Designing a website isn’t always an easy task. What design practices will make your website an eye-catching one? Where do you start when it comes to coding? The following article addresses all of these issues and will help you create a website that is both elegant and functional.

Choose proper graphic for your web designs. Remember, bitmap images are huge and usually don’t work well, PNGs work fine. For non-photographic images, text buttons, and screen shots, use PNG or GIF. When using photos, make them JPEGs.

Your website should include a prominently displayed tagline. The tagline is some statement or motto that indicates the nature of your business. This will give the visitor a quick first impression of what you’re about.

When designing a large site, always incorporate a search feature. Make sure you add a search box allowing your viewers to search for terms in your site. FreeFind and …