How to Make A Website More Appealing To International Users:

Nowadays, many people are using internet as a primary source of information and because of this reason, web sites owners have to constantly update their image and content for keeping the users interest in using their web sites. For making their website appealing to users all over the world, what measures are to be followed by the web designers? The list of issues that can be encountered in web design with the necessary action to be considered are given below:

1. The website should have all the basic features:

Initially, the web site’s design should be well-matched to any browser. The website should be capable of passing the CSS and HTML validation tests. The next point is that the users should find it easy to navigate the web site. Another point is that the webmaster should include status bar in the website, which illustrates the target of the links as and when the user moves the cursor.

2. Outward look of the pages:

The appearance of the website is made by four basic elements being writing, graphics, color and font style.

Fonts are not simply a matter of personal interest of the designer or the user. The basic essentiality of the choice of font is that it will have an effect on how quickly the visitors are able to read the data provided. As against Verdana and Times New Roman, Arial fonts are normally recommended.

When using color, it is essential to keep in mind that there is adequate contrast between the foreground and background color for making the content readable. For the purpose of attaining utmost contrast, it is better to use black text on a white background.

Due to the usage of many images, some websites get overloaded and this point should always be kept in mind if you intend to use graphics in your website. It is better to avoid graphics and it should be used only to support the content presented for the users. Generally, many people have the habit of shutting off the images when they are browsing for information.

3. Performance of the site:

The overall performance of the web site is decided by three factors being connections, tables and speed.

Since every user does not have fast internet connections and everyone is looking for more bandwidth, it is better to avoid the designs that will cover too much bandwidth. It is better to divide the page into different tables instead of using a whole page inside a single table.
It is not at all recommended to fog the page with many items for an uncomplicated reason that each item needs an individual browser for the purpose of the downloading of the whole page.

4. The incidence of bugs:

Obviously, nobody likes to have bugs in their system. The body of the text should be set with relative font sizes to avoid the incidence of bugs. The website designer should always keep in mind that all the visitors will have the same level of eye sight, even visitors with poor eyesight can visit the website, and therefore it should be possible for the visitor to adjust the font size according to their requirement. The relative value recommended for this would be:

font-size: -1

or

font-size: 100%

Irrespective of the size of window of the user, the designer should make sure that the navigation features are present to the user. Therefore, when applying the design it is always better to maximize the browser window since every user will not surf in maximized window.