When creating and designing your website, the user experience must be considered throughout the entire building process. This is especially true with its design, as a poorly-designed website could leave your visitors confused, frustrated and unlikely to revisit your website.
Even if you wouldn’t consider yourself someone with good eye for web design, you can still build a beautiful, user-friendly website that visually stands out. From our design gurus, here are the top web design tips for all levels of designers to create a stunning website.
1. Use No More Than Three Fonts
The more fonts you incorporate into a website, the messier it will look. Aim to have a separate font for your headers, your body content and one other element (either your logo or calls-to-action).
If your brand guidelines insist you stick to one font, that’s perfectly fine! Just make sure the font is legible and a good size (14-16 point font is the sweet spot for your content’s size).
2. Selecting the Best Colors
Your website should have a cohesive color tone to it. Just like fonts, don’t include a ton of different colors; select a consistent color scheme. Strive to keep all major call-to-action (CTA) buttons the same color (make this color pop on the page), so visitors can recognize each CTA.
If your logo has a primary color, select two or three complementary colors with an online tool. Paletton.com and Coolors are great tools to help you find the best supporting colors for your website.
3. White Space is Your Friend
Do you have a room in your house with neutral-colored walls? Our guess is you probably do; it would be very distracting to have a crazy-printed wallpaper all over your home. Think about it: if your home was filled with bold, busy walls, no one would ever notice your home’s features or furnishings!
This same principle is also applied to websites. Don’t try to fill every pixel of your pages with something; embrace the white space. By leaving white space on your website, you’re drawing your visitors’ attention to areas that you want them to focus on. Plus, it also helps your site look cleaner and uncluttered, which is design 101.
4. Get to Know a Grid System
A clean website design means every text block, button and section is aligned perfectly. This is where a grid system comes into play. Not only does this make your design easier, it’s also better for users to navigate through.
This may be a more “intermediate” tip but it will make a big difference with your website’s design. This corresponds to the next tip, so keep reading.
4. Design with Mobile in Mind
Responsive web design is today’s norm for website design. A grid system is important to learn because you will not be able to design a responsive website without one.
Check out our post all about responsive design and keep these tips in mind.
5. Implement Content Hierarchies
Often, a page full of text can leave users clicking the back button of their browsers.
For your blog posts or any pages that will have a list (i.e.: your products or services page), use subhead hierarchies with short body copy to follow (hey, that’s kind of like this post). This breaks up the text, which will make it easier to read and scannable for visitors.
6. The Easier the Navigation, The Better
Don’t make it hard for your visitors to surf around your site; keep your navigation simple and visible on every page. Make your logo a part of your navigation and have it be clickable to the homepage. As long as your navigation is simplified as much as possible, you’ve hit “web design gold.”
Ready to Take Your Site to the Next Level?
Website design can be as fun as you make it! A good first step to website planning is to design your website through the eyes of your audience.
Think about how they want to perceive your website and what elements they want to see. If you can strive to design your website using the tips above coupled with the user experience, your website will naturally become a well-designed website.
To learn more about website design or if you need help with your website’s design, contact GreenMellen Media today!
Bob Kruse says
Huh, I actually didn’t realize that having different fonts for things was something you’re supposed to do. I take it you’re supposed to do that so it’s easier to differentiate between headers/body text/etc?
Edward says
It’s not really something you’re “supposed” to do… it’s just a design choice. Do it if you think it makes the site look nice, or don’t!
Ali Green says
Bob, the most important item to consider is the font hierarchy. You can certainly use the same font across the whole website, but make sure you are clearly differentiating between headers, body content and links using different sizes and styles.
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rohit aggarwal says
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varun gupta says
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Alecander Potter says
Nice article, As a web developer I would like to share some tips which we consider while start design, Your website can use design in many ways. It’s up to you to decide the type of design that you want for your website and that will work best for you. Make those decisions wisely to ensure that your website design helps to draw plenty of traffic to your website.
Khan Arif says
Actually I am a beginner in web design. After reading this article, I have learn one thing that I have to know more.Thanks for this awesome article .Even I have learnt something new.
Colour It In Ltd says
Great blog. Very interesting article and very helpful for the new beginners in web design. Thanks for this one.
Laurie says
Great article! I especially like the reference to designing for mobile. Visitors are using mobile more often for their search needs. Responsive design is so important nowadays.
MLA Web Designs says
Update, Update, Update. Another huge part of working with the internet is keeping things up to date. Tell a Story, and Keep the Content Relevant. Keep It Professional. Keep an Eye on Performance. Follow Existing Patterns – and Know When to Break Out of Them. Never Stop Learning.
John Jetton says
Hi, thanks for sharing these tips with us. Really you given us such an amazing and unique tips as an professional.
Jacob Garlick says
Thanks a lot for sharing these amazing and unique tips.
Zoe Campos says
Thanks for helping me understand how a cohesive color tone can affect the website we’ll be creating. My sister probably doesn’t know anything about graphic design, so the least she can do is to produce the music that we’re planning to upload. I guess it would be better if we’ll follow a template first or hire an expert’s services to ensure that we’ll be making a good one.
Jennifer Gil says
The same principle applies to websites. Don’t try to cram something into every pixel of your pages; instead, embrace white space. Thank you for your fantastic blog!
Pavancheric says
thanks for sharing, actually very much indeed
Egghead Marketers says
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