How to Design a Photo Shop Website

Most of the website’s content is located on a mini-page, creating a division between static content and dynamic content and therefore a natural hierarchy in the content – which is important. Mini pages can also be used as sliders for mixed content. When you use a gallery slider you can add your pictures and include titles and descriptions, but when you use a mini-page, you can have one page include a picture, the second a video, the third texts and so on and so forth.

Images are an important part of any web design, and threefold of a photography shop website. Pictures create a breathing space and convey information fast. As they say, an picture is worth a thousand words. In the Wix website builder, you can crop pictures and add tints and effects easily. Upload pictures directly from your computer or using a link from another website. Wix also has massive galleries full of different pictures, as well as rich clip art galleries with which you can spice up your web design.

Setting shop is easy using Wix's shopping cart widget. The widget can be found in the Widgets menu on the left hand side of the builder. You can choose from several different cart types and from a variety of different skins available for each shopping cart. Using the eCommerce option isn't so different than creating an image gallery. The main differences are in the details you update. To get used to it, play around with the existnig shopping cart in the Photo Shop Flash template. Click on one of the images and choose the 'manage' command. Now you can edit the cost, label, description and photo, add or delete as many products as you want and rearrange their order of appearance.

Other widgets include a music player, a paypal option, an rss feed, a comments box, a contact form and more. Most of the widgets are designed to make your website more interactive. Each widget can be customized to suit the rest of your web design, effects and behaviors can be added.

There are two types of effects, static and dynamic. Static effects are more commonly used, and they usually tackle the visual aspect of the object on which the effect is being applied. One of the most popular effects is the blend effect. When using blend, notice which background you are playing the object over, because it will affect the way the effect transpires. Another commonly used effect is the adjust color effect that allows for more than just a simple change of tint. Motion effects include emitters of different types, a dance effect and a flag wave. Use them with prejudice. A little can go a long way into spicing up your web design, while too much will have the exact opposite effect.

Texts are a very important part of optimizing your website. Google and the other search engine crawlers use texts to identify the subject and relevance of a website. Choose your keywords carefully and insert them into your website with care. Don't spam and make the language as correct as possible, make sure you have at least 400 words in your homepage, insert your keywords into the headers (title text boxes), meta Title (through the settings menu on the top of the builder) and description and into the general texts and use them as links to and from other relevant sites. There are lots of things you can do to optimize your website – read about them in our seo blog.

Wix.com provides hosting services through its own domain for free. You can create and promote your website for free and update it every day twenty times without spending a dime. The Wix.com website builder is intuitive and easy to use for anyone who's ever used a mouse. If, however, you want to get rid of the Wix advertisements and/or use your own domain you have the option of upgrading your free website to premium. There are lots of different premium packages out there for you to choose from.