Creating a lasting first impression, online has become more crucial than ever before. It is wisely said that to be a good web designer you need to stay on toes and learn whatever new comes in your way. But, what if you get tangled with the basics itself? If your website looks uninteresting, overcrowded or is difficult to use, will it engage the visitors? You may probably lose even the existing visitors. A Well-design website should be a blend of creativity and functionality. Whether you are already a web-designer or a newbie, you need to know the basic principles of web designing that will help you to create quality web-design. Before jumping to create an excellent website, first know the ABC of designing.
Principle 1 – Mostly Follow the principles:
Like every teaching institute or school, you are taught of some basic set of rules which you need to follow every time when you design. But as you proceed in the designing field, you tend to develop a feeling that designing is a creative job and creativity does not follow any rules. To some extent, you are right but not completely. To make your designs engaging and attention-grabbing, of course, you have to follow your imagination but apart from that, you need to follow the basic principles too. Apart from the beauty features, there are some rules related to web-layout, symmetry, and order which you need to track.
Principle 2 – Use images and icons for superior visual communication:
Let’s be very honest, a website with plain text and no visual attractions will hardly help to catch the attention of the visitors. Human-beings are more responsive to pictures than text, hence images and icons are a must for your website. Instead of experimenting with new icons stick to the universal ones like a magnifying glass for search, house for the homepage, etc. Visual shortcuts are quite effective elements, so make use of it to the fullest.
Principle 3 – Use colors to augment the experience and not for decoration:
Color plays a major role in web-designing. You cannot just pick any color and use it for your website. The right use of colors increase user interaction and results in improved web traffic. Use colors to support the content and images. If you are using colors for icons, let it add more meaning to it. The best way to use colors is to create a balanced effect by using cool and warm colors together. You can also go for the latest color trends to make your website look more appealing and trendy.
Principle 4 – Opt for fonts that enhance content:
What if you have content that is captivating and engrossing but cannot be read properly? This is a common problem among most of the websites. With an intention to go for stylish and trendy font, designers overlook the readability and clarity factors. Use a font that enhances the quality of your content. You can mix and match three types of fonts. For the headlines, you can use some strong and eye-catching font like serif or sans-serif with bold effect. For the main body, you can opt for sans-serif and for notifying something or for call-out, you can go for any stylish font but make sure it is readable.
Principles 5 – Get help from others:
You have understood how to utilize the basic elements and have created a website which according to you is perfect. What is the use if only you feel the website is right even others should feel the same, but how can you know that? This is the time when you need to take help from others. Now others don’t mean any random person, you need to confirm whether your design is up to the mark or not from any professional who is related to the designing field. The suggestions from the experts would help to make your website from just looking good to a great one.
If the foundation is weak, how will the building stand strong similarly if your designing basics are poor, you may fail to come up with great web design. So, strengthen your basic designing principles to create a quality website.
This article is written by Divya Mudliar – Content Specialist at Webwingz, Web Design Company in Pune. Get to know more about designing, development, e-commerce, all the latest happenings in digital marketing and more, exclusively on our blog.
