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Graphic Design For The New User

by samora Jinqua

To design and publish a website is easier, now more than ever, with modern software. These easy-to-use tools give simple, intuitive, graphical interface that takes the place of those cryptic computer codes. But a simple interface doesn't ensure production of a good site. For those who disregard careful web design, the usability and simplicity of such programs makes it simpler to create unreadable, lousy, and unusable sites. This article gives basic instructions for good site design that applies to any web design software bundle.

The most important rule of graphic design is that the web pages that are designed must be easily read. A lot of people have encountered web pages with complicated backgrounds behind text that they couldn't read. The text color and background color should be opposites, such as white and black. If you want a fancier background to improve the look of the page, offset blocks of text with one vivid, opposite background color.

The text should be large enough to easily read, but not so big that a small passage consumes the entire page. Headline text should be centered, while paragraph text should be justified on both sides. Fully justified text is supported by modern browsers. Older browsers will simply ignore the command, and align the text on the left side only. Just like in a newspaper, fully justified text, neatly aligned on both sides, makes columns more apparent and the page more appealing. Finally, the color of link text should make links easily distinguishable from normal text.

Your next guideline of graphic design refers to the easiness of the web page to navigate. The rule is every web page should be accessed in three clicks of the mouse. You can use a a table of of contents or another type of menu to help keep your site easy to navigate and organized, you can also use frames, which are pages within pages. The frame that consists of the table of contents should be on the left side of the page, while the links that open other frames should be on the right. This will keep your user fixed to your main page.

An Internet site ought to be easily found. Using of wisely selected keywords scattered all over the site makes it simpler for search engines to catalog the site correctly based upon the topic. A correctly catalogued web site will be found easier and more often by web searchers. Numerous search engines make forms available for search engine submission. Use of these forms would help the search engines locate and accurately index the web site as well.

The software tools available today allow even the novice web designer to create an appealing web site that will captivate a large audience. By following these suggestions for good graphic design, the web site content will be presented in a concise and attractive manner. With practice, someone new to world of web design can prepare themselves for one of the various professional web design jobs.

A web site that is hard to find might as well not exist. Keywords pertaining to the subject matter of the site, invisibly peppered throughout the site, will make the site easier for search engines to find and properly categorize. Search engines also provide forms for search engine submission to further assist the search engine serve your site to people seeking information about a particular subject. By following basic graphic design guidelines, and using up-to-date software, even a novice web designer can create a site that will interest any audience. With a little practice, a new web designer can work toward applying for available web design jobs.

Published September 24th, 2008

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