Tips for Web Designers UK who want to Improve their Website’s Performance

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We are all familiar with the fact that a visitor decides to leave your website within seconds of arriving if they do not like what they see or experience. Keeping in line of this well-known fact web designers have started to cram all they can into their websites to give it that coveted “WOW!” effect. They have done this by adding high quality images, animations, videos and sounds. The outcome is usually very attractive but the cost of such creativity is substantial; reduced performance. The text below contains advice for web designers UKwho wish to improve their website impact without sacrificing performance.

Why is Performance Important?

If a visitor can easily give up on your website if they don’t like what they see, imagine how quickly they will get fed up of your website if it takes too long to load. This is especially the case when you are loading your website on handheld devices that operate on expensive Internet packages.

So what should Web Designers UK do?

Fortunately, web designers have complete control over this situation and with only some minor changes they can ensure increased performance of their website. These may include:-

-         Using of Evaluation Tools:-

o   Today there are various online tools available that can evaluate the download size and speed of your website based on the resources that it needs to run properly. With the help of these tools web designers UKcan keep a tight check on the necessary/unnecessary elements of the website.

-         Reducing Images:-

o   The bulk of an average websites’ size is comprised of images. By simply reducing the size of the images on the website you can significantly reduce its download size/time.

-         Fonts:-

o   With the wide range fonts web designers UKare able to flaunt their creativity. However, every time you use a new font it has to be retrieved from the server which may have a negative impact on the website’s performance. 

For expert services of web designers UK you are welcome to get in touch with Direct Solutions, by phone on 01204 263000 or email info@directsolutionsltd.co.uk.