Archive for April, 2008

An important point which is considered during designing a website is to design a website in such a way that it can be loaded rapidly. A user or visitors loves to open a fast loading website but if a website takes a long time to load then in future it will be hardly surf by user. To make a fast loading website the necessary tips required are:

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• Less use of images: Use a minimum number of images in your website. Images enhances the website appearance but increases the load time for a website. that is the reason why the websites of Google and Yahoo contains a very few images. Thus to make a fast loading website keep the design as simple as possible.
• Image Optimization: If you think that some images are necessary for your website then optimize these images. Image Optimization means to cut down the size of images with a specific method. Image Optimization can be done by using less number of colors. More the number of colors you choose for the image, more is the loading time. Now a days a lot of image optimization tools are available online which you can use to cut down the image size. The other technique you can use is to specify the file format of the image.
• Usage of Tables: Tables are load rapidly in comparison to other content because it is a simple HTML code. So wherever possible use a table on the web page.
• Use less animation: Animation draws the attention of the visitor to your website. But animated gifs takes a very long time to load. So use animations only when there is no other option.
• Use cascaded Style Sheets: CSS are nothing but a simple HTML statement. So these are loaded fastly. The use of CSS also improves the text style used on a web page and it easily draws the attention of the visitor.
• Use Simple Icons: Always use simple icons to improve the load time of your website.
• Use background Images: Instead of using a big image of uniform size use background image to convey the information. It will save the precious load time for a website.
• Use Flash creatively: It is a popular tool in designing a website. If a website is designed almost in Flash it will look amazing but will took a very long time to load. So use Flash in designing your website creatively.
• Check the website load time: It is an essential tip in designing a website with short load time. Before finalizing your website design check the load time on tools such as Net mechanics. It will give you the clear cut information about its load time.