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Business Web Design Basics
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A truly shocking number of web designers are unfamiliar with the
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The Home (Page) is Where the Heart Is
I know your online business has heart... miles and miles and miles of heart. But how come when I visit your site, I can't find it? The "heart" of your website is the thing that makes your company tick. It's the compact yet vital nugget that...
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Web Source Web Design Tips - Decreasing A Website's Load Time
The main page of your web site should load in 8 seconds or
less with a 56K modem.
According to two recent surveys, conducted by Forrester
Research and Gartner Group, ecommerce sites are losing $1.1
to $1.3 billion in revenue each year due to customers click-
away caused by slow loading sites.
Tips for keeping your load time down:
- Avoid large, slow loading graphics
- Avoid using too many graphics and/or banners
- Avoid using too many animated
graphics
- Optimize your graphics
- Avoid using any unnecessary code
- Avoid making your pages too large
- Avoid using too much Java
- Avoid using too many JavaScripts
If a page takes too long to load, your potential
customer will not wait. Ultimately costing you business.
About the Author
Shelley Lowery
slowery@web-source.net
Tip provided by: Web Source: Your Guide to Professional
Web Design and Development. http://www.web-source.net
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