Christian blog about church website design

When developing a website, the best thing you  could do is to put yourself in the user’s place. Really, this actually works for any kind of situation, not only related to websites. For ex when you speak to somebody, it would be a great thing to ask you is the other person likes what you are saying/doing. This could save you from some troubles and could help you get back on track when you seem to loose your guidance. Whatever…

When it comes to websites, one of the most difficult things to realize is the fact that your website is somehow…too much and you need to remove something or to stop doing some things. For ex, too much ads… Get it? One of the most difficult decision is to remove some ads from your website. When you have too many, your site may look crowded and people may not look at your site with great confidence. That’s why removing some ads may have a good effect on you website. But how about your earnings, they could drop…yes, I know, this is the thing that you must let go sometimes…you have to let something go, that’s the difficult part.

Well, the good news is that not always removing a block of ads will lower your revenue, not necessarily, maybe it may help you get more, but that is an other story. It is part of those Less is more experiments.

This is just an example of how to let something go in order to get something else, in our case, better quality for ex. The idea however it was to put yourself in user’s place, so you see what a user may find offensive or not quite appropriate.  Some of those things may not be easy to change, you like them…yes, I know, just remember that your site is not built for yourself but for your users and visitors, so they should feel good when visiting your site. Putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes is always a good thing because not everybody sees the things the way you do and seeing things through more than a single pair of eyes is always welcome!

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