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  • cherub1

    Two design questions:

    *warning* first time designer here...

    I noticed that while creating my "site identity" type homepage link in the top left corner in wordpress, I do have the option to upload an image to that space instead. It would certainly be easier for me, since I want to add text effects to the text and that's easily done in Ps. I realize that uploading an image could also affect SEO negatively but I see websites doing it. My question is this:

    1. What is the generally accepted "best practice" when designing websites, to leave the text intact at the cost of aggravation(more time/effort to design), or ignore SEO and use images of the text if you need something not easily done otherwise?

    2. Am I generally right in thinking that a top nav bar is better for an audience who is expected to be on a full sized monitor, and a hamburger + left side slide out nav is better if you think your audience is viewing from mobile?

    All I could find on google was "most sites need left nav... but blogs make use of right nav" but they are weird, apparently. No mention of when you use top nav.

    Thanks.

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    • I'll start by saying that this is a weird topic to see come up in 2023.palimpsest
    • 1. I don't know much about SEO but most sites do have an image as their logo and probably rely on alt tags for SEO.palimpsest
    • 2. Yes, we want to see a text nav in desktop. A hamburger nav is accepted in mobile. If you have items that can fit, no need for hamburger on mobile.palimpsest
    • I don't think it matters where your nav is placed (CSS) as long as your html hierarchy makes sense.palimpsest
    • Pro SEO here
      1. leave text and url structure for best seo results
      2. yes      trooperbill
    • I guess that leads to a 3rd question. Am I basically designing for iPad since size-wise it's about halfway between a monitor and a mobile phone?cherub
    • I can't streamline for both extremes at the same time, I don't think...cherub
    • I think you can you just gotta choose which one you're going to start with.palimpsest
    • start with one, but primary goal of the website should be the focus for each breakpoint. i always use templates now because breakpoints are built in.doesnotexist
    • because by far, websites are primarily made to transact, and secondarily to capture your contact information for further marketing.doesnotexist
    • Haven't used it that much but my recent experience of wordpress.com vs self hosted is that the .com, which it sounds like you are using, is awful for SEO.webazoot
    • Or more so - is awful for being picked up by Google. So I think logo image vs text logo is not something I'd worry about.webazoot
    • Cherub, you'd be surprised what you can do with coding re: text effects, I'd say pretty much anything you can do in PS or close enough to it. just google the_niko
    • effects your looking for and you'll find tons of resources._niko
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