Web Design

At WebsiteDesignWestMidlands.net we offer a website design service to small businesses or any organisation or individual in the West Midlands who needs a website. We will always attempt to create a website that achieves a look and feel that meets with your preferences and ideas. A true reflection of your business or activities displayed on the Internet. There are many design styles.

Good Web Design

A well designed website can help you expand your business or activities.

The term 'web design' covers a multitude of sins. To many people good web design is all about 'visual appearance'. When reviewing 'websites' the visual appearance is only a part of good web design. Yes, the overall visual effect of the site should be attractive, pleasing to the eye and also interesting, but the way in which the website is constructed and the content may be more important. The quality, positioning and accuracy of the content is also vitally important. Just having a nice-looking site is not enough, it must be effective on the Internet. Poor website navigation is one of the biggest turn-offs for visitors together with websites that take a long time to load.

Web Design - where do you start?

If at the outset you have some idea of what you are looking to achieve then it should not take too many attempts to create the desired result. However, because most changes can be made quite quickly not knowing exactly what you want is not always a big problem. Have a look at other websites belonging to similar businesses and make a note of anything that appeals to you.

Web Design - what do you look for?

• What types of functionality do the sites have? Are they static or brochure sites just providing a window to advertise the business?
• Are they sites providing just information, or do they include online shopping?
• What is the visual effect? Do they include images and flash?
• Colour schemes are very important. Viewers to your site will instinctively expect appropriate colours relative to the nature of your business.
• Consider the nature of the message being communicated to the visitor.

Web Design - websites vary in size

A small website may just contain a few pages of information.

Home Page    About Us    Services    Products    Contact Us

Larger websites will have many more pages listing individual products with descriptions, reports, reviews, testimonials, latest news, RSS feeds, advertising, eCommerce functionality etc.

Web Design - preparation is important

At the outset a list of features you would like to see on your website would be useful. You may wish to include:

a) a description of your company and business activities,

b) information about your target audience,

c) what it is that you want a website to achieve, and

d) the features that are essential and the features that would be nice to have.

Web Design - other aspects to consider

It is important to establish who will be providing the content, images and text, and who will be doing the work both in terms of creating your website and then the subsequent day to day maintenance.

Designing an effective website involves some graphic design, technical ability, marketing knowledge and consultation skills.

Your website is your company's identity on the Internet,

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