Customizing Your Website

     People become overly “fashion” conscience in their work environment.  Nowadays, in this trendy world, people get very uptight when they do not look entirely presentable. This would also be the case in web designing. Who doesn’t want to “stand out” from the crowd?

     Every individual would definitely want their website to look good, if not, to the best they can. Here are a few things we could look out for when wanting to create a professional looking webpage.

Color Schemes and Themes

     When designing, always choose matching colors. An example of a matching color would be to have a dark background, with visible words and designs. With the dark theme, try not to mix too many bright colors into the design. What we should NEVER do, is to mix two very different colors, such as purple and yellow. Now, of course, it would depend on the purpose of the website, but those two colors are too striking for one who wants it to look more professional.  Example:  You may be making a website for your High School and purple and yellow are your school colors!  If so, use these colors sparingly and in appropriate coordination with the rest of your page.

     Themes must always suit the company or rather, the organization. If the website was made to cater for a food company, it would be wise to stick to that particular category, rather than to revert to a different theme, such as machinery.  This is not only unacceptable in web design, but would be extremely confusing to your visitors.

     Fonts should be used in regard to the formality of the website. A simple sans-serif font would suffice in most cases. Exceptional cases such as design and art groups might want to use fanciful designs and fonts. Of course, that’s only if you know what you’re doing.  If you are uncertain you may want to consider hiring a professional web page designer.

     Finally, we must always try to think of our visitors, see the way they see. The resolutions and file sizes of the pictures must not be too large in terms of size. This is to allow maximum compatibility and cater our visitor’s needs.  You neither want to overwhelm or underwhelm your visitors by what you are displaying on your site nor in the way it is displayed.

     So, planning is important thing.  It should also be something we should never forget to do, before attempting something.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"If everyone in the world were the same,

would you want yourself to be the example to copy?"