Web Design Guide

Web Design: The Ultimate Guide to Designing Your Website

When making or changing a website, it’s easy to get caught up in how it looks. But in a world with more than 1.8 billion websites, you must ensure that yours is more than just a pretty face. It should be made for usability, and user experience (UX). We discuss the most important rules and best practices that you can use when you redesign or launch your following website.

Set your goal

Use of the website

Before you make a website, you should know what you want to do with it. Since there are so many different kinds of websites, you should start by figuring out which one will help you reach your goals:

  • A website where you can market your goods
  • A website where you can show off your work.
  • A website for your business to help you run and grow it
  • A website for your resume that will get the attention of possible employers
  • A blog to show the world what you know.

Once you’ve decided what kind of website you want, you can start making it. Before you begin this journey, think about your overall goal and how the design will help you reach your goals.

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Choose a website builder

To make a successful website, you need a good website builder. When looking at the available free tools, keep an eye out for the one with the most innovative template designs, the most attractive template variation, the most structural control, and the easiest-to-use interface. First, look at the methods of the templates you can use. Second, think about how much command their website editor gives you over the site’s structure.

Since it’s your website, you ought to be able to make sure it’s built with the layout and map you want. It must be easy to understand and use. Whether you’ve been building websites for a while or this is your first one, make sure it’s as easy to use as possible. Get in touch with Pearl White Media, Jacksonville web design services for a suited website for your company.

Define your layout

A good website layout is one of the essential aspects of a website. The proper form can help boost your eCommerce site’s sales. A typical website has pages of pages, and for each page, specific information about what goes into it. It should also be true for your website if you want a great-looking website that people enjoy landing on.

Even if you haven’t given much thought to your page layout, you need to make sure that everything is spaced correctly. No matter if you’re starting to learn how to create a blog or establish a simple website for your small business, the website layout sets the content hierarchy. Content will help people find their way around your website, and it needs to get your message across as well as possible.

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The domain name of your website

Domain names and web hosting are often confused with each other since many hosting companies are also domain registrars, and both are needed to start a website. As we’ve already said, your domain is the address of your website. Your web host provides the server, which is like the house for your website. A website comprises different files, like HTML pages, images, and website builder software. It lets people find you and your business online. It would help if you had both a domain name and web hosting to make a website, whether it’s a personal site, a site for a small business, or an online store. At Pearl White Media, a web agency in Jacksonville we assist you in setting the domain name and web hosting for your brand.

Gather your content

When you ask critical questions about your content, you can make a more focused website or blog that does well. With this focus, you can talk to your ideal customers directly and meet their needs. You can get content for your website from a lot of different places. Your industry has a lot of content that you can use to figure out what the market needs right now.

It is important to note that people read blogs about the industry they seek services and products like yours. They show the correct and incorrect ways to get people interested. Setting up a content calendar gives you the freedom to gather and share different kinds of content to meet other business goals. It gives you a plan for creating future content and lets you track how well it’s doing.

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Reliable Security

With the advancement of technology, more and more sophisticated security concerns threaten your website’s integrity. Websites must guard against security lapses on both the front and back ends. Websites should also protect against malware and viruses from harmful apps and the risk of hackers. Websites designed for online transactions, like eCommerce sites, require extra security precautions to safeguard user data.

Businesses must have SSL certificates on their websites to lessen the risk of browser-based threats. Reviewing the security mechanisms built into your site’s foundation and design is essential during development. Pearl White Media, a web agency in Jacksonville, performs routine security checks for clients’ websites.

Put a clear summary of your business in a prominent place

People should know immediately who you are and what you do when they visit your small business website so they don’t feel confused. Ensure that the main banner on your homepage and any other flags that follow it show the services you offer.

Have a short piece of text near the top of the page that introduces you and what you do. Also, ensure that both your main navigation menu and your footer navigation menu have easy-to-find “About Us” page links that people can click on to learn more about your business.

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Photography for yours

Your web designer or developer won’t write the “About” page for your website or take photos of your products for your online store. You must create all the content and get the right images for the site. You need to know what images you want on your site and ideas on how to get them well placed. Should you pay someone to take pictures of your products? For this site, you will need to provide all custom images, such as your logo or photos of your team.

Pearl white Media, the best web design services in Jacksonville could probably help you find stock images if you want for your site. Contact us for web design services.

Mobile considerations

Almost half of all people who use the Internet do so from their phones or tablets. What does this mean for the people who make websites? Every website we make must have a plan for mobile users.

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Responsive design

Ensure your website works well on a wide range of screens and resolutions. Here are a few critical rules to follow:

Try to use only one column. A single-column layout works best on mobile screens because it works well in both “portrait” and “landscape” modes.

Publish and make changes

For your business to work, you need a website. But what makes a difference is if your website is up-to-date. Be aware, know what’s happening, and update your content as often as possible.

As you learn how to make a website that grows and changes over time, you’ll need to know how to keep your site up-to-date. You must make sure that your website design is always up-to-date.

Pearl White Media hopes this guide has helped you learn more about web design and how each stage of the procedure affects the success of your site. We also hope you are now informed of what goes into how much a website costs to make. Trust the process and know that your work at each step will lead to web design that works for you and brings in money over and over again.

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Nikki Devereux
Nikki Devereux
19:12 20 Jan 23
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18:19 22 Dec 22
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Peinture Purcell
Peinture Purcell
20:21 04 Oct 22
After many years of delays and postponement, we met with Josh Bilerman from Pearl White Media. He was able to understand our needs and concerns and the particularities of the real estate market and within months we developed and outstanding website. We had many changes and editions and he was patient and understanding throughout the process. He guided us through many of the technical issues and translate them into real business applications. PWM was able to intelligently categorize our different products in a seamless and organized fashionWe have found much success with our site and many of the users are very pleased. Thanks to the design from Pearl White Media we are getting a large increase and inquires for our available rentals. Many peers in our industry have complimented us on our site.PWM is an ideal company for entreprenueurs, family based business, and start ups.We look forward to working with Josh and PWM on further developing our digital strategy
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Daniel Shahrabani
19:52 07 Sep 22
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Kirk M
16:32 20 Jun 22
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T. C. Rachel Djame
12:46 29 Apr 22
Pearl White Media designer, Jeremy Goldenberg, and his exceptionally gifted design team worked with me to design my logo, Imagine A More Promising Future Publishing, and website. As a newbie to logo designing and website building I truly appreciated their tireless guidance and patience.The collaboration I experienced while working with Jeremy and his PWM team was tremendously helpful to my induction into How to Create a Website. In many ways my experiences felt as though I was participating in a master class for emerging website owners. Working with Jeremy and his web design team building each component for my website was time consuming. But the end result proved it was time well spent. In fact, my website is the best evidence of why Pearl White Media is very worthy of a five star rating.
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julie COLES
20:39 23 Feb 22
I had the most incredible experience working with Pearl White Media. They're professionalism and attention to detail was spectacular. Jeremy was always quick to respond and act of changes. We are extremely happy with the amazing work. thank you!
Mr Pretzels
Mr Pretzels
21:01 24 Jan 22
It's a great pleasure to work with Josh and his team, they are efficient, detail oriented and always willing to go the extra mile. Looking forward to future collaborations. Highly recommended for anyone who is looking for a digital solution support / website design & production. Thanks Josh!
Heidi Breitenmoser
Heidi Breitenmoser
20:30 27 Nov 21
We are thrilled to have found and work with Pearl White Media. They provided us with exceptional service, they go above and beyond for their clients. Josh is professional, honest, patient and always quick to respond to any questions that I have. He listens and respects to all of our requests. We confidently recommend working with Pearl White Media.
Amy Kiernan
Amy Kiernan
14:33 22 Nov 21
I was referred to Pearl White Media for web based help. I was treated very well, all my requests were honored and my website is up and running and looks amazing! Thank you so much guys!
Gita Varma
Gita Varma
03:04 05 Aug 21
Excellent Wordpress website development. High quality at a value.
Keith O'Brien
Keith O'Brien
12:42 25 Jun 21
Pearl White Media helped us build our website from scratch. Jeremy and his team were open to our comments and respectful of the vision we had for the site.At some point, the time difference and the distance between Europe and Canada, in addition to the current Covid-19 context, made follow-ups harder, but we managed to respect our deadlines by being flexible and keeping open lines of communication. Our feedback was always well taken even when we put a bit of pressure :)
Rodrigo Ortiz
Rodrigo Ortiz
09:08 01 Jun 21
I contacted the boys over at PWM, and let me tell you!!! The professionalism 10 stars, the price 10 stars, the service 100 stars. They are absolutely incredible human beings, and will go above and beyond for you! I highly highly recommend them for your website!
Douglas Segal
Douglas Segal
23:08 20 May 21
I contacted them for a quote and responded quickly with a resonnable price.Very responsive to my feedback.Deadlines were respected.Great work.
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Gislain Armand
18:11 20 May 21
We are so thrilled with our new website! Far superior to the version we previous had and now we can easily update content as needed with an easy-to-use interface. Highly recommend Pearl White Media!
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TheAdvisor SouthShore
15:52 31 Jul 20
I had a great experience working with Jeremy at Pearl White Media Web Design. He was very responsive, knowledgeable, and super helpful with my issues. If you are looking for SERVICES I highly recommend giving them a call.Thanks Jeremy!
Devin Schumacher
Devin Schumacher
13:38 22 Jul 20
Pearl White Media made building a website easy! They took our ideas and brought them to life. They were super responsive and willing to help out and make suggestions where needed. They make sure you are 100% happy with the site prior to it going live. They really helped my clients website ideas come to life. Would 10/10 recommend.
Melissa Mariani
Melissa Mariani
20:56 11 Jun 20
Loved my experience with Pearl White Media Web Design and their website developers. They were quick to react and truly created the site and look I wanted from the beginning. I asked for tons of edits and they never made it seem like I was annoying... They just worked for me in an extremely efficient, timely and professional manner. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Giancarlo Aimone
Giancarlo Aimone
19:56 13 Mar 20
Pearl White Media has transformed our online presence. We looked into several other companies before choosing Pearl White and are very happy that we did. Josh and his team have far exceeded all expectations in service, design, and attention to detail. Working directly on our custom made webpage the team was involved in every step through designing a webpage that best suited for the practice. The whole team has been extremely responsive and professional.If you're looking to take your online presence to the next level We'd highly recommend Pearl White Media. We truly can’t thank them enough.
Andrew Mather
Andrew Mather
17:07 06 Jan 20
Our experience with Pearl White Media was wonderful. The team's responses to our feedback through the entire process were quick, polite, and effective. This was a pleasant experience with them from start to finish, and we are so happy with our new site! It looks clean, organized, and it was painless to get to this result. Very professional team with awesome communication skills. We would definitely recommend Pearl White Media for anyone wanting an impressive website.
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19:58 07 Nov 19
Jeremy and his staff at Pearl White Media were professional and very easy to work with. Created a great website for my company and communicated with me every step of the way. Very efficient and made it a nice experience. Appreciate all of their work and would highly recommend them.
Ron Schmidt
Ron Schmidt
06:56 29 Oct 19
Pearl White Media were extremely helpful in creating an organized and appealing website. Josh was especially helpful and took the time to answer all my questions. The rates were very reasonable and the work was completed in record time! I am very grateful for their service!
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Taylor P
19:25 24 Oct 19

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