Uncle Arthur has wandered the meanings of existence and encountered many strange entities.  Not all entities are friendly.  Many of these objects, phenomena and beliefs are hostile or deceptive to others.  Don’t be deceived, Superbloggers!!!

What can we do about it???  Let’s get realistic for just a moment.  We can do what we are able, from where we are, at this time and place.  We can make sure that our websites are user-friendly.

Think that’s too basic or childish?  Uncle Arthur insists that any user-friendly website on the net will save and encourage the wanderers that happen into your world.

How to Make Your Website User-Friendly:

1) Visitors must know which page they are viewing! - The best way to ensure your visitors don’t get lost on your website is if you title your pages. Superbloggers, make sure this title is the title in your navigation area too.

2) Visitor must be able to easily get to other pages using your navigational area! - Make sure that every main page in your website has a link from your navigation area with the exact titles as the titles on your pages.

3) Visitors must enjoy looking at your pages! - Your background color and text color must make a good combination.  Uncle Arthur knows you will need to take this into serious consideration. If your color scheme is unappealing, visitors will leave no matter how good your subject matter may be.

4) Visitors must be interested in your photos and graphics! - If your photos are too big or you have too many on a page the visitor will leave.  And big pcture files also have big download times.

5) Visitors do not want to put up with errors and page problems! - Who would?  Test for errors and user-friendliness on your pages. Have several other people look at your website in different browsers and different screen display resolutions.  Ask them about color and esthetics in your layout, fonts, graphics and logos.

Keeping your website user-friendly is one of the best things you can accomplish for your visitors. Taking the time to ensure usability is nothing compared to how many visitors you will lose if you have a not-so-friendly website. Ensuring readability, fast downloading, and performing multiple tests will get you started in the right direction of designing user-friendly websites.

Get It Right - Keep It Right!
Uncle Arthur “Wanderer” Browning