Not only for online businesses but for companies in general, the website is as important as the facade of a building. So having a user-friendly and good-looking website will help you to attract more clients. But how can you achieve this goal? In this article, we’ll talk about the steps of having an effective web design process. And will also talk about Figma, a valuable tool to help you create well-designed websites.
At Visian Systems we create everything from the back to the frontend. Databases, web & mobile applications, AI bots, you name it. And, of course, we also developed websites with clean and responsive designs. Today will be sharing with you a few insights that we hope will benefit your business. And if you like what you read you can contact us and we can help you create your website. We always guarantee high levels of user satisfaction.
The simple steps for a good web design process
Designing a website it’s not only a matter of coding. In your whole web design process, you have to consider things such as appearance (templates, colours, images and fonts), layout (how the information will be distributed) and even the content you will present on your website. In other words, it’s not only what you will show but how it will be shown. So need a well-defined web design process as much as you need a well-designed website.
The first step in this process is to set the goals and scope of your website. After finding a niche to provide services and products, you must think about what message you want to pass. Define how much information you would like to share. This will affect the number of pages and features your website needs to fulfil your goals. And, of course, you must have a timeline with each milestone for the creation of your website. Think about this as you would think about the development of a big project.
The next step is how you will present your content. Divide the website into pages for specific that helps the navigation, using visual elements to attract your user’s attention while maintaining a visual brand for your business. And make sure your pages are well-optimized for search engines to help new costumers to find your business. We recommend the use of a responsive design that dynamically shows content instead of fixed pages. This way your website can adapt to different types of users without “breaking” its design.
And the last step is testing. But we are not only talking about checking if every button points in the right direction and if there are no broken images on your website. We talking about user experience. You must make sure your website has a good and quick performance and that the navigation is user-friendly. Your users must not only find your website but also easily access the content they are looking for.
For this whole process, we also recommend the use of Figma, an incredible tool for graphic and web designers. We’ll talk about it in the next topic.
What is Figma
Figma is a collaborative web application to help with interface design and graphic editing. It was created in 2016 and since then has been revolutionizing the way web design is done. The platform emphasizes collaborative work, meaning an entire team can work on the same task with real-time editing without muddling each other work.
All of Figma’s features focus on user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design. It allows you to create for any platform you choose: webpages, smartphone devices, tablets, etc. And by having an intuitive interface itself, Figma is the best application for beginners and also a professional team of designers. You can easily create an entire working environment without trouble starting your design projects.
How Figma helps you in optimizing the web design process
Web designers are always looking for tools that can help them complete their tasks more efficiently. As we said, in the web design process you have to define the content presentation on your website. A good way to achieve this is by creating a sitemap that gives your team a more clear idea of how the website should function, and its architecture. The sitemap will define all the different relations the pages and page elements have with each other.
The benefit of the use of the Figma platform is that you can create your sitemap and also the mockup of your website. This helps you to visualise the user flow with visual content and a prototype of the design. Of course, this won’t the final version, but you can accelerate the process and have a preview of how the interface will look in the future. You can identify and anticipate problems in the early designs and optimize the user experience before even start coding the website.
Figma also uses vector graphics instead of pixels, meaning it’s the ideal tool to create a responsive web design. You can resize images and test different layouts without losing quality which helps greatly any designer. The range of various graphic elements within the platform so your team doesn’t need to look outside for sources like symbols, shapes and other components.
Again we’d like to highlight the collaborative work nature of Figma. By allowing edits in real-time, you can have multiple designers working on the same project or task without mixing up the modifications. Your entire team will be aligned to the web design process with less time spent on the management of the project.
Conclusion
Online businesses must have well-crafted websites to attract their clients. The key to achieving this goal is to have an effective web design process. In this article, we cover a few steps that will help you create a good process defining your scope and the presentation of your content
We also talked about Figma, one of the best if not the best, web-based applications to help in interface design for your team to work with. Following these simple steps and using Figma, you can define an entire web design process without any trouble.
The Visian Systems team is already well-experienced with both web design and Figma. You can contact us at any moment and we will help create the best-designed website for your company that will meet all your needs. You can also check our website.
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