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There are many ways to win a prestigious web award, but without fantastic design, your website could be dead at the starting line. Design improves usability and encourages users to explore your content. Many cutting-edge websites have experimented with design in several ways, but there are a few basics to learn before trying to break the mold.

• Don’t distract your visitors with moving text, animations, or sound. These sorts of movements, which aren’t initiated by the user, are distracting to the point of rudeness. They also make for long load times for users with slow connections. People won’t be patient for something they haven’t asked for. On the same note, if the text is scrolling faster than the user can read, they won’t speed up for it.
• Follow HTML standards. Making sure your code is in standard HTML can be tedious, but it’s worth it for everybody to be able to read your site, no matter what their browser. This can also make browsing your site more efficient, such as when the browser loads placeholders for images with height and width tags instead of slowing the entire process. You never know what browser your clients will be using, so prepare for all of them. Continue reading ‘Design tips for an award-winning website’