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10 Quick Tips About Custom Website Design
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The Website development industry is changing at a
rapid pace. What is a rage today seems to be
horribly outdated in a matter of few months. When
it comes to creating customized websites, it is
not about blindly emulating trends. Whether your
niche is healthcare, finance, technology or
hospitality knowing proven web design tips is
critical to stay ahead.
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While having amazing content and intuitive
interface are always critical for the success of
your website development project, being able to
tell users a story through your website is a big
plus. Web design and development have transcended
the traditional approach of sell and only sell.
Today, it is about trying to help users by
telling a story.
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Here are few tips and trends that will help you
help you take your web design strategy to the
next level.
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1. Dont Challenge For Sake Of Creativity
Undoubtedly, creativity is the essence of
customized websites. After all, you need to stand
tall in the crowd of millions in the web sphere.
In the mad rush, to look different and cool,
designers put usability and convenience at stake.
Dont challenge certain aspects of websites. For
instance, take the navigation bar on website
which has tabs for About Us, Services, Contact Us
and lots more. People are bound to look for
information, so dont challenge the set pattern.
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2. Typography Rules Yes. We saw this trend
catching up in 2014 and likely to be a key in
2015. Large typography will be used increasingly
to enhance the hierarchy of the page. This will
ensure that visitors read the largest font on the
page first.
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3. Images Take Center Stage Images are getting
better with every passing day and taking
customized websites by storm. There are no
barriers of limited bandwidth. Images will
continue to take centre seat in overwhelming
ways. Techniques will continue to evolve ranging
from responsive resizing to optimizing image for
quick loading.
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4. Embrace Responsive Design For the responsive
design critics, the message is loud and clear. It
is here to stay. Make sure you hire a web
designer to leverage the power of responsive
designing. The year 2015 will witness the
emphasis shift towards performance and speed. It
is not just about your site opening on all
devices, rather performing at optimum speed.
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5. Utilize Visual Hierarchy In todays
competitive webspace, ultimately everything boils
down to putting content in correct spaces to
attract eyeballs. Visual hierarchy is all about
following a pattern that can help you optimize
content on your site. Users scan through
information from top-to-bottom, left-to-right. So
putting the most relevant content could mean more
clicks.
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6. Material Design Simplicity is the ultimate
form of sophistication. Gone are those primitive
days of complex interfaces. Minimalist, clean and
simple interface that allow for high performance
on mobile devices are fast becoming a rage. It is
all about reducing clutter and highlighting the
essential elements. 2015 will also see the rise
of material design. Considered to be a natural
progression of Apples design philosophy,
Googles Material guidelines focus on core design
principles with particular emphasis on mobile.
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7. Micro-interactions But what do you mean by
micro-interactions? Well, this new trend is
indeed a paradigm shift in custom website design.
Micro interactions are small tasks that help
accomplish one major task. They improve
engagement level and effectively make a static
webpage more interactive and engaging, as well as
provide affordance, feedback, and overall better
user experience.
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8. Skeuominimalism It is about time to give a
new twist to skeuomorphism. While this trend is
fast fading, the all-new flat approach seems a
conservative move away from gradients, glossy,
and drop shadows. It is about merging the best
aspects of flat design with the distinctiveness
of skeuomorphism. This end result will be flat
Skeuominimalism, basically minimalist icons
trying to convey content in easy to understand
manner using real world objects.
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9. Scrolling Instead Of Clicking Parallax
scrolling animation is fast catching up. Todays
mobile users prefer scrolling instead of
clicking. It lets information to flow easily and
requires less loading time.
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10. Webgraphics Just like infographics,
webgraphics allow large amount of information
sharing but allow the user to interact with
information physically. They are visually
appealing and significantly improve user
retention. Welcome to the age of interactive
infographic.
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Finally Design tips and trends mentioned above
are rapidly becoming a norm in web design.
However, designers are responsible for
transforming ideas into standards and best
practices. Remember, tips and tricks come and go,
but a strong emphasis on user experience and
quality wont fade away ever.
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