{"id":11664,"date":"2013-09-12T07:18:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T07:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2024-07-05T11:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:15:03","slug":"web-design-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Design Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11664\" class=\"elementor elementor-11664\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2244fd4c DetailPage e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2244fd4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292ba9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"292ba9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><b>This is the second part of our series on the basics of web design. To learn more, go back to read the first article entitled \u201cWeb Design \u2013 An Introduction\u201d.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple. You shouldn\u2019t try to do new, experimental things with your website in the hopes of impressing people; keep it simple. Proven, functional styles and back ends work best because you don\u2019t have to worry about them malfunctioning or displaying incorrectly to some users.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A standard site uses time-tested layouts and navigation. Why? You don\u2019t want your visitors to get lost! Web design should be intuitive \u2013 a customer should not be scratching their head, wondering where to go to peruse your different services or products. As a business, you want to win the attention and time of potential customers. This time is a precious commodity, and you can\u2019t afford to waste the attention span you\u2019ve gained with a fancy, one-of-a-kind layout and navigation system that a visitor has to figure out.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>A common way that many people try to mistakenly flout the standard design practice is with font choices. The problem is, what you see when you\u2019re making a page is not necessarily what everyone else will see. If you had to download a font, chances are that the average visitor doesn\u2019t have it. When you use a specific font, the information about that font is not (using most methods) \u201csaved\u201d onto the site. Instead, it only shows if the viewer already has that font installed on their computer. If they don\u2019t, a default font will be used. This default font (a) might not look good with the rest of your design (e.g., graphics with text) and (b) might have different size and spacing, messing up your painstaking organization and layout.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>You want your site to look the same, no matter who is looking at it or what they\u2019re looking at it on. \u201cStandard\u201d fonts like Times New Roman, Arial and Helvetica are standard for a reason: they\u2019re incredibly common, easy to read and work for just about any application. Other standards like the almost omnipresent usage of vertical, scrolling navigation are the same. Stick with the standards and you won\u2019t have to worry about anything going wrong.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>Standard can be summed up thusly: don\u2019t flout convention just to try being creative. Functionality is the first concern in web design. No one will care how artistic your site looks when you view it on your computer if the navigation is confusing and the text doesn\u2019t display properly when they look at it at home. And standard doesn\u2019t mean \u201cboring,\u201d either! Going standard with your site means that you\u2019re taking the reliable route. There are other places where you can add flair, but don\u2019t compromise on the basics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple. You shouldn\u2019t try to do new, experimental things with your website in the hopes of impressing people; keep it simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-website-designing"],"acf":{"dl_description":"","dl_pinterest_image":"","dl_hashtags":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Need for Web Design Standards and Guidelines<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Need for Web Design Standards and Guidelines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Plasma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-12T07:18:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-05T11:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/web_design.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1110\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"plasma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"plasma\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"plasma\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8957f55b57bda86c52120f20445a8102\"},\"headline\":\"Web Design Standards\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-12T07:18:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-05T11:15:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":496,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/web_design.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blogs\",\"Website Designing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Need for Web Design Standards and Guidelines\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/web_design.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-12T07:18:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-05T11:15:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/web_design.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/web_design.jpg\",\"width\":1110,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"Web Design Standards\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/blogs\\\/web-design-standards\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Web Design Standards\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Plasma\",\"description\":\"Digital Transformation Solutions to Match Your Enterprise Needs\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Plasma\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/cropped-Plasma_Logo_color.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/cropped-Plasma_Logo_color.png\",\"width\":599,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Plasma\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8957f55b57bda86c52120f20445a8102\",\"name\":\"plasma\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/23ee60b2bb27014985bdc827afc3052de457943dfbccf4b0fd40edf147bcec8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/23ee60b2bb27014985bdc827afc3052de457943dfbccf4b0fd40edf147bcec8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/23ee60b2bb27014985bdc827afc3052de457943dfbccf4b0fd40edf147bcec8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"plasma\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.plasmastaging.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.plasmacomp.com\\\/home\\\/author\\\/plasma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Need for Web Design Standards and Guidelines","description":"We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Need for Web Design Standards and Guidelines","og_description":"We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/","og_site_name":"Plasma","article_published_time":"2013-09-12T07:18:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-05T11:15:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1110,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/web_design.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"plasma","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"plasma","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/"},"author":{"name":"plasma","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8957f55b57bda86c52120f20445a8102"},"headline":"Web Design Standards","datePublished":"2013-09-12T07:18:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-05T11:15:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/"},"wordCount":496,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/web_design.jpg","articleSection":["Blogs","Website Designing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/","url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/","name":"The Need for Web Design Standards and Guidelines","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/web_design.jpg","datePublished":"2013-09-12T07:18:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-05T11:15:03+00:00","description":"We\u2019ve already talked about keeping web design \u201cSimple.\u201d In some ways, \u201cStandard\u201d is just an extension of being simple.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/web_design.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/web_design.jpg","width":1110,"height":450,"caption":"Web Design Standards"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/blogs\/web-design-standards\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Web Design Standards"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/","name":"Plasma","description":"Digital Transformation Solutions to Match Your Enterprise Needs","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#organization","name":"Plasma","url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cropped-Plasma_Logo_color.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cropped-Plasma_Logo_color.png","width":599,"height":250,"caption":"Plasma"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8957f55b57bda86c52120f20445a8102","name":"plasma","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23ee60b2bb27014985bdc827afc3052de457943dfbccf4b0fd40edf147bcec8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23ee60b2bb27014985bdc827afc3052de457943dfbccf4b0fd40edf147bcec8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23ee60b2bb27014985bdc827afc3052de457943dfbccf4b0fd40edf147bcec8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"plasma"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/staging.plasmastaging.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/author\/plasma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}