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First, test the site using different browsers, operating systems, and screen sizes. If you don’t have the needed hardware, there are tools offering you the luxury of testing your site using different engines. You can also use virtualization to help you test your site on different operating system. Play with screen resolutions and see if your site still appears nicely.

Test functions of the design as well. Dead links or malfunctioning elements can send your visitors away in an instant; double check to make sure they are working perfectly. If you use animations and lots of page elements, be sure to check if the loading time and visibility are still at an acceptable — or comfortable, to be exact — level.

You can ask close friends and relatives to visit their site and give their opinion, just to get a hang of how the design functions for inexperienced users. Run a beta if you need and provide accessible feedback form to get users’ opinions.

Whitespace can be used to improve your site’s readability. Simply use whitespace to arrange elements and contents in a way that will make the site more usable to users. If you feel a certain part of your site is overcrowded, use whitespace to separate different elements and make the area more readable.

Whitespace can also function as important keys to perfect cross-browser layout. Although different browsers handle whitespace differently, there are codes and elements you can use to make your site look perfect when viewed with different browsers with the help of whitespace.

Last but not least, I also use whitespace to tone down web pages. If you want to add elegance to the overall design, use whitespace and tone down your page layout a little. It will make your layout appears with lots of separations and good flow.

Navigation is an important element for a site, so make sure your navigation can be accessed and used easily. Place the navigation menu on the top and bottom parts of your site. Don’t overcrowd your navigation section; use sub-menus or separate additional links when necessary to make your navigation bar as concise as possible.

Link formatting is very vital, so make sure you use common format for every page and keep links distinct. I’ve seen web designers make the mistake of formatting links similar to usual text, making them hidden from users. This will influence the overall usability of your site greatly.

Don’t add too many animations, rolling texts, or other distracting elements to your site. Not only they will make your site loads slower, they will also distract users from getting the information they need.

Most of us love to use distinct table or div for presenting contents, and use different color for the actual page background. This is possibly the best way to present the content of your site, and it will generate more of users’ attention to the important information. Blending the content containers doesn’t mean you should create them in a similar fashion with the page background. By blending, you are simply creating a smoother transition to the entire page, allowing the page to look nicer and more usable to visitors.

Elements such as drop shadow, borders, rounded corners, and may more can be used to create a smooth transition between the page background and the actual content containers. My personal favorite would be drop shadow combined with some transparency to create window-like layout, since the combination works best to produce a stand-out page with distinct content section.

Side scrolling is a big turn-off; you should never design a site wider than your users’ screen resolution since they will not appreciate having to side-scroll just to view the entire content. If your design is made for wider screen resolutions, make sure you keep it flexible so that users with smaller screens can still view the content nicely.

Flexible page layout can easily be achieved using percentage for table or div widths. Start with creating an outer container with 100% width, and then continue with setting the inner containers and content areas with fixed widths to fit any screen resolution. Make sure the alignment of the outer container is set to center so that the page can be viewed nicely.

If you want to get the real transparent look, you can easily create elements and save them in PNG format before integrating these elements as layers using HTML and CSS tags. However, you can also use faux transparent elements to achieve the same look. If you design your site using software such as Adobe Photoshop, you can simply design the entire page — including the transparent elements — and create the layout using ordinary HTML and CSS coding.

There are several ways you can use the transparent look effectively. For popup layers or dropdown menus, you can make them transparent to produce a more fluid layout and enhance the user experience. Users will surely appreciate the use of transparent layouts and they will spend more time browsing through pages of your site. Use the new trends to your advantage and enhance your site today.