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It's often been noted that unless you can get you message accross in the first 8 seconds of someone entering your site, they will go and look elsewhere. For example if someone has used a search engine to find your site then they may have a list of a thousand other websites in the same market as you. If your page is taking to long to load then there is nothing stopping them from going to the next site on their list. The most common mistake is to use some kind of large flash based introduction. It may look impressive but if it's taking to long to load the visitor will just hit their back button. We design websites that are great to look at yet download in no time. Simplicity and consistency is the key. Pages are planned so that the size of the webpage and the images used on it will not slow down download too much. Your homepage is the first page that is seen when people enter your site. In order to keep people on your site it must load fast. We make the front page that uses less graphics and text than a normal page would. This is designed to let people know if they have found what they are looking for. From here they can browse your site and read more about what you in detail. The rest of the pages keep a consistent design or theme running from on page to another. If each page was different it would prove very difficult for customers to understand where they are in the site and how to navigate. By keeping the design consistent it will not only look more professional but will be easier to navigate and will be faster to download. As an example if you were creating a brochure you would look at the ways of applying the design to the whole brochure (the coverpage, the inserts and business card). You would not create seperate designs for each element otherwise when you put them together they simply will not match. Photographs and art work used on the website are kept small with the option to view a larger picture if neccesary. All these factors will contribute to a web page that:
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