If there’s one thing you need to remember when building a website, it’s to never take good design for granted.
As we’ve mentioned in a previous article, a site visitor’s first impression on your website can make or break you in just a matter of seconds.
In other words, if they don’t like what they see within that timeframe, chances are they’re going to close their browser windows and direct their attention elsewhere.
Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to prevent this from happening; one of them is to familiarize yourself with good web design practices. And the good news is you don’t need to be a professional web designer in order to do so.
Because while it’s true that not everyone has a good eye for design, preventing bad design becomes easier once you know what to avoid.
असे असले तरी, वेब डिझाइनच्या या ४ सामान्य चुका नक्की लक्षात ठेवा. यामुळे, जेव्हा तुम्ही शेवटी तुमची वेबसाइट बनवायला सुरुवात कराल तेव्हा तुम्हाला काळजी करण्याचे आणखी एक कारण कमी असेल.
चूक #१: ३ पेक्षा जास्त फॉन्ट वापरणे
A rule of thumb when designing websites? Try not to have too much visual elements going on within your space. Having more than 3 fonts on your site design is a surefire way to break this one rule. It’ll also overwhelm your site visitors.
तुमच्या वेबसाइटचे फॉन्ट्स जास्तीत जास्त ३ पर्यंत मर्यादित ठेवणे ही व्यावसायिकांद्वारे पाळली जाणारी एक सामान्य डिझाइन पद्धत आहे. शिवाय, यामुळे तुमच्या साइटची वाचनीयता आणि सुसंगततेची पातळी वाढते, जी तुमच्या साइट ट्रॅफिकच्या यशासाठी महत्त्वाची आहे.
DON’T DO THIS:
Don’t use more than 3 fonts and try to avoid “fancy fonts” as much as possible. These tend to make your site look unprofessional and outdated.
DO THIS:
Use only 2 fonts, or a maximum of 3 if you have to. Notice how the page below looks clean and sleek, all while keeping readability and consistency all throughout the design.
Try comparing the differences between this example and the previous one. The example below with only two fonts is a website that your visitors will likely take seriously. This previous one above with the overwhelming amount of fonts isn’t.
Mistake #2: Failing to Use White Space
White space is one of the most important aspects of web design. But what is it?
Put simply, white space is literally the empty space between elements in a composition.
In other words, it’s negative space. This pertains to anything on your website that isn’t filled with text, photos, or other design elements.
Now, the problem arises when website owners want to fill all of the white space in, which is an absolute no-no.
White space matters because it gives your site visitors and readers some breathing space when going through your site. Just how it was mentioned in the first design mistake to avoid, overwhelming your website with too much design elements is more than enough reason for your site visitors to leave and for your traffic to decrease significantly. It also makes for poorly executed design.
DON’T DO THIS:
In the example below, take a look at how the text is nearing the edges of the purple section’s margin. Notice as well how all elements leave almost zero room for white space.
DO THIS INSTEAD:
Give your site readers some room to breathe. If adding in long paragraphs is unavoidable, just remember to always take the rules of spacing into account—they’re pretty easy to remember anyway ?. It will leave your page looking cool, crisp, and professional.
Mistake #3: Designing Websites With Zero Flow in Your Site’s Content
It’s important to pay attention as to how information on your website is presented. Moreover, site content should generally follow a logical flow, taking the site viewer’s intuition into consideration.
आम्हाला काय म्हणायचे आहे ते समजून घेण्यासाठी खालील दोन उदाहरणे पहा.
DON’T DO THIS:
Unless you’re a graphic designer by profession, it’s probably not a good idea to experiment with the standard flow of your website’s sections.
Below, you can see that the site’s design lacks both visual and logical flow; everything is all over the place. You don’t want your audience having a hard time navigating through your site, either. This is another surefire way to do it.
DO THIS INSTEAD:
Notice how the sections of the website flow depending on what actions the visitor is most likely to take.
डिझाइन अंतर्ज्ञानी आहे आणि त्याचा प्रवाह तार्किक आहे: प्रथम, संस्था स्वतःची ओळख करून देते आणि प्रेक्षकांना मूलभूत गोष्टींची माहिती देते; जसे की ती कशाबद्दल आहे आणि काय करते. दुसरे म्हणजे, विश्वासार्हता प्रस्थापित करण्यासाठी ती खात्रीशीर आकडेवारी जोडते. शेवटी, वेबसाइट प्रेक्षकांना तिचे संपर्क क्रमांक आणि कार्यक्रमांची यादी देते, ज्यामुळे त्यांना कृती करण्यास प्रवृत्त केले जाते.
Mistake #4: Trying to Fit in Every Bit of Information Onto Your Website
जेथे मोकळी जागा (व्हाइट स्पेस) असायला हवी तेथे अनावश्यक मजकुराचे ढीग लावल्यास तुमचे प्रेक्षक दूर जाऊ शकतात. फक्त महत्त्वाचे तपशील ठेवण्याची आठवण ठेवा.
Studies find that readers only visit 20% of your webpage; everyone else outside that percentage will probably just scroll through your site.
DON’T DO THIS.
Don’t overwhelm your visitors with inconsistent, giant walls of text, especially if it means having to sacrifice your website design’s cohesiveness and structure.
DO THIS INSTEAD:
Keep your copy short and concise, and take out chunks of unecessary text if you can help it. Only keep vital information that your site visitors absolutely need to know.
Conclusion
Website design is important, and can be a huge deciding factor in whether or not you gain site traffic.
हे गृहीत धरू नका हे लक्षात ठेवा. संशोधनासाठी नेहमी वेळ द्या, आणि तुम्हाला मार्गदर्शन करण्यासाठी डिझाइनचे लेख पाहा. तुमच्या लक्षात येण्यापूर्वीच, तुम्हाला तुमच्या साइटचे ट्रॅफिक वाढताना दिसेल. ? शुभेच्छा!
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