Building a new website can be difficult. You will need to think about things like web design, hosting, security, and ongoing maintenance. If you don’t have any web development experience, the learning curve can be steep.

However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t start designing your own attractive website. I’ve put together a short guide to help you get the most out of the web design process.

The following steps will help you start designing your new website:

1. Understand What Your Site Needs To Do

The first step on your journey to web design excellence involves defining exactly what your website needs to do and how it’s going to do it. I’d recommend sitting down with a pen and paper and sketching a basic layout for your site, noting important features such as music players, live video streams, or email signup boxes.

2. Research Web Design Trends

Next, you need to do a bit of research into the latest web design trends. This shouldn’t be too difficult. Simply type something like “modern web design” or “latest web design trends” into Google, hit the search button, and read a few of the most relevant articles.

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