IX Web Hosting is a medium sized web host that was founded in 1999. They currently host over 150, 000 domains from their base in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. IX Web offer budget shared hosting solutions for the mass market. They tend to aim their products at the sought of customers who believe more is ….. well….. more! If this sounds like you then read on. If however, you are type of person who feels that quality is the top priority; and vast amounts of bandwidth and features are less important, then you should read our reviews of Hostgator, Lunarpages, and Bluehost instead.

Features

IX offer 5 different hosting packages, the “Expert Plan” (EP), “Business Plus” (BP), “Unlimited Pro” (UP), and two Windows plans. They all come with a vast array of features, you can find a full feature list and product comparison on the IX website here. Below is rundown of the main components of the Linux plans.

Disk Space -100GB with the EP, 300GB from the BP, and unlimited if you sign up to the UP plan. These are all completely crazy numbers for a budget shared hosting plan!

Bandwidth – 1000GB, 1500GB, and 2000GB respectively. Again ludicrously excessive numbers. Just imagine what would happen if all IX’s customers actually tried use all that bandwidth! Luckily 99.999% of people never will. Just to put it in to context, those are sought of bandwidth allocations you get when using your own dedicated server (which usually costs at least $200/month), so when the price for the EP starts at just $3.95/month we know that something doesn’t add up!

Number of domains – 2, 8 and 16. So even the cheapest plan allows us to host two websites, where as the BP and UP plans give us the best chance to try and use all those bandwidth and storage resources; allowing us to host up to 8, and 16 websites on the one account.

Site Studio – This website building software comes with all hosting plans, its basic and easy to use, and will be very useful to those who are new to web design.

Free domain name registration – This means that IX will register your domain name for you, free, for as long as you host with them. EP comes with 1 free domain name, BP with 3, and UP with 5. This is probably our favorite feature of IX’s hosting plans, especially on the BP and UP packages. If you plan to host multiple domains then this offer could save you a significant amount on domain registrations.

Search engine submission service – Free with all plans.

99.9% Uptime guarantee – Server uptime is guaranteed to be above 99.9% n any 12 month period.

30 Day money back guarantee.

Customer service and technical support

IX give us phone support (toll free if you live in the U.S), live chat, and e-mail ticket services, all are available 24/7, 365 days/year. These services tick all the right boxes, but in terms of the quality they are way behind the likes of Lunarpages, Bluehost, and Hostgator. We advise that you test them out yourself first, to see if their service level is acceptable to you.

Performance

This area is always likely to be where IX is going to have problems; when you oversell resources like IX do with their disk space and bandwidth allowances, server performance inevitably suffers. This means that you are going to get a more sluggish and probably less reliable service when compared to other web hosting providers. These other providers tend to charge more money, offer less features, but crucially, they often deliver more quality when it comes to server performance.

With regards to the control panel supplied with IX’s plans we were very disappointed. Unfortunately they use the dreaded H-Sphere control panel, its performance is swift, but its layout and design are poor and make it look cheap. It’s no match for the likes of cPanel or Vdeck. There is a full working demo on the IX website; we strongly advise you try it out first before signing up with IX. If you think that you can live with it then fair enough, IX might still be for you. We should probably mention that some people are fans of H-Sphere, and still swear it’s the best control panel out there, though they are definitely in the minority!

Our Verdict

Well, if price is your first consideration you definitely should look to IX, there “Expert Plan” is pretty much the cheapest “proper” web hosting package currently available. However, if you can stretch to an extra dollar/month we believe that a better choice would be the “ProLogic” plan from StartLogic, review here. The other IX plans offer even more, but their price tags bring them into competition with the real heavy hitters of the shared hosting industry. In our opinion it’s difficult to see why you would choose the IX “Business Plus” plan over Bluehost. Or the “Unlimited Pro” over Hostgator or midPhase. The only reason you may want to choose the “Business Plus” or “Unlimited Pro” packages, ahead of the aforementioned alternatives, is due to the multiple free domain registration features of both, which would certainly make them more appealing from a value for money standpoint.

1. For choosing the one which is right for your business you need to understand the difference between shared, co-located, unmanaged dedicated servers and managed dedicated hostings.

Because of the variety of services and hosting categories developed in the market, it is become extremely important to know the difference between the types of hosting and hosting services offered.

When you are sharing one server with a number of other clients of that company it is called as Shared hosting also known as virtual hosting. The management of the server is completely done by the host even though you maintain your site and your account. And thus the cost of these hostings are less as many clients are paying for use of the server. However, their are some side effect of using such servers such as other companies using the shared servers get the resources of that server which can hammer the performance of our websites if one of the other clients has heavy traffic on the server. Other disadvantage of shared hosting is that you will not be able to install special software programs other than supported by the servers on these types of machines, as the host needs to maintain a stable environment for all of his clients using the same server.

Dell and HP are example of Co-located hosting. When you buy a server from a hardware vendor, as mentioned above, and then supply this server to the host, it is called as Co-located hosting. The host plugs your server into its network and its repitative power systems. The host is only manages and keeps an eye on its network is available, and you (who buys the server) are responsible for all support and maintenance of your server. A good hosting company offers management contracts to their co-location clients to help their clients to outsource much of the support to them and turn the arrangement similar to managed dedicated hosting. The only disadvantage of these hosting is that most co-location hosts do not offer this service.

Unmanage dedicated hosting and co-location hostings are almost similar. The only difference is that in unmanage dedicated hosting you hire a server from a host and not purchase it. However before choosing such web hosting plans you must be sure of the services they provide as if they will provide security patches to your server or not. Unmanage dedicated hosting is good for gaming servers (like Doom or Counterstrike servers) or hobbyist servers, but not so promising for businesses as it may not provide responsive, expert-level service.

When you hire a server from a host providing a robust level of support and maintainance on the server which is quality guaranteed, it surely is said to be Managed dedicated hosting. When you select managed dedicated hosting for your business you get services like server up-time monitoring, a hardware warranty, security patch updates and more. However you must mention specifically about these services offered by the hosting company you hire so that you may not be led in disguise selecting managed dedicated hosting services.

2. You must confirm with your Host’s Network if the hosting service offered has blackholed IPs.
It has been seen very often that hosts dont care much about who is actually hosting on their networks, as long as the clients pay their bill.As a result of which many hosters unknowingly allow **** sites, spammers and servers that create security issues on their network. For sake of gaining large amount of income the hosting companies allow such websites on their server which gives a negative impact on your customers in general when they go through such sites through your website or when your network gets blackholed for spamming. And if your network gets blackholed other networks will refuse e-mail originated from your IP as its blacklisted.

So its mandatory to check with any hosts you are considering to see if their networks are blackholed or not.

3. Lets not compare size with stability (its not necessary, a bigger company means more stable)
Its not necessary that if the web hosting company you selected is a big company it will be more stable and secure. There can be consequences like bankruptcy, company sold out or anything else. Hence before selecting a proper web hosting company you must get answers to the below key questions:

Is the hosing company old enough in this business?

Whether the ownership of this company had been the same in the past?

Whether they are profitable and cash flow positive hosting companies from operation-generated revenuepoint of view?

4. Price should not be your only priority while selecting a web hosting company.
As we say that YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Same is applied for web hosting services. You take a risk of unknowingly selecting a hosting company which would only provide you with a little connection to the Internet in terms of support when you priortize only price while selecting a web hosting service.

5. A Good Web hosting company provides you with redundant data centres.
You must make sure that the web hosting company selected has its own data centers which is quite responsive and very repititive in its work. When dealing with smaller vendors you must confirm that the data center services offered by them are fully redundant in terms of power and connectivity and get proper answers to the questions stated below:

The hosting companies have how many lines coming into the facility?

Do the connections come up with the average utilisation? Maximum capacity running servers usually are slow.

Is the power supply redundant to the servers?

If electricity is cut down do they control their servers with generators or UPS on-site?

Are the network area of the servers fully secured? What type of security measures do they provide?

6. The Host providing web hosting service should be flexible.
It is extremely necessary that the hoster understands that providing quality servers to their clients’ businesses are very important. You must deal with a hoster who has a enough experience to support a wide variety of applications, and one who can solve your problems and provide effective solutions throug his expertise. On the head the host and his staff with whom you shall deal in future has enough technical knowlegde relating to support administrator so that you may not be left frustrated talking to them while solving your server related issues.

7. The Testimonials are the best way toknow about the kind of service you will get.
Ask from your prospective host to provide you with success stories of clients who have taken similar services as yours. As testimonials and references will help you a lot to know about the working experience with the web hosting company you selected.

Creative Web Solutions is web hosting company that specializes in shared web hosting and managed dedicated hosting for businesses nationwide in the online retailing, web development, e-learning, financial services and online marketing industries, as well as for governments, non-profits and civic institutions. Contact us For an enquiry.

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A website design layout pertains to arrangement of various elements of a website in a website in such a way that the website is attractive and effective at generating revenue. Some elements of the website are such that they need to occupy the central space on the screen so that it is in focus when the webpage pops up on the screen. The placement of the layout element in the centre or periphery of the screen depends upon their relevance as well as the products/services offered by the website. Some of the prominent types of web design layouts are as follows:

Isolated Layout: When the size of the web page elements such as symbol, logo, images (products and other) is small the layout is called an isolated layout. This type of layout can be used anywhere but subject to the utility factor and its visibility.

Dominating Layout: When the size of the web page elements such as symbol, logo, images (products and other) is so large that is made the centre of attraction the layout is called dominating Layout.

Symmetric Layout: When the elements of a website are arranged in the centre or on either side of the webpage the layout is called symmetric layout. In this type of layout both the sides (left and right) have to be balanced. If one of the sides of the web page has heavier elements it can destabilize the webpage. One should be careful that the elements on either side are not identical. If the layout is centrally aligned or the elements are divided uniformly between the two sides, the website can achieve complete symmetry. The symmetric layout is not only balanced but also considered to be formal.

Asymmetric Layout: When the elements of a website are arranged in a haphazard or random manner the layout is said to be asymmetric. The placement of the elements on the web page depends on the whims and fancies of the web designer. This type of layout can be dynamic and can also convey expressions but the only drawback could be finding the element that interests the visitor and if this purpose is not served, the website is a failure. This type of layout is successful when the number of elements is limited, but after some time when the website is embedded with other element this type of layout can be very confusing for the visitor.

Radiating Layout: When technology is used to make the webpage content, symbol, image, the logo highlighted and pop up through the use of flashlight or attractive light, the layout are called radiating layout. The aim of this sort of layout is to grab the attention of the visitor.

Repetitive Layout: In this sort of layout the element that the website owner wants to emphasize on is repeated. The repetitive layout is best when the content of the repeated element holds a high degree of relevance for converting the visitor into a buyer.

It is better to consult a professional and experienced web designing and development Company to know which layout can optimize the utility and productivity of any particular website.

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Join us as we take a closer look at BlueHost.

General Information: BlueHost has been providing hosting solutions to thousands of business and personal web sites since 1996. And their internet hosting package helps businesses and individuals get high-powered service at a fraction of the cost.

Reliability: Massive bandwidth and storage features are of no use if it will effect the server reliability on a larger scale. This is a problem which is affecting many web hosts, but it’s not a problem for BlueHost. After monitoring BlueHost for 30 days we find out that their uptime is 99.789%.

Price Value: BlueHost is one of the more expensive shared hosting companies and offers hosting for $6.95 a month. But this does not have to be a bad thing. Included in their web hosting plan is unlimited space and bandwidth, the possibility to host unlimited domains, domain for life, site builder, blog, forum and $75 advertising credits.

Support: BlueHost strives to provide the highest level of customer support. Their staff are friendly and they offer both live chat and toll free phone support. BlueHost also have a support ticket system if you have any technical difficulties.

Conclusion: Overall our experience with BlueHost is most pleasant. They have shown us that their server is very reliable, even thought the price is a bit above what other companies offer, it’s still great price value. Their support and technical team is also good. So if you are looking for a new web host, BlueHost should be a serious consideration.

Reliability – 9/10
Price Value – 7/10
Knowledge – 7/10
Support – 8/10
Features – 8/10
Overall – 7.8/10

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There are numerous kinds of hosting services out there nowadays and everyone declares that they provide the top-quality hosting experience for every demand. In the web hosting market today, we can retrieve dedicated, shared, free (with restrictions) and reseller web hosting. Here, we will study each expression of a reseller web hosting service. This type of hosting is the most streamlined for someone that starts a web corporation. The technical term “Reselling” misses technical meaning or specific set up that would identify it as a hosting type.

First of all, a reseller web hosting is essentially a service supplied by a net user who already bought a web hosting service. It is then leased out to other clients at a higher price. This is a reselling procedure. In another words, the bigger company has purchased the hosting service at a wholesale point and is reselling it to a small company in separated segments. Consequently, it is similar leasing out their disk space and bandwidth. All the Reseller neophyte requires is the ambition and skills to advertise itself on the web.

Virtually every reseller web hosting provider is smaller company proprietors who are just taking off their business in hosting industry. A reseller ordinarily aims a medium market where the require for a web host is not that important. It ordinarily offers bundles that does not aim to address advanced requirements. Larger web hosting companies do not allow solutions like this and this is where reseller hosting is priceless. So, the web hosting vendors for this type of service can get some net income simply by marketing successfully. Numerous suppliers offer behind the scenes support services where they act on your company’s behalf to your customers, at addable costs.

Therefore, if you are designing to adventure into the web hosting industry as a reseller hosting, you have to scout around to find out the best business deals. Then, you have to advertise it effectively and creatively to determine your niche market. The service that you supply is essential to be of good quality. In order to get more customers, you will require to allocate your bandwidth and disk space effectively too. To ensure cheerfulness for your clients, whatever trouble that they describe must advance to the prime supplier. This not solely relieves the process of the reseller web hosting but also provides solutions for both the main provider and your clients. If you have never used reseller hosting control panels, your firm will assist with ordering your prime package and there is a wealth of info and how tos ready for you to get up to speed on the basics. Your reseller website hosting account will have a specified quota for web space and bandwidth offered to you in volume, which you can separate into little hosting plans with sets more fitted for ecommerce and vps hosting as well as to offer extra business enterprise merchandises and services (like shopping carts, ssl certificates, free SEO consultation and so on).

Reselling web hosting services is by far the best option for those who are seeking to start an Internet commercial enterprise for the first time. It is ideal for those who are starting up a house based establishment with a restricted economic surface. Few can lease a dedicated server and that is why it is the optimal way out. It allows plenty disk space and bandwidth sufficient for you to create a web site that you can use for any intention.

To summarize, reseller hosting is definitely a desired net service due to its great characteristics that provides one to do many things with limited resources. It is very worthy for certain types of web users and especially for the businesspersons who are making their way into the Internet hosting industry.

Why Turnkey Website Design is More Cost Effective Than Adult Website Design

Adult website design costs you on average $2,000 whereas turnkey website design many times costs as little as $400. Sounds too good to be true but it isn’t. As a matter of fact $2,000 is just the beginning of the cost for a so-called custom adult web design when you count hosting, content, content updates, billing and many other miscellaneous charges that very few prospective entrepreneurs think of when staring out in the adult website industry.

$400 for turnkey design sounds much better for many reasons, not to mention that it is $1,600 less and includes hosting, design, content, updates, billing and your only ongoing cost is domain renewal; which at the moment is only $10.16 annually or less.

Now looking at 2nd year cost you will see a real difference and you truly should see the benefits of going with adult turnkey web design instead of the so-called custom website design road. Usually the $2,000 adult website design is going to have at least a $2,000 2nd year cost so basically you are paying for your website twice and that’s only the second year. This is because of the cost from hosting, content updates and billing. Don’t ever underestimate these charges because if you do you will be out of the adult website business quickly. Remember, its your hard-earned money you’re risking.

With the $400 adult turnkey website design with a select few turnkey design companies you are looking at only $10.16 as your total second year cost. You heard that right. Just $10.16. Can you beat that? I hope you can. Any cost you can cut when starting your own adult website business the better.

Now we have 2nd year cost of adult web site design at $2,010.16 or $410.16. This is a huge difference considering the added cost does not seem to lead to increased revenue. Cost does not increase revenue and this is something that prospective adult website business entrepreneurs need to fully understand. This is just the opposite of what many of us were taught in business school.

Let’s break down the cost a bit more so you can clearly see why adult turnkey design business is without doubt the most cost-effective way to start an adult website business.

1. Design – Web design is expensive if you allow it to be. If you get ****** into this crazy hair-brained way of thinking that the most expensive product is the best than you are the sucker most adult web designers are looking for. If you are more like the person that feels the store that has the best price on Heineken beer is the place you purchase it, than you are the person who should do your research on this low-cost adult turnkey website business and get started in the turnkey business when you have performed your due diligence.

2. Updated content – With adult web site design your cost for content is ridiculously expensive but with adult turnkey web design you have entered into a partnership to market someone else’s content and although it might sound like a dumb move it can be very lucrative because this limits your cost tremendously and provides you with better niche specific content than you could possibly develop yourself.

3. Billing – Billing is very expensive once you do the math and realize what percentage of your revenue is taken by the billing companies including Visa and MasterCard plus the percentage billing companies take from every transaction you make. Note: this is only the case with the so-called custom adult website design. With adult turnkey website design, billing is paid for you by the content company so you reap the benefit. Not bad!!

Please understand we have not discussed marketing in this comparison article and that is only because the marketing cost is what you make it. There shouldn’t be much of difference in cost there but please note you don’t need to spend a great deal of money on marketing if you know what you are doing.

Adult Turnkey Website Design Saves You and Makes You More Over Time

Bottom line is there are many reasons to take a long hard look at adult turnkey website design instead of the so-called custom adult website design. If you haven’t understood them yet, i don’ think you will. It is basically common sense. When you start your own adult turnkey business you have minimal cost but when you start your own adult website design site you will come across costs that might bankrupt you before your adult website business even gets off the ground. Be careful. The most expensive product is very rarely the best product. Email with any questions or concerns because you should have some when your hard-earned money is on the line. Good luck!

When constructing a website, you may want to use images to draw attention to your brand. Using a person’s face may be one way to draw attention or convey an idea, yet, using this method can be tricky as a person’s face may become the centre of the viewer’s attention, over an image that compliments the content, or it may not simply always convey the same idea person to person. To use a face correctly in conjunction with your content and imagery is not impossible, and can be done, yet it requires effort and a little creativity.

An image can over power a page, leading to viewers missing calls to action or being distracted by the image and not being able to respond immediately. As humans, a face attracts us immediately. We feel compelled to look at it, thus for most websites a face becomes a distraction from the content.

As you can see faces can become too overpowering quite easily, and can in turn detract from the original effect you wished to create. There are a few tricks to solve the problem of the ‘overpowering face’, which enable you to have person centred images that are in harmony with the rest of your website.

(1) Use the image with the call to action. If you have an image, next to or pointing towards the call to action, this will call attention to the action and the image, rather than just the image.
(2) Framing the person inside a frame, will also cause the image not to over power the rest of the website. A frame will distance the viewer from the image, in turn making the viewer focus their attention on the greater whole of the page.
(3) Avoid looking straight ahead shots as they not only can give off the wrong feelings they also distract the viewer. We always immediately look at eyes to discover who the person is and their intentions, thus staring eyes can be very distracting to the viewer.

It’s not only vital how you use the image, but who you use in it. Always ask yourself a few questions before you proceed with using an image, including:

- Is the image representative of your target audience?
- Or is the image representative of your company? Or both?
- Is it in line with equality and diversity?

These questions are important to answer, as they will enable to create an image that you feel is right for the website and the company’s image.

By thinking carefully about the type of face(s) you are going to use, photo style, ****** expressions and where you are going to place them on the website, you can create a ****** image that compliments your website rather than over powers it.

When you are getting a website design done, you have to be careful about a lot of parameters, the design, the codes and the presentation. A company’s website is its face on the Internet which is present all the time and is accessible to the entire world. You have to be sure that you can have the best possible design so that you can attract customers and at the same time also convert the visitors into probable customers or leads.

The problem is that most people think that it is all about coding and putting together several images and functionality. Whereas the fact is that you need a proficient designer in order to ensure that you can grab eye balls. A good designer will help you get a design and place the various buttons as well as banners in a way that the entire design looks intact. You do not want your website design to look all over the place with several elements put in place. The effect of the website should be such that all elements come together in unison.

Another important aspect of a website design is the use of colors and theme. In most cases business owners choose to design the website based on the existing logo or image of the company. You must make sure that your website exhibits the kind of services and products that you provide in order to make the most of the people visiting the site.

You should also look at the detail and finishing for the website which means that there should be no colors or shade overlaps. Also ensure that there are no background colors shown due to bad editing or there is no mismatch of two elements. Such blunders can blow away the traffic and reduce the leads that you can generate from your website.

Finally, you have to take care that all the content is placed on preferably a white background, especially if there is some long content page that you want people to ready. It is statistically proven that people like to read on a white background.

Overall, you can find that people with a good website design tend to generate better results from the online traffic. Once you have converted your photoshop design to a HTML or PHP based website, you must validate the website for the latest web standards so that you do not face penalties from the search engines.

Whether you are planning to develop your very own personal website, or to build a commercial site for your fledgling business, website design is a very integral but daunting part of it. Fortunately, with the availability of the right software and capable web designers, developing your site can be as easy as pie, just like you are creating a simple science project back at high school.

You have to brainstorm the ideas that you have with the website designer that you have employed so that he or she would have an idea on how the website will look like and what web pages will it contain. This is very helpful so that you can turn out a blueprint of how the website will be organized. Make sure that you will include how you want your website to be navigated by the users and the kind of interaction it will use.

Making a blueprint or a diagram of a website should not get too complex or sophisticated. It can be as simple as drawing rough sketches of each web page at a piece of paper. Make sure that you have taken into consideration the titles, articles and graphics that you will include in your site.

Also, try to learn and understand the software that the web design Calgary company is using to develop your site. If possible, get a legit copy of it also and try to study how to use it on your own. This will make you have a better idea of how the web designer works on the development of your site, making opportunities for more ideas and suggestions.

Explore on the themes and web page choices that are presented to you by the website design Calgary company. Choose the one that best fits your preferences on a website. Work on it by collaborating with the web designer all throughout the development stage.

Lastly, preview the finished site in different web browsers, operating systems and computers themselves. Study all the aspects of the generated website as the web design Calgary company will ask you if the design is approved or not. Review every detail.

Every business aspires to showcase itself on the internet. Website development is a tedious process that tends to prove stressful at times. Below are some tips to get web development projects completed on time and within a desired budget. To know about pointers that are sure to prove helpful in creation of a new website as well as in improvement of an existing one, read on.

Careful Groundwork

Thorough groundwork is a prerequisite for successful website development. Important decisions that include the number of pages that the proposed website should have, or what should the graphics look like, etc should be taken beforehand.

The decisions can be categorized into two types. Ones that include matters related to the audience and the ones that include matters related to the company whose site is to be designed or developed. The audience related decisions include the identification of the target audience, ways to make them aware about the site, their areas of interest, the kind of content that would drive them to the site on a regular basis, ways to make them interact with the site and so on.

The company related decisions include the purpose of the website, whether it is for commercial purposes or to educate, entertain or offer services; the source of the website’s content, the frequency of updating the site, and the yardsticks for measuring its performance.

A successful website development project must include the above mentioned pointers during its formative stages. These prove to be of great help during the subsequent phases of the project. Based on this, the developers may devise further strategies that may include introduction of interactive formats on the website such as live chats, blogs, forums, videos, animation, registration forms or database interfaces.

Customized Web Design Templates

Most web designing companies generally offer attractive web templates. These can be used on an as-it-is basis in creating quick, easy and affordable websites. As per choice, the clients are able to determine the basic website design along with minor modifications that might include font sizes, color schemes, etc. However, these templates offer limited flexibility with only a minor scope for modification. Quite often company logos, photos and other graphics are subjected to ratio considerations.

These templates however, prove to be of great help to novice designers due to their easy-to-use modules and guide them step by step. But for more sophisticated projects, it is highly recommended to invest in custom web design templates for better results.

Custom web designs offer far more opportunities to website developers than templates. Designers who are well versed with these find it easier to unleash their potential while at the same time, keeping into consideration the all-round requirements of the clients. The website should be able to serve the basic purpose of its creation. To generate more traffic to the site, it should be simple, user-friendly and appealing.

A Perfect Blend of Beauty and Ease of Use

A website must be attractive and easy-to-use in terms of both, designs and technology. For this purpose, expertise of talented designers and technicians must be sought during its creation or up gradation. A site should not only be equipped with necessary keywords and meta tags for optimization for search engines and web crawlers, but also be pleasing to look at. A proper amalgamation of beauty with ease of use is a prerequisite for effective website functioning.