General Guidelines for Web Designers
The following are some useful guidelines for any web designer. Use pictures sparingly Pictures enhance the appearance of a page. However, it is not wise to fill your web pages with too many images. Most images have a large file size and would therefore make pages take much longer to load. Since many web users are not patient, they are likely to click away from the page. As a general rule, it is advisable to keep page sizes under 30 kilobytes. Remember to include alt tags on every image you use. Such tags can be very helpful to users as well as search engines. Functionality and navigability Before you consider the artistic excellence of your site, you need to think about its functionality and navigability. There is no point of making your site flashy and attractive if visitors can’t navigate around it. Browser Be sure to avoid browser-specific functions. Some functions are supported by one browser only and not others. When you have to use such functions, make sure they ...