Basic Web Design Tips

In designing Web pages, you need to think visually. A Web site designed with a good balance of graphics and text is pleasing to the eye, attracts viewer attention, and holds it. Good Web design relies on the artist — in this case, you — following certain design principles:

• Design the Web page interface to fit within the first 800 x 600 pixels so that the important content is visible when the page first loads.

• Achieve a balanced layout by designing no more than three focal points: Use the "big, medium, small" strategy.

• Avoid using fonts smaller than 10 point (depending on the font).

• Use standard computer system fonts for all HTML text.

The following figure puts these principles to practice: