To design and publish a website is easier, now more than ever, with modern software. These easy-to-use tools give simple, intuitive, graphical interface that takes the place of those cryptic computer codes. But a simple interface doesn't ensure production of a good site. For those who disregard careful web design, the usability and simplicity of such programs makes it simpler to create unreadable, lousy, and unusable sites. This article gives basic instructions for good site design that applies to any web design software bundle.

The most important rule of graphic design is that the web pages that are designed must be easily read. A lot of people have encountered web pages with complicated backgrounds behind text that they couldn't read. The text color and background color should be opposites, such as white and black. If you want a fancier background to improve the look of the page, offset blocks of text with one vivid, opposite background color.

In order to make the page more appealing, text should be at a size that is readable, but not so big that it overshadows everything else. Links should be easily differentiated from regular text with color. Headlines for texts should be centered for readability. Modern browsers support fully justified text, which is good because aesthetically text should be justified on both sides for paragraphs. If you have an older browser that doesn't allow fully justified text, disregard the command and align the text on the left side.

Easy navigation of the web site is the next subject of these graphic design guidelines. In order for the site to be considered accessible, each page should be accessible in no more than three clicks from the site's starting page. A menu system or table of contents is important for maintaining a site's organization and accessibility. To this end, frames are useful for keeping the visitor anchored to the main page's table of contents, while the content itself is presented inside a second frame of the main page.

An Internet site ought to be easily found. Using of wisely selected keywords scattered all over the site makes it simpler for search engines to catalog the site correctly based upon the topic. A correctly catalogued web site will be found easier and more often by web searchers. Numerous search engines make forms available for search engine submission. Use of these forms would help the search engines locate and accurately index the web site as well.

The software tools available today allow even the novice web designer to create an appealing web site that will captivate a large audience. By following these suggestions for good graphic design, the web site content will be presented in a concise and attractive manner. With practice, someone new to world of web design can prepare themselves for one of the various professional web design jobs.