What make certain websites different from others? What key elements these websites have which make them effective? Designing and building websites is a slow process, many small details need to be considered to build an engaging website. These details which appears to be minor can actually take your website to a next level. However, designers often miss these details because it doesn't impact the overall look and feel of a website, but to get quality designing results having keen eye for these small aspects become a necessity.
Lets dig out what are the key elements that shouldn't be ignored to add required finesse:
Forms
Configuration of forms is critical and impossible to overlook, however there are designers who don't consider it important. Why forms are important? Forms are the means of converting visitors into customers and if it's not designed with proper planning, the user might get distracted. While designing form label, properly inform the users of the exact purpose of a form as most users are reluctant to give their personal information.
Buttons
Buttons can be used throughout a website for different tasks, but it's usage is often being ignored. There are different states of buttons, however, most designers cover default button only and ignore the others. Thus, be sure to use various states of a button throughout your website. From pop up log in form to news letter sign up form, these buttons can be used in varied styles.
Status Messages
It's very important to consider the actions that a user is performing on your website, therefore, prepare a plan for the messages (error, waning, confirmations, etc) that your website need to communicate to the user.
Adjusting The Background Appropriately
Depending on the style of a website, the background elements should be styled properly. Most of the designs are simple and don't require much preparation, but some are complicated by gradients, patterns and imagery. The problem arises when the background website opens on a larger screen, leaving lots of wide spaces around. Hence, it needs to be taken care of.
Designing And Styling Of Base HTML Elements
The design and styling of base HTML elements for copy-heavy websites is very important, however it's often being ignored by marketing-oriented websites. Here are the base elements which one should always plan for: paragraphs, headings, unordered and ordered lists, bold texts, etc. These elements impacts your website a lot.
So, keep these things in mind to add the kind of polish that turns an ordinary website into an outstanding one.
