It’s as easy as A.B.C
Posted by Tare Dyce on 26 Jun 2008 at 03:41 pm | Tagged as: SEO Strategy
Webpage design has come a long way since the internet first began. Many different programming languages have been developed to either simplify or complicate the art. But I say, when it comes to design, keep it as simple as possible. This may sound obvious but if you find yourself using complicated coding to achieve your design, then you should think about whether the feature you need is really necessary or if you’re putting your design ahead of visitors. The process of designing a webpage had been made easier by the use of CSS for page coding.
At times you may have too much info to actually fit onto one page; CSS pagination resolves this issue quite easily. It enables users to browse through pages of search results, archives, or any other kind of continued content. A very good example of CSS pagination is found in search engines; where pagination is very important as it stacks large volumes of information in order of importance on SERPs. Users can usually find what they’re looking for in the first 10 or 20 results
In CSS there are various forms of content positioning, with the most common being absolute positioning. However, absolute layouts have a number of problems, and the biggest problem of all is that absolute elements are removed from the flow of the document. There are a number of other positioning methods that can be used in place of absolute positioning. Static positioning is the default form of positioning, and basically means no positioning at all. The elements just take up space in the normal flow of the document. In this case “static” means “right where you expect it to be” and this is good when it comes to placing content on a page.
Divs can also be used to divide the page into reasonable sections. This means that if your page is logically divided into sections that use id’s to identify them, you will be allowed to target inner elements within the sections without having to over-use classes on each element. Remember that a web page isn’t the same as a printed page and that ultimately the user has more control over how your page will appear than you do. With a little thought and patience you can make your page look good and still satisfy accessibility requirements.
Web page design is very important as an unattractive page that doesn’t flow is revolting. Very often we link builders evaluate web pages on the design and content. And I have seen my fair share of nasty web pages. More thought and effort needs to be siphoned into web design. Neat is neat.
Good logical read, the better the design of your site, the more user-friendly it is. By making it complicated, website owners/designers are only deterring visitors. So keep it simple and you’ll attract more visitors to keep returning.