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Website Design Guide
Introduction
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Style
Audience
Page Size
Layout
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| Keep page size small | Most media
don't require designers to consider how many graphics to put on a
page. But the Web does. Generally, the larger the file size of the
graphics on a site's pages, the longer the pages take to load. Along
with the limitations of Web typography, graphics file size is one of
the most serious design restrictions on the Web.
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| Set an upper limit for each page | Set an upper
limit in kilobytes for the "weight" of each page--that is,
the sum of the kilobytes of all graphics on that page, including
background patterns if you're using them. I cut off pages around 30-
40 kb.
If a page take a long time to load:
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| Repeat graphic | Today's
browsers cache graphics, which means they store image files on the
hard drive so the browser doesn't need to load the same graphic more
than once. It's a good idea to repeat the same graphic wherever
possible on your site; doing so generally saves loading time for
your visitors and eases the strain on your server. Toolbars,
repeated graphics, and headers are commonly cached.
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