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9 Best Practices for effective Responsive Design

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9 Best Practices for effective Responsive Design

Responsive design is the method of designing a website that is adaptable to the screen of the device being used by the person to view the website. The users may be viewing the website through various types of screens laptop, a mobile tablet or any other electronic device which are of different shapes of screens, dimensions, and the picture quality and other technical specifications they support. Therefore it is important for the company to graphics design services with such technical support that the content and the images they used in the website would be showcased on any type of the screen in proper alignment and in a viewable manner. Responsive design is the ideal solution for constructing a website that provides an optimal method to design construct and have the functionalities of the website to work correctly irrespective of the screen the user is using to view the website.

Responsive design of the website eliminates the company's rework of providing the same content to be developed on different platforms to be supported by various screen sizes and the operating systems. Time cost effort and the work will be drastically reduced by the companies when the solution of responsive design is embraced over the regular application of websites for supporting various devices.

Creating a single website to be supported by various platforms and device screen is not as simple as one thinks. In this article, we will see nine practices that a designer can adopt and understand to create a website in an effective and beneficial manner for the company.

  • Big Through Small

Over the years the number of people using the mobiles is dominating other devices when it comes to the usage of the internet. Hence the shift of website development of a website, its content, and presentation on the mobile website is to be of utmost importance to reach many customers at once. Any company to have a powerful impact on it would try to develop the website through graphics design services from a small screen of mobile to the big screen of a computer. This approach ensures the mobile traffic to be more and is an important factor in business growth.

  • Content Writing

Based on the product, service provided by the company and need of the user, the content of the website is to be prioritised and displayed to provide more valuable and important information eliminating redundancy and confusion. If your website is about Education, publish content related to where, how and what reason education is needed. Avoid unnecessary information so that user will be disinterested and wouldn't want to visit the webpage again.

  • Importance of Reduction

Reduction of unwanted and unused content and pictures not only saves space but also enhances after loading of the webpage. Try to provide content and images to the point of the necessity. Prevention of unwanted information is much better than removal after posting.

  • Prioritisation of Content

Ensure that the main info as aim and objective is webpage is displayed in the first section of layout then the description and other aspects. This is needed as when the user shifts from larger screen to smaller the layout changes and the amount of content displayed also changes. So better to have important info displayed prior and promised accordingly.

  • Navigation Scalability

The designing has to be done in a way that when the user navigated from a page to page the layout should be optimised smoothly and no loss of information is seen when viewers in different screens.

  • Size versus Speed

Eliminate many images or optimise the size of the image so that the loading of the webpage is instant. Pictures are primary visual for the user but that loading shouldn't make the user leave webpage. So prefer speed versus size and design accordingly.

  • Importance of Icons

A single icon can replace a paragraph of information when rightly used and presented to the customer on the website. The high quality of icons used can be a visual treat to the user and makes them connected with webpage more easily than a lot of information to be read to understand the content. Appropriate Graphic Designer Services icons can lead to more traffic to the webpage. At the same time use the formats that are supported and look good for various screen sizes.

  • Typography

Selection of font size might seem like a simple decision but it is of vital importance as the type and size of font attracts the user to view. If right type font not used, the font may lose proper visibility as per device being used to view the webpage and user may see blurring.

  • Prototype Testing

Testing is the best way to ensure removal of issues and to observe the challenges the website may encounter in real time scenario. This not only reduces the issues but the cost aspect also. So, Test first that the best output is provided to the user.

A designer following the above 9 rules is ensured to create a better responsive design enhancing the traffic and business of the company.

 

 

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