At some time in our life, we have all struggled to make our web pages look better. As a beginner, the knowledge of CSS is limited and aspiring devs generally tend to leave their project in the middle because of an unsatisfactory design. Most of us do not realize that a minimalistic design with a symmetrical pattern can yield great results. In this blog, I’ll walk you through 5 things you can do to make your web page engaging.

Color Palettes

All of us do not have an eye for design. Choosing colors can be as tricky as choosing the best chocolate from your favorite brand. To simplify this process, you can choose color palettes online. Websites like colorhunt.co, coolors.co, and many others are only a google search away and can help you immensely.

Typography

To enhance readability, a good font is super essential. Attributes in CSS like font-weight, text-decoration, letter-spacing, and text-transform can help you style your text.

For importing good font styles, Google Fonts is the best platform.

Additionally, you might like a font you see on the web and would want to know which one it’s. To help with that, you can download an extension called WhatFont in your chrome browser. It’s like the Shazam of the Typography world and can help you significantly!

Illustrations

It’s a known fact that most people connect better with images than text. You can replace your boring text with icons and illustrations from the internet. Websites like unDraw, flaticon, svgbackgrounds, and DrawKit help you download illustrations and use them for better engagement.

Animations

If you’re a beginner and want to import an animation to your webpage, websites like lottiefiles help you add JSON based animation. These are small files and work well if there’s a delay while loading something and you want to display the animation to keep your user engaged.

Taking Inspiration

As Web Developers, designing doesn’t come naturally to some of us. Also, when we’re just beginning, we do not know which styles we resonate the most with. Hence, for some ideas and inspiration, one can head to websites like Dribbble and Behance. Seeing some of the best designs can motivate us to build something exciting on our own.

Knowing these few things can help you make impressive web pages. As web developers, we can stick with symmetry and follow similar patterns. The pure joy of creating helps us to keep striving!

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