The Anatomy of an Effective Web Design
November 6th, 2011 | 
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The tricky part about a website design is being able to successfully fuse functionality with pleasing aesthetic qualities. In order to avoid commonly bland and generic web design, consider the following elements that could differentiate your website from other ones that everyone has already and seen and disregarded before:
Simple and uncluttered web pages
Web designers sometimes put too many elements into a small amount of space. Most visitors just scan the available text and proceed to clicking links and navigating the site without spending time to read the fine print.
Eye-catching graphics
This includes stock or professional photos, fonts, colours and the main layout. When preparing the website, take into consideration what the visitors will see from their computers. Are the fonts you use universally available for everyone? Will the website size, design and colours work on all any resolution using any browser? Take the time to test your website thoroughly before publishing it.
Quality Content
Having a pretty web design is not enough and could only hold a visitors attention for so long. Now that you have your visitors within your website, deliver your message professionally and concisely. Be direct to the point and use bullet points and categorization. Walls of texts would most likely be ignored.
Keep your website simple, fluid and user-friendly. Visitors want to find what theyre looking for in the shortest amount of time so make it easy for them to get what they need.
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