Your text must be easily readable and not disappear into your background. The better choice is using darker fonts against backgrounds that are lighter. If you are not sure whether or not your chosen color scheme is user friendly, ask for some feedback from some of your friends.

You must create a website that is easily navigable to attract and keep traffic. Ensure that links are visible and displayed in prominent locations. You can also make navigating your site easier with a menu. Make sure each page has a 'home' link.

Make sure to preserve personal information that may need to be entered again by the same user of your website. For instance, if someone fills out a form using personal information, he or she should have to enter that same information in again when he or she goes to fill out an additional form. Your clients will thank you for saving them the time it takes to fill in information that they have previously done on your site.

Buying one of the various web design programs currently available can help you develop an attractive website. This type of software is a lifesaver and extremely easy to use. Before long you will be designing some eye-catching sites to add to your portfolio. Should your website not be appealing, then your visitor count is going to be low.

To help new web designers make good sites, use Photoshop. There are also programs that will allow you to design pages without knowing how to write HTML or other code. If you don't use such a program, it can be difficult and take a lot of time to learn how to design a high-quality site in a hurry.

For images, use ALT tags. These tags help describe images for those that use graphic-disabled browsers and for those that are visually impaired and who use tools to translate the images to voice. If you use images as links, you can describe the link. ALT tags are the only way your images are going to help you with your search engine rankings.

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