Websites are designed with the primary aim of piquing visitor interest and converting them to potential customer of your products and services. For this reason making the website attractive is very important. Graphics and images are very useful in decorating website. However images and graphics may both enhance or decrease the appeal of your website. For this reason you have to be very careful in the use of graphics or colorful images in your site.
One main thing should be kept in mind before placing graphics or images in a website. Graphics and images, especially animation slows down the site. Research suggests that an average user spends less than ten seconds waiting for a site to download. So if your site takes longer than that to download then chances are high that you will get very few visitors. For this reason images should be used sparingly. Generally the JPG formats are best for website graphics while the GIF format works best for menu bars and buttons. If you state the dimension of the graphic before placing the image in a website then the browser will know beforehand how much space it has to keep aside for images and start loading the rest of the page. This way the pages are loaded faster. In this way you can make your site attractive with images without slowing it down.
One of the most important graphic in your page is the header image. It is the first thing that a visitor notices. Header images can go a long way in building viewer confidence. A smart header gives a professional look to your site. Headers help in brand building. For this reason banners must have company or product name in it. Placing the company logo in the header image is also a very good idea. This way the viewer automatically associates the header image with your company.
Graphics sometimes tend to distract instead of attracting visitors. If load banners and logos are placed in your site which has little relevance to the site then might adversely affect site prospects.
Banners are also images, which not only distracts but might also lure visitors away from your site. Small, relevant graphics increase the overall appeal of the page if you can strike a balance between content and graphics. The site must look beautiful as well as professional.
One main thing should be kept in mind before placing graphics or images in a website. Graphics and images, especially animation slows down the site. Research suggests that an average user spends less than ten seconds waiting for a site to download. So if your site takes longer than that to download then chances are high that you will get very few visitors. For this reason images should be used sparingly. Generally the JPG formats are best for website graphics while the GIF format works best for menu bars and buttons. If you state the dimension of the graphic before placing the image in a website then the browser will know beforehand how much space it has to keep aside for images and start loading the rest of the page. This way the pages are loaded faster. In this way you can make your site attractive with images without slowing it down.
One of the most important graphic in your page is the header image. It is the first thing that a visitor notices. Header images can go a long way in building viewer confidence. A smart header gives a professional look to your site. Headers help in brand building. For this reason banners must have company or product name in it. Placing the company logo in the header image is also a very good idea. This way the viewer automatically associates the header image with your company.
Graphics sometimes tend to distract instead of attracting visitors. If load banners and logos are placed in your site which has little relevance to the site then might adversely affect site prospects.
Banners are also images, which not only distracts but might also lure visitors away from your site. Small, relevant graphics increase the overall appeal of the page if you can strike a balance between content and graphics. The site must look beautiful as well as professional.