How often should you change design on your website?
A question I never though coming, and then it did - a month or so ago... The question never really came up before, but then again, I never worked a place where the website was 10+years old... (might be overreacting a bit but judge for yourself here www.bordingdata.dk)
Actually I think the question came with some choices:
- Every second year?
- Every third year?
- Every fifth year?
Not being a designer or anything, my answer is:
"Well, it depends on which design you are changing from, and how the marked you are working in is developing"
- do you agree?
In general though, i would say that the more "time-less" your design is, the longer it can live. Back when I worked at www.dba.dk we almost always worked towards a re-design, and at that time we where releasing a new design approximately every second year - so maybe that is the answer...?
But on the other hand, if you have a relatively "light" design with a good CMS underneath, then the ability to make your website dynamic will do wonders to your websites life cycle - prolonging it that is...
Actually I think the question came with some choices:
- Every second year?
- Every third year?
- Every fifth year?
Not being a designer or anything, my answer is:
"Well, it depends on which design you are changing from, and how the marked you are working in is developing"
- do you agree?
In general though, i would say that the more "time-less" your design is, the longer it can live. Back when I worked at www.dba.dk we almost always worked towards a re-design, and at that time we where releasing a new design approximately every second year - so maybe that is the answer...?
But on the other hand, if you have a relatively "light" design with a good CMS underneath, then the ability to make your website dynamic will do wonders to your websites life cycle - prolonging it that is...
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