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OVERVIEW OF DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

There are several things to consider when designing a website. These include user accessibility, usability, and credibility as well as a website design that is desirable, useful, and finable. With these considerations in mind you can create a successful website.

The usability of a site is an important aspect of a good design. The use of easy navigation and a simple yet creative design allows users to easily find their way around your website and discover what it has to offer. Alongside usability, your website should also allow individuals with disabilities to use your site, it should be a site that is accessible to everyone. Your website must be credible as well. This means that all users must be able to trust what you tell them. If you are selling a good or service, for example, it is important that you display all information truthfully and with good intentions to avoid mistrust from website visitors.

Your website should be useful, it should display a clear purpose. A website is able to be successful when it fulfills a need to its visitors. Alongside being useful, it should also be desirable. Consider what content you will be including on your website and how this relates to the type of design you are using. Ensure that your website is professional, yet creative and informative, but not cluttered. A website is more successful when its users are attracted to the visual appearance of the site. Lastly, make sure that you design a website that is findable. How will users be able to view your website without being locatable both onsite and offsite? It is important to create a website that is easy to find.

A desirable, accessible, usable, credible, useful, and findable website are several important things to consider when you are creating your design.

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