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It is my belief that many websites are unnecessarily complicated and actually turn away prospective customers. A well designed, clear and usable website can reap huge benefits for your business.

Every £1 invested in improving your website's usability returns £10 to £100 (source: IBM)

Over the years I have compiled a few rules-of-thumb for good website design:

Navigation must be easy, clear and consistant.
Pages must load quickly. Research has shown that after waiting only 5 seconds for a page to load, most people will go somewhere else
Don't put music or sound on a website. It just annoys visitors!
Don't put fancy animations on a website. They just take up time and eat into your 5 seconds (see above).
Use a clear typeface and use the same one throughout. Be consistent.

Rarius.Co.Uk create clean, clear, quick websites that simply work,


	ACS Business Systems Ltd. While employed by ACS Business Systems, I wrote a new website for them. This site allowed customers to view the full range of the company's products, contact the support and sales departments. The site used JavaScript to create a menu system that gave the user a very familiar way to navigate the site.
Report A Road Accident One project I was responsible for at ACS was the Report A Road Accident website. Although this project was unable to go live, because of legal problems, we produced a very usable, stylish site. This site employed extensive use of JavaScript, image maps and stylesheets to produce a pleasant and clear design.
	Norwich Astronomical Society I was a member and committee member of the Norwich Astronomical Society for almost 20 years. For much of that time I was responsible for the society's website. It was a simple site, using a frames and stylesheets to acheive a clean, clear presentation.
HTech Ltd. As part of my job at ACS, I was responsible for creating and maintaining clients' websites. Utilising code already developed for ACS' own website, I was able to build the H-Tech website very quickly. This "code reuse" is a keystone of successful development. The site used JavaScript to create a menu system that gave the user a very familiar way to navigate the site.

Contact me to discuss your business's website needs.