A website needs to be good in design and speed in loading

Well, there are certain things that you should keep in mind while making a website like the design of your website should be relevant to the content of the website in such a way that anyone can guess the content of your website by just looking at its design and layout and you must hire some very good designer to design your website so that he/she can provide all the necessary elements in your website in a more professional way and the pages of your website should load within few seconds because if the pages of your website takes time to load then this thing can frustrate the visitors....

If your website contain flash then load time of that website is more.And also it contain the images then load time is more.But website contain the statics webpages then load time less then the others.

Hello friends

Researchers led by Dr. Gitte Lindgaard at Carleton University in Ontario wanted to find out how fast people formed first impressions. They tested users by flashing web pages for 500 msec and 50 msec onto the screen, and had participants rate the pages on various scales. The results at both time intervals were consistent between participants, although the longer display produced more consistent results. Yet, in as little as 50 ms, participants formed judgments about images they glimpsed. The "halo effect" of that emotional first impression carries over to cognitive judgments of a web site's other characteristics including usability and credibility.

Thanks for all friends

But it too difficult...

Well its a challenge optimizing your design, slicing gradients, and the part where your text will stretch, its amazing how you can come up with ideas to be able to optimize your page,

I am totally agree with that there should give equal priority to both good in design and speed in loading. we can use dreamweaver for good designing. It will not take so much time for page loading.

Page weight is always an issues with designers, since if one want good quality-catchy website then page weight automatically increases but loading speed also get increase, and this is bad thing user can get annoyed with such things. hence, many developers use languages like PHP and AJAX to stay low, i don't have such idea how this happens but people use to say this.

The best Web site design for your Web site is the one you like best, but there are some things you will need to remember. Just because your Web site is pretty doesn't mean your readers will read it, or come back another day to read it again. Here are Web site design tips to help you help them to like your Web site.

1. Title - Make the title dazzling. A Web site title like "John's Web Site" is not very catchy. Without a title for your Web site that catches their eye they won't click on it. If your readers find a link to your Web site on search engines, or other lists, they probably won't click on it. Use a thesaurus to help you find unique, intriguing words to use in your Web site title.

2. Columns - How many columns you use in your Web pages changes your whole Web site. Usually when someone creates their first Web page their Web site design is something simple and pretty plain. A lot of people like to use two column Web pages for their Web site design so they can have their writing on one side of the Web page and their navigation on the other. This Web site design looks much better than the plain Web page and it makes your Web site easier to navigate. Then there's the 3 column Web page. This Web site design is not better or worse than the 2 column Web page. It's used if you have a lot of navigation or if you want an extra column for special writings or links on your Web pages.

3. Colors - Colors are very important in Web site design when it comes to looks and having people read your Web site. If your Web site design colors are boring, people will think your Web site is boring. If you use colors on your Web site that make your Web site's readers feel at home or like they're at their favorite restaurant, you will have readers that feel like they're going to find something they like.

4. Navigation - An important rule to follow in Web site design is that every Web page on your Web site should link back to your homepage. If you want to keep people on your Web site then you need to provide them with a way back to the beginning so they don't get lost and move on to another Web site. Next you should create an index of some sort. You want people to be able to find what they are looking for easily on your Web site.

Some styles of Web site design put their navigation above the title, others put it at the bottom of the Web page, and many create a column especially for navigation. What will work best for your Web site is up to you, as you make sure people can see it without really having to look for it.

A fast site always makes sense since it will provide an overall better user experience, enticing more clicks and page views and less abandonment of shopping carts by frustrated users.