We believe what we hear, and we hardly try to know the reason. Well, it is the 21st century, and you don’t always have to run by the rules of the 19th century. You need to grow with the technology. Whether you are a designer or a developer, you should not blindly accept the claims made by other professionals. Make your observation and work on it. There are many designing myths people believe for no reason. According to the aspects of a
website, designing plays a crucial role in keeping your business alive. The users will come back only if they find your website engaging.
Doing your research before hiring a company for the work is important, but trusting whatever you read or head is wrong. There are thousands of websites, and every website has something different to say. Now, who and what would you trust?
Well, it is hard to say ‘who you should trust?’, but we know ‘what you should trust?’. You should trust the facts, though there is a fine line between facts and myths. Let us know about some designing myths, and know the facts.
#1 Your homepage is the most important page
Most of the people say this thing, but it is an absolute myth! All the pages are as important as your home page. You can just not give it the first priority because it is the first-page user checks. Your contact page, about us page, and every other page is as important as the home page.
#2 Things must not be more than three clicks away
The user can go as much as ten clicks away if your
design and content are interesting. Yes, some important thing should be visible and easily accessible, but saying that everything should be just three clicks away is a myth. Keep it interesting, and the users will be more than happy to spend their time on your website.
#3 Mobile users are always in hurry and distracted
The truth is if your website’s optimisation time is less, the user would be more than happy to use it. But if the mobile user has to wait for 30-40 seconds until your
website gets loaded then they will not wait. The mobile users are not in hurry, it is just that your website’s optimisation time is not as good as other websites.
#4 Users will tell you what they want
Feedback is important but not all the time. You can take feedback from 1000 users but applying all those 1000 changes can ruin your website. So, be careful with what you are changing as per the feedback of users.
#5 Simplicity can only be achieved by minimalism
Minimalism is completely different from simplicity. A
complicated design can be made simple. Simplicity does not mean minimising the number of things such as steps, UI elements or interactions. Don’t forget to add important things to achieve simplicity with minimalism.
So, you should not trust things just because someone asked you to or some told you something. Always keep your observation game on point.
So, you are left with only one option which means hiring a company to do it. It could be divided into two parts- content and designing. Designing have an unlimited option- from swirly animations, smooth java, embedded flash plug-ins and parallax scrolling, the use of white space making everything seem smarter and customized fonts and shades- that adds the WOW factor to the website.
But if your content is not up to the mark, a good design would be nothing. Designing attract the eyes, but content keeps the user engaged. In short, content is equally important as the designing. And here is why you should give equal importance to the content.
Whether you are a small enterprise or a full-fledged firm, the budget is always an important factor. Starting designing before having the content in hand could increase the cost of designing as the design will be vast and artistic, not catered to your content or target audience as such. Yes, it would look amazing, but you cannot go out of budget just because you have not prioritized the activities. There are other possibilities as well which can turn out to be a disaster for your company.
Directly jumping into the design most of the time gives bad results. Many designers and agencies themselves jump into selecting templates and pattern that would be right for you without giving content a second thought. It makes content writer’s work difficult, they would have to twist and turn their content as per the design, which ultimately affects your business.
Neither the designer have the idea about the content, nor do the writers have any idea about the design, both parties get confused that makes the situation chaotic. The design team would have no idea about choosing the best design, and the content team would also be confused about writing content that fits the design. You would get the best results only if both the things would go hand-in-hand.
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