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Get your website designed in 5 easy steps

Posted by weblinkindia on July 21, 2010

Wish to have a successful business and do not have an online presence…..then this wish tends to remain more or less unfulfilled. In the current scenario, business having its online facet has become a mandatory deal. Having a website online is a key to success but usually people think that getting a website will ask for a lot of money and efforts. However, it is not as people think, contacting a web design company will make the website development process simple and easy for you. Web designing companies have web experts who assist you until your website goes online.

Here in this write up you will see how you can have your own website designed in 5 very simple steps.

Step 1.  Discussion about your requirements and estimated budget

What you need to provide is simply few details like :

  • Your business details
  • Objective behind having a website

That web expert will provide you the quote along with the deliverables based on the requirements and business objectives you have provided.

Step 2. Booking of domain and space

Domain name, the address to your website and the server space are the two important things that need to be booked prior to the designing of the website. The web expert will suggest you the domain name example www.yourcompany-name.com. This domain name will be suggested in accordance with your business objectives and the SEO perspective. You have the complete liberty to choose the domain name and only after your approval, domain will be booked along with the web space for the hosting of your website.

Step 3.  Collection of Basic Data

For designing an effective website, company’s details are required like :

  • Establishment year
  • Details about infrastructure
  • Details about the company’s offerings
  • Images of the products and the company premises
  • Contact details

The web expert will help you to gather the details required on (hyperlinks) different pages of your website. Any assistance needed in this regard is readily offered by the web expert. Ensure that you provide only authentic data that is supported with proofs.

Step 4. Promotional Measures

After the collection of data, the information is handed over to the SEO Experts who analyse and reframe the data as per the web promotional norms. This is an integral step as it helps a website achieve higher rankings on various search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL etc.

Step 5. Designing and development phase

The final and the most crucial step is the designing phase. All the reframed and edited data is handed over to Web Designers and Developers who prepare the website for hosting. Before the actual hosting, the site will be shown to you on hidden URL. Any changes for the improvement of the website can be suggested by you at this very stage.

Once you are satisfied with all the aspects of your website i.e. its appearance, content, loading time, etc. the site would then be launched on the domain booked for you i.e. yourcompany-name.com.

Following these 5 simple steps, you get your well-designed website that is ready to earn you more and more web traffic and thus business. ALWAYS remember to choose a renowned and trusted web development company in order to have a well-promoted website.

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10 Ways to Save Time While Building a Website

Posted by weblinkindia on March 3, 2010

For a website developer time is money, but they should not rush to complete a website because money is time. The more you work, the better will be your income, but the question is how to increase your productivity without hampering the quality of your work. Here, we are making an attempt to provide you some tips that will not only reduce the time you spend on developing an attractive website but also yield fruitful financial outcomes.

1) Drop Down Menus - Adding a drop down menu in a website is a complicated task as it takes lot of time in typing a text. For designing a detailed menus in less time you can directly search the internet for various programs and websites that designs complex multi level drop down menus in a rather less time. This not only saves time but also gives you an idea about new styles of drop down menus.

2) Firebug -  Add-on offered by Fbrowser.irefox containing various improved functions, Firebug. This utility comes with an inspect element function that allows you to remind the names of particular CSS class or IDs. You can also test changes made in CSS/HTML in a

3) Templating Engines - It’s better to start working on a website with a standard base that already has preconfigured header and footer. A lot of time can be saved if you add links, meta data, robots.txt etc to your CSS file. A good templating engine can be easily searched on net for reference.

4) MeasureIt -  MeasureIt is another Firefox add-on that helps in measuring pixels on the screen, especially when you want to develop an image at a specific point. The task is as simple as dragging and clicking but make sure that the size of the web page, padding and margins are correct.

5) Reusing your CSS - Create a base CSS document with margins, body tags; IE6/7 hacks etc. because the basic content remains the same for every website. Having some preconfigured CSS base documents as a sample saves time of rewriting the basic things while you design a website.

6 ) Color Scheme Tools - A number of color scheme tools are available on the Internet, which can be used for creating a color scheme or picking colors for your website. Getting a HEX or RGB value for any color on the web page is just a click away with the help of color scheme tools.

7) PHP Include - Use of ‘PHP includes’ for header and footer will automatically show the changes while designing a site. The time saved by following this tip can be huge, but it largely depends on the size of the website you are designing.

8) Make Optimum Use of Open Source - While working on a rather complicated form or function, it is always better to sample some pre-developed forms. Many web developers make their work available on internet as a sample, which can be referred for help. There are various secure PHP forms available on the internet that will help you in designing a secure contact form, supported with image attachments.

9) Work on SEO from the Beginning - Working for SEO on your completed website is actually more tedious then doing it while designing. It is better to follow basic SEO strategy right from the beginning. Basic SEO guidelines or factors can be searched on internet as they didn’t take much of your valuable time.

10) Multiple Browser Testing -  There are certain websites that allow you to see how your website will look on different browsers. What you need to do is to just find your preferred choice and paste the URL of your website and choose the browser on which you want to test your web page. You can also take a screen shot of your website on different web browsers and show them to your clients.

Even though, there is no alternative to good web designing skills but these tips can make your work easy and will also save a lot of time. If you want to prove your caliber and stand as a successful website developer follow these simple steps and make your life smooth as a professional web developer.

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Expandable Website Design

Posted by weblinkindia on January 18, 2010

Earlier there were only limited types of screens so the websites were displayed without any hassles. Now with the time charting further and technology becoming highly advanced, more and more designer and high resolution screens are being used. Most of the web sites are created only for one type of resolution but different people use different resolutions. The need of the hour demands that a website that is under construction should be such that it should work in all resolutions. Visitors having higher resolutions have to scroll less and thus can see more content within one page. We provide you with steps to create a web page or site that will fit in all screens.

Steps to design a website that will operate in all kinds of resolution

 Step 1:   The Lowest Screen Resolution should be decided upon
The first thing you have to do is to select a lowest screen resolution and design the website keeping the same in mind. The important smallest resolution that is widely used is the 800 x 600 resolutions so all websites should be made to fit resolutions equal or higher than this.

 Step 2:  Web Site to be designed on this Resolution
After deciding upon the lowest resolution, graphics have to be designed for the decided resolution. Then after the designing of the website images are exported.

Step 3:  It should be assured that all the tables are measured in terms of percentages
This is a very important trick for developing a website for all resolutions. Do not work in terms of pixels, instead make use of percentages. Percentage provides you a relative measurement and hence a table gets easily fit in all screens whatever might be the height and width. The percentage can be chosen at your own fancy depending upon how much white space you require around it.

Step 4:  Measure cells in the table (in pixels) except for the Content Cell
All cells must be given a fixed measurement (in pixels) except the content cell, which can be kept blank.

Step 5:  Insertion of Content and Images
After your tables are designed, images and content have to be inserted. The commonly used layouts have on the top left corner a logo and the navigation buttons on the top right. A more complicated layout demands background fills while designing a website. For all resolution web sites images have to be positioned accordingly. The most convenient principle that can be followed is to put fixed images on the top left and right corners.

Step 6: Testing of the site in all the Resolutions
The final step will be the testing of the site in all resolutions. Steps to check the proper working are: -
  • Right click on your Desktop →click on Properties amidst the set of different options
  • Click on Settings tab
  • On the Desktop click shift the scale to 800 x 600, 1024×768 or higher if needed
  • After choosing the resolution, check the site by clicking on the Test button
  • If you are able to clearly see the bitmap then click on Apply

After the successful testing of your website in all resolutions, it is assured that you have developed an ideal website. This will make your site more accessible and thus in turn lead your business towards new heights.

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Avoid Web Design Mistakes – part 1

Posted by weblinkindia on November 20, 2009

Web Design is a term that is most commonly associated with the styling of websites and various other web applications. It is the most active field of web world, which is often updated. We will discuss some of the points in this blog, which will act as your Web Design guide. Why do the mistakes occur? The mistakes committed by the web designer are a result of his lack of awareness. Also the mistakes occur because the web designers try to improvise many techniques at one time.

Below is the list of recurrent mistakes

  • The purpose of the site should be communicated in about in seconds: A site should be designed focusing on the point that the site should communicate its purpose within a couple of seconds. If the visitor is unable to figure out what the site is about within few seconds, then he will be move to other options.
  • Content should be made Scannable: The site should have content that can be read in a single go. Use of Headers, Lists, and Bulleted Points enables the user to filter the stuff he is looking for.
  • Unreadable Fancy Fonts and Tiny Fonts should not be used: Very often, we witness that the sites have some Fancy Fonts and Tiny Fonts that are very difficult to read. So these should be avoided in order to make the read of the visitors comfortable.
  • User’s browser windows should not be resized: Let the control of the browser be in the hands of the user. Resizing of the browser might lead to confusion at the user’s end and he may leave your site.
  • Subscribing the user for something without his permission should be avoided: Subscribing the user for newsletters or any other thing without his permission can annoy him and he might lose trust in you.Overuse of Flash must be avoided: Flash Images eat up a lot of space, increases the loading time of the sites. Also at times they irritate the visitors, so they use should be minimized.
  • Let the user start a music file: If a music file is being inserted to a site, then its control must be left on the user.
  • Do not clutter your website with badges: Use of badges of networks and prizes seems very unprofessional.
  • Contact details must be added: Contact details of the website owner must be added. Its absence might make you lose important feedback.
  • Do not use a homepage that just launches the “real” website: A site should be designed in order to provide ease to the users. There shouldn’t be much steps to reach the main content as it reader’s might lose interest.
  • Ensure that the “Back” button is not broken: Use of some JavaScript Links and new browsers may break the ‘back’ button. After its broken the visitor might not come back to your site.
  • Do not use blinking text: it is an outdated style, simply avoid it.
  • Complex URL structures must be avoided: Simple URL structure with keywords should be used as it helps in improving your search engine rankings and also makes the search and read of the visitor easier.
  • CSS to be preferred HTML Tables: It will allow you save a lot of time and will speed up the downloading time.
  • Ensure that the users can search the whole website: ensure that the users are able to navigate through your whole website easily.

    • We are leaving the discussion in mid, as there are many other common mistakes. We will talk about them in the succeeding part of our blog.

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Best Website Designing Tips and Technology

Posted by weblinkindia on October 16, 2009

web designing tips An attractive website is not the only yardstick to determine the substance of a website. Instead of making it flashy and gaudy with all sorts of colours and pop-ups, it is sometimes better to keep things understated, especially if your site means serious business.

Cross browser compatibility:  Website usability is a pre-requisite for any website design. Today, web standards is an important factor, more so with millions of websites floating in cyber space. New and new browsers like IE 6 +, FF 2 +, Opera 9 +, Safari 2 + have secured a foothold in the market. This requires you to make sure your website is compatible with different browsers. So, it is suggested you have a program on your computer that checks your website’s browser and version compatibility.

Fast Loading:  Low loading speed of your website will result in high Bounce rate. Studies indicate that the level of patience of a net browser is ten seconds. To ensure prompt service to users, take care that you maximize content area, avoid excessive use of graphics, flash and stick to simple designs. These measures will reduce your website loading time.

Refrain from Pop-ups:  If you intend to make money from your website and take up desperate measures like use of pop-up ads, it is a myopic strategy. It will not bear long time results. For most visitors, pop-ups are intrusive, irritating and annoying. Many prefer to block pop-ups. In that case, why should your bother about using them in your website design?

Make your website Search Engine Friendly: Never ever undermine this aspect. The more Search Engine Friendly your website will be, the more will be your website’s visibility. Internet visibility is an important aspect if you want your website to be in a high position in search engines like Yahoo! and Google. This will rope in more visitors who might be your potential clients and customers

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