{"id":1204,"date":"2016-12-14T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weblinxinc.com\/blog\/web-design-user-experience-best-practices\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:23:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:23:30","slug":"web-design-user-experience-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weblinxinc.com\/blog\/web-design-user-experience-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"User Experience Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">Let\u2019s take a look at a few user experience best practices you and your web design team should be following\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Responsive Web Design<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">Smartphone and tablet users make up the majority on the web these days. So, you need a responsive web design that adapts itself to any screen size or mobile browser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Fast-Loading Pages<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">No one likes to wait ages for websites to come up, especially if they are using a handheld device. Invest in premium web hosting and optimize your pages for quick loading speed and dump anything on your site that slows it down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Clean Layouts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">If you give visitors too much to look at, or too many choices on a page, your content can start to feel overwhelming pretty quickly. Utilize simple layouts with bold images and lots of white space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Skimmable Text<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">It might shock you know, but most readers aren\u2019t going to obsess over your carefully-crafted content. Instead, they\u2019re going to skim pages for headlines, stats, and next steps. Make it easy for them to scan your ideas and figure out what they need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Simple Search and Navigation<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">One big web visitor frustration comes into play when someone has to click through multiple different menus to find the product or answer they\u2019re looking for. Use simple navigation and an embedded search feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Targeted Fonts and Word Choice<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">If you have older readers, make the text on your website bigger. Likewise, understand your audience and use words and phrases that make sense to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"user-content__title title title--h3\">Multiple Language Options<\/h3>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">Some of your potential customers might not use English as their first language. With so many different translation tools available, giving them different choices is an easy way to reach farther in the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">Although business owners tend to think of UX (or user experience) as being a technical and trendy pursuit, you may have noticed that each of these boils down to simple common sense. When you give web visitors more of what they want, they are more likely to spend time on your site and interact with your business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"user-content__title title title--h2\">Connect with Weblinx Today<\/h2>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">If your web design team isn\u2019t giving you pages your customers want to use, maybe it\u2019s time you worked with a vendor who will. Call <strong class=\"user-content__strong\">630-551-0334<\/strong> or email Weblinx today to see how we can help!<\/p>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"user-content__text text\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a look at a few user experience best practices you and your web design team should be following\u2026 Responsive Web Design Smartphone and tablet users make up the majority on the web these days. So, you need a responsive web design that adapts itself to any screen size or mobile browser. 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