David Miller Web Designs

All text, graphics, & designs on this page are copyright ○ 2010 By David P. Miller and David Miller Web Designs NEED A WEBSITE? Many people and businesses start off thinking, "We need a Web Presence!" but they don't know where to go from there. We can help! Even if you don't have a clue what to do beyond the need for a website, we can get you started. THE THREE ELEMENTS OF GOOD SITE DESIGN The first element of a good website design is to specify the purpose. Exactly why do you want a website? What do you want it to accomplish? If you don't know what you want your site to do, how will you know if you've done it? We will work with you to nail down the purpose for your website, so you will be able to evaluate whether the site achieves its purpose. The second element of good site design is readability. This encompasses everything from the graphics you use to the size print on the site, to the layout and organization of the site. How many web sites have you been to that looked absolutely beautiful, but you couldn't figure them out? Or perhaps their print was so small, you just gave up. Here's an example:

If you can read this print easily, then your eyes are younger and better than mine. But you only want to use this size print if you purposefully want to exclude the over-50 crowd from your site. The third element of good site design is something we call "Flow." It starts with filtering out the people who aren't interested, right up front. If you are still reading this, then you're interested in what I'm saying. If you aren't interested in having a website designed, then you probably would have left this page after reading the title banner. That's filtering. The next consideration in site flow is drawing the interested readers deeper into your site, keeping their attention by telling them things they want to know, and relating those things to how they might apply to the reader. The third consideration in site flow is navigation. There will be some first-time readers on your site, and they need to be able to easily follow what they want to know next. But there will also be returning readers, and they should be able to go directly to where they want. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Check out the following for additional information: