Starting To Build A Website?

Starting To Build A Website?

When designing for the web, people often look over the thing people want to see most and try to design a flashy looking website. The main thing any user wants to see is the content, not an over cluttered, over powering website. If you want a website that is well organized, and easy to navigate; then you want to design a minimalist website.

The first thing to remember when designing any website, is that the less clutter you have going on in your site - the easier it is for your user to know where they are going. Start with sketches, build them as simply as you can, and try to follow them when you start to build your site.

 

The next step in designing any website is to just start designing it. Get on the computer and start to throw some mock-ups together. While you’re doing this, eliminate as much clutter as you can; the more clutter, the more your user has to look through. Some of the best websites I’ve come across have also been some of the simplest. They don’t just look good, but they feel like they’ve had consideration put into everything, every aspect is considered and a hierarchy is established that makes sense. The next step is to of course establish that hierarchy. I don’t just mean typographically, but based on the content. Where do you put your login if you have one? What are the first thing people might want to see? These are questions you need to ask yourself in order to create a good system. 

Following these steps, you should come out with a decent looking template by now. Now go with it! Expand upon it, code it or bring it into whatever you’re using and actually build it to see what you can achieve and what you want to do with it. Try and keep the user in mind – like any piece of work, it’s easy to get sucked in and forget about the end product and who it’s reaching.

So lets see what we already know; if you want a website that has a clear, distinct direction with minimal static, then minimalism is your go to. Create a website focused around the content, not the users experience when visiting the site.