Icons: The Little Things That Make BIG A Difference

Category: Blog

Written by Estevan Montoya

We've all seen them, the little things that can make or break the way a design and website looks. If they are inconsistent or look like they belong in our ugly website article, then you can lose credibility. What are these little things that make a huge difference?

ICONS

Like I said, we've all seen icons. They are the little pictures that either link to another page, website, or popup. They can also be used in conjunction with a "blurb", or a small text paragraph to state a fact or dram interest in about your website, business, product or services. Here is a great statement about computer icons:

Computer icons, in conjunction with computer windows, menus and a pointing device, form the graphical user interface (GUI) of the computer system, and enable the user to easily and intuitively navigate the system. Read More Here.

You see why they are important? The help for your user interface, this is, the look and style of your website. I have great websites that are butchered because a person uses poor icons or they are not consistent with each or the style of the page. This is vital to projecting the right image and brand for your website and business. If parts of your business aren't as clean as other parts, then your business can be considered inconsistent. Sometimes it's the little thing that make the BIG difference.

All that being said about image and icons, I want to share with you a few places where we at VivaNet2.0, affordable websites, get our icons.

Free Source: This first list of icon websites offers free graphic files. Some do offer "premium" files, in which you pay for them, which can include higher resolution images, resell rights, or they are made by people with extremely high skill sets.

• Iconspedia
• Icon Finder
• Free Icons Web
• Find Icons
• Free Icons Download
• Icon Finder

This last website for quality web icons is a premium graphic website. As mentioned, they come from highly skilled designers. You can normally purchase an entire set of icons, which enables you to keep a consistent look and feel. For instance, you may pay $15 dollars for on set, but they will have the same style, look, and even coloring. This enables your website to look the same throughout the entire website.

Graphic River - Icon Section (Premium)