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15 Website Elements That Attract Visitors

Here is a quick list of components that make a website attractive. They are listed in layers of attractiveness beginning with the "must" haves, to "nice to haves."

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Type : Website Usability
Level : All levels
Added : Oct 25, 2004
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Hexadecimal Color Notation On The Web

When designing elements for your webpage, you will often be called upon to specify a color. For example, the code for a span shown below specifies that the color of the text within the span will be yellow.

Software : Dreamweaver FrontPage GoLive
Type : Color Theory
Level : Beginner
Added : Oct 25, 2004
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Common Mistakes: Home Page Design

Author : Nicolas Burki

The home page of a Web site, Intranet or portal is the most important page. It should tell site visitors, what they can do precisely deeper in the site or at least inform them, what they may be able to expect. However, in most cases, the home page is just a compromise to satisfy internal politi...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
Added : Oct 26, 2004
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Images: How To Make Them To Load Fast On Your Web Pages?

1. Use .gifs rather than .jpgs. GIFs are smaller in size when compared to JPGs. 2.Use 'Height' and 'Width' tags for your images. So while page loading certain place is left for the images and visitor can go through the content while images are loading. 3.If you are using large images, slice ...

Software : Fireworks
Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
Added : Oct 26, 2004
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TEN Tips For Your Web Site Home Page

Loading time: try to be below 20kb less number of images specify height and width of images Html with out erros WYSIWYG editors load up your html code. so try using text editor part of your html editors instead of visual editor Images Only home page: Say goodbye to images o...

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Type : Design Principles
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Added : Oct 26, 2004
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The Details Rule In Web Design

Author : Jamie Kiley

When it comes to websites, the details matter. Although many site owners believe the important thing is merely to get a website up, that's only a small part of the job. Efffective sites take a lot of planning--and a lot of concentration on the details.Of course, there are some site owners who obses...

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Web Site Optimization: How To Speed Up Your Web Site By Minimizing images

Author : Andy King

Are bloated images slowing down your web site and causing you lost business? Images comprise over 50% of the average web page so putting them on a diet is essential to improving web performance. One of the best ways to optimize GIFs and PNGs is to minimize the "bit-depth" or the number of colors w...

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
Added : Oct 26, 2004
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Effective Web Design

Before starting on how to design a website effectively, how about clearing some basic web design concepts?

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Type : Design Principles
Level : Beginner
Added : Oct 26, 2004
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Content Management: Design For Rule, Not Exception

If your website tries to be all things to all people, it will fail. It's very easy on the Web to try to do too much. You need to relentlessly focus on what most of your readers do most of the time. Don't let anything else get in the way.

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Type : Website Usability
Level : Beginner
Added : Oct 26, 2004
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The Details Rule In Web Design

Author : Jamie Kiley

When it comes to websites, the details matter. Although many site owners believe the important thing is merely to get a website up, that's only a small part of the job. Efffective sites take a lot of planning--and a lot of concentration on the details.Of course, there are some site owners who obses...

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Type : Design Principles
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Added : Oct 26, 2004
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