Improve Usability of Your Website
No matter how brilliant your website design is, if it
is hard to reach the content of your site then your site is as useful as an
empty shell. Here are some tips to improve the usability of your website to
ensure it serves its functions optimally.
The first method is to make sure the typography of
your content is suitable. If you have large blocks of text, make sure to use
CSS to space out the lines accordingly. The longer a single line of text is,
the greater the line-height of each line should be. Also, make sure the font
size of your text is big enough to read easily. Some sites have 10-pixel-tall
text in Verdana font; while that may look neat and tidy, you have to really
strain your eyes to read the actual text.
Make it easy for visitors to find content that they
want on your site. If you have thousands of articles on your site and a certain
visitor wants to find one single article from that pile, you have to provide a
feasible means to enable visitors to do that without hassle. Be it an
SQL-driven database search engine or just a glossary or index of articles that
you have, providing such a feature will make sure your visitors can use your
site with ease.
Ensure that your site loads fast if you do not want to
lose visitors. Most internet users will leave a website if it doesn't load
completely within 15 seconds, so make sure the crème de la crème of your
website is delivered to the visitors as soon as possible to retain their
attention.
Last of all, test each and every link on your site
before it goes online. There is nothing more effective in tarnishing your
professional image than broken links, so be very careful about that.
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