{"id":527,"date":"2010-11-12T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/?p=527"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:53:41","slug":"some-basic-tips-for-website-usability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/some-basic-tips-for-website-usability\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Basic Tips For Website Usability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now you know that how easy a website is to use, and how useful it is to the visitor, are determining factors in whether or not you get a sale or return visit to your site.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have the time or personnel to embark on a huge project to make your site more usable, you can utilize these basic tips for website usability, and begin to make improvements almost immediately<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 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data-href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/some-basic-tips-for-website-usability\/#Easy_on_the_Animation\" >Easy on the Animation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/some-basic-tips-for-website-usability\/#Minimize_the_Clicks\" >Minimize the Clicks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/some-basic-tips-for-website-usability\/#Add_Buttons\" >Add Buttons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/some-basic-tips-for-website-usability\/#YouTube_Is_Great\" >YouTube Is Great<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Utilize_Your_Whitespace\"><\/span>Utilize Your Whitespace<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It has been proven that the use of white space between paragraphs and in the left and right margins of your page increases the comprehension of your readers by at least 20%.\u00a0 Be sure not to have a page that is so cluttered with information, pictures, links, etc, that it is useless to the visitor.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choose_The_Right_Font\"><\/span>Choose The Right Font<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We all like to use fancy fonts from time to time, but save that for letters to friends or perhaps your e-mail.\u00a0 Remember, you want your site to be as readable as possible.\u00a0 Size 12 Verdana is widely considered the best font to use.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Easy_on_the_Animation\"><\/span>Easy on the Animation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While Flash animations can add some style and pop to your site, they also make the site download much slower.\u00a0 Users will only wait about 8-10 seconds for your page to load, so you want to be careful not to slow it down with too much\u00a0 animation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Minimize_the_Clicks\"><\/span>Minimize the Clicks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Generally you want your user to be able to get to any page on your site within two clicks.\u00a0 Structure your site in tiers to make this possible.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Add_Buttons\"><\/span>Add Buttons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We are living in the age of social networking, bookmarking, etc.\u00a0 Make it easy for your users to share information found on your website by adding buttons for social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.\u00a0 You also might want to include some of the social bookmarking sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, and Delicious.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" 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