There are fan sites for almost anything you can think of: animals, movies, games, people, and so many others. Most of these sites are put together by people who don’t really know how to design a website. Animal fan sites are something that a lot of people look to for information and research. You should take this seriously as an obvious fan yourself. Although I realize that there really is no services being sold on a fan site or anything that can make a customer upset with the performance of the site; you should still have a good looking site for a few reasons. I’ll be using dog sites as my example. One being that people are coming to your page to look at the information you have posted. If your site looks terrible people won’t enjoy it as much, and in turn most likely won’t continue to stay on your page; although if you are well informed and have plenty of information it may persuade them to stay. Most people are looking up breed information because they want to know more about their dog or they want to know all they can about a dog they are thinking about buying. Thinking about this, you should realize that there is tons of information required to do this, unless you a site dedicated to one specific breed.
With all this information comes many, many pages. This means that an exceptional navigation system is mandatory. You must have one, no questions asked. There is nothing worse than a page where you cannot find something you’re searching for. With so many pages included in your site everything should be organized and in place.
Images, images, images! These are so important. A site that is just text really turns people off. Everyone loves pictures to go along with text so they can visualize what it is they are reading. You need to have tons of these on your site as well. ; Not only for enjoyment but also as another form of information. People need to see these pictures to make an educated decision and if they can’t find those pictures on your sight they will go somewhere else to view them.
Although your goal as a fan site is really not to keep people on or to sell anything, you should take pride in your website. It’s possible that in the future of your sight, if it is well liked and linked to frequently, you will move up in the list for Google. This in turn could possibly have the benefits of selling advertising space on your site. Making you some extra money each month or whatever you decide. I’m just throwing some ideas out there and you should decide for yourself how far you want your website going. I enjoy fan sites no matter what they pertain to. So I wish you good luck. Want to know more about other types of web design? Visit us at DreamCo Design – Web Design.