Secondly, you should also check out the actual layout of your web design, and if the various elements put together actually result in a cohesive effect. The layout must enhance your site and not overwhelm it. Common mistakes in web design is overcrowding your page with too much content, try and space out content so that you leave a decent amount of white space on the pages.
Third, remember that an effective web design is also one that minimizes the use of heavy graphics, too much flash animation, and too many hogging script files. Too many graphics may slow down the loading capacity of your site making visitors leave the site before it even loads – remember surfers want everything now, if your site takes to long they will move on to the next one.
Fourth tip to look at are the fonts used on your website, fonts can significantly change the look of your site. Try to keep consistent with one or two fonts only, use a css file to help achieve order in font sizes for headings and paragraphs.
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