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Website Design Gallery: A Designer's Aid

by Tem Balanco

Designing a website is an arduous task. It is always complicated. Designers got it all covered - from planning a layout, code and links input, to publishing the site. Creating visually appealing websites is the responsibility of designers. According to researchers from Canada, first impressions count for internet users. In only 50 milliseconds, viewers can have an initial reaction to the visual appeal of the website. It is said that our view of the site's credibility and functionality is parallel to our initial reaction. Thus, the visual appeal influences our decision to purchase, if it's an e-commerce site. This factor is fairly considered by web designers in order to create aesthetic friendly sites. To help them in this demanding task is a website design gallery.

Where do web designers get their inspiration from? The World Wide Web is made up of millions of sites. Browsing all of them would take long for the designers. A website design gallery helps the designer. Compiled in a design gallery are different visual friendly and hi-tech web page designs. Most gallery pages incorporate technical reviews by users and other web designers. Some galleries have instructions so that designer could follow them in order to create the final product.

A website design gallery also works as a portfolio for website builders which offer professional web building services. Galleries exhibit the capacity of the web builder. Through sharing information and virtual communities, advanced designs integrate Web 2.0. Web 2.0 applications enable user interaction. The probability of having a Web 3.0 interface soon is predicted by techno geeks. Most galleries have a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) format.

Some of the characteristics of an eye-catching website are optimized graphics, thumbnails, good photo editing and gallery, and easy-loading thumbnails and alt tags. Easy navigation and easy loading of graphics is the equivalent of optimized graphics. A jpeg or png format is required for quality display. Using a reliable photo editing software and application can also increase your site's face value by avoiding a pixilated display of low quality photos. When creating a gallery, large photos are always preferred over tiny photos especially in an e-commerce website. With large photos, a careful examination of the product can be done.

It is a top priority to hire a website builder if you're planning to build your own website for your business. Free hosting services and affordable prices are the usual offers of these web builders. Acquiring the services of a web builder is an advantage than hiring a professional to do the job for you.

Try browsing design galleries to also get inspiration in building your website. You have to remember that it should well represent your line of product or services. The website must include those qualities mentioned above. As mentioned above, the credibility and image of the company and of the business owner is reflected by the website's appearance. For easy navigation, galleries are divided into categories. Websites can be a source of inspiration.

Aside from providing designers inspiration for their future project, a website design gallery can also serve as a web builder's portfolio. It must display the capabilities of the web builder.

Published November 1st, 2011

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