Use proper description for your pages. Generate search engine friendly URLs for your pages.