Websites are usually created for the sake of Marketing and Sales reasons. One of the main factor that attracts traffic is Website Design. If the design of the website is proper, it helps in better visibility of website and lead to better ranking. More and more youngsters are getting attracted towards web design courses. These courses help better understand the do's and dont's of web designing. For first time user in web designing field, these are some of the useful tips to enhance your web design skills.

Short Index Page
The index page of a website needs to be short for the convenience of your visitor. If your first page is stuffed with all information, it would make your user confused and dizzy. Instead, create several web pages for your website and place your content accordingly.

Easy Navigation
Create toolbar and menus that are easy in navigation. If the navigation in your page is easy and simple, it would compel the customer to stay longer. Once the reader has gone through your content, it is more likely, that he will look through other pages on you site. Keep in mind, to use short, clear and precise words. As it helps visitors in better understanding of your content. It would be better to place your site navigation menu on top and the other links on the right hand side menu. In case, you have many links try using a drop-down menus for them.

Proper Layout Schemes
Make sure to align your text on the website properly. While inserting images on your site, you tables for their proper placement. Beginners have a tendency to insert lot of images, thinking it would look nice, but its advisable to use minimum photos on a website. Web Designers also use templates at times, for a safer design.

Uniform Fonts
Keep in mind to use only two to three kinds of font type with 10-14 points sizes. While emphasizing keyword you can try different font styles, like italics. To prevent distortion of your design, make sure to use a font style that is available in all computers.

Compatible Cross Browser
Make sure to use a browser that's compatible in all the major browsers like Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Opera 7.0 and Netscape Navigator 6+ . As there might be chances, that the internet users have different browsers than yours.

These tips would definitely help while web designing and can be used as a guide while building a website.