{"id":819,"date":"2022-03-29T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2022-03-30T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T09:35:32","slug":"how-to-make-a-successful-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-successful-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Successful Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-820\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-820 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Successful-Website.jpg\" alt=\"Successful Website\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Successful-Website.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Successful-Website-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Successful-Website-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31954002@N08\/14804632142\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">David Michalczuk \/ Flickr<\/span><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CC BY 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-successful-website\/#Website_Design_Layout_How_to_Make_a_Successful_Website\" >Website Design &amp; Layout: How to Make a Successful Website<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-successful-website\/#Color\" >Color<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-successful-website\/#Graphics\" >Graphics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-successful-website\/#Make_Layout_Consistent\" >Make Layout Consistent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Website_Design_Layout_How_to_Make_a_Successful_Website\"><\/span>Website Design &amp; Layout: How to Make a Successful Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just like any other website <strong>your design plan can make or break you<\/strong>. <em><strong>First impressions are always the lasting ones<\/strong><\/em>. Many characteristics make up a good, successful website. With today\u2019s technology many web pages go above and beyond, some work others tend to go too far and therefore lose potential clients.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Color\"><\/span>Color<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A big issue is color. <\/strong>I have seen a lot of sites that like to use colored backgrounds and then go and use colored text that clashes with their background color, therefore, making it more of an eyesore. It is necessary to make sure that if you decide to use color on your site make sure it\u2019s \u201c<strong>easy on the eyes, but also stands out<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Graphics\"><\/span>Graphics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In most cases \u201c<strong>less is more<\/strong>.\u201d Don\u2019t go overboard on graphics. The more you use on your site, the longer it takes to load. Even though more people have high-speed internet, there are some that are still using dial-up, and they need to get their information just like anyone else. I have high-speed internet, and there are still some sites that take a while to load and 9 out of 10 times if it doesn\u2019t load up immediately for me I close it out and look elsewhere for the information I\u2019m looking for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are going to <strong>add graphics to your website make sure they are relevant to what your website is about<\/strong>, don\u2019t go adding graphics just to fill up space on your web pages sometimes white space is a good thing.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Make_Layout_Consistent\"><\/span>Make Layout Consistent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When designing your site, <strong>make sure the layout is consistent<\/strong>. You don\u2019t want the viewer to go from one page to another wondering if they are on the same site because each page is set up completely different. Try to keep the overall layout out the same, so your site can be navigated through easily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Be sure to use the same colors and fonts throughout the site<\/strong>. When choosing fonts make sure you stick to the basics not everyone\u2019s computer has the fancy fonts, they may be nice but will be pointless in most cases because they can not be viewed on every computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Design &amp; Layout: How to Make a Successful Website Just like any other website your design plan can make or break you. First impressions are always the lasting ones. Many characteristics make up a good, successful website. With today\u2019s technology many web pages go above and beyond, some work others tend to go too &#8230; <a title=\"How to Make a Successful Website\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-successful-website\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Make a Successful Website\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[353,97,27],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guide","category-web-development","tag-successful","tag-web-design-success","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}