All About Web Designing
Web designing is a familiar term and people know fairly well that, why having a website has become requisite for any business. A lot of companies across the globe are offering web designing, web application development and related services. A simple inquiry on the internet can turn out thousands of results. And then, choosing the services of the right company becomes a challenge. You can actually feel yourself in dilemma of choosing the ethical and effective service provider as the market is flooded with the fake ones as well. The word of mouth of other companies known to you can be a light of guidance but if you are first one in the industry or sector to try your hand then what to do?
This article is prepared to guide you and to provide you an insight of designing a website. Such information can actually help you to ask the right kind of questions to the web service provider and ensure that your company’s online presence is not in the wrong hands.
The first important step before finalizing a web designing company is to check the past records. You can ask for the previous projects which have been delivered. This will give you the fair idea whether the company is capable enough to undertake your task or not. Do enquire about the infrastructure and their experience as well, ask whether the work is done in house or is it outsourced. All these inquiries will help you in taking a wise decision.
Let’s learn about few basics of designing a website. The first and foremost requirement to have a web presence is to register a domain name. The common domain names are .com, .org, .net. I am sure you must have come across various websites having similar domain names. And then comes web hosting. You need to buy an online space to feature your website. No website can be visible on the internet without web hosting. There are various companies offering these services. The services are offered on monthly and yearly basis. Most of the cases, web designing companies offer the complete package from registering a domain to web hosting to the end task of designing a website.
The designing of the websites can be done using various softwares like bluevoda, webplus, coffeecup, Macromedia dreamweaver etc. These softwares are easy to use but the outcome websites are not search engine friendly. The professional web designing companies use various languages like HTML, XHTML, PHP, and ASP to design a website that are easily searchable in search engines and are user friendly. The designer deliver not just client’s requirement but also fulfill visitor’s expectation. The pages designed should not be too long and should not take too much time to download. The pages must be designed in a comprehensive manner so that it is easy on the eyes of the visitor. The designing scheme, colour pattern and images are done carefully to make the website attractive and capture the attention of visitor. It is important for a designer to be well versed with your area of work and industry. The real purpose of having an online presence should be served. Make sure you provide adequate information to the designer so that he can incorporate each of them in the website.
The navigation should be user friendly. All the pages of the website should be interlinked and the information should be placed on the right page. The visitors should not get hard time in spotting the information they are looking for. As in 82% of the cases, the visitor leaves the website because either he is not able to get the intended information or else he is not able to reach to the desired info.
The designers provide various designs for a website and it is at client’s discretion to select any one of them. We hope that this article serves it real purpose of being informative and help you take the decision in the right direction.
