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Common Web Design Mistakes



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                                High quality graphics and rich    
You want to make sure your      interactive media is the number   
users do not have any trouble         one course for slow loading web   
finding information. It is a good     pages. I know your website will   
practice to have a set of your        look more attractive with these   
main links at the top of the page     rich graphics but it is not worth 
as well as the bottom. It is more     it. Export your images at a lower 
convenient for your users to          quality to achieve faster loading 
click on a link at the bottom of      pages.                            
your page than to have to scroll                                        
to the top of the page.               Unattractive Color Scheme         
                                                                        
Create drop down menus. Your          This is an important and          
visitor should not have to click      underrated area in web design.    
on one page in order to find a        You want your visitors to feel    
link to navigator to another          comfortable. Do not design your   
page. Users will get frustrated       website so that it is a strains   
and leave if they can not find        their eyes. Have warm attractive  
what they are looking for.            colors that compliment each other 
                                      well.                             
Slow Loading Pages                                                      
                                      Do not use bright backgrounds.    
I do not know what is more            Having a red, yellow or green     
annoying than going to a website      background can draw to much       
and waiting for it to load.           attention from the users and they 
Visitors do not want to wait for      will be distracted from what is   
their information. We live in a       important on the website. In      
fast pace world and want              addition, do not use dark text on 
everything immediately.               a dark background. You should     



make sure your text is easy to        Just because your website looks   
read and is more prominent than       perfect in Internet Explorer does 
the background.                       not mean it will look the same in 
                                      other browsers. Each browser      
Page Layout                           handles HTML Tags differently. Be 
                                      careful when designing your       
Be consistent. Consistency is         website. Constantly check your    
important. Do not make each page      websites progress and make sure   
different. Make sure they all         it is compatible in all browsers. 
look the same and the navigation                                        
is always in the same location.       Not Taking Advantage of SEO       
Have the important information                                          
located at a section that is easy     Optimize your website. The only   
to find and do not forget to have     excuse for not having a search    
a common theme throughout the         engine optimized website is       
site.                                 laziness. Add a title to your     
                                      website, META tags, ALT tags,     
Sideways Scrolling                    relevant content, title tags on   
                                      links and other SEO practices.    
Most developers are aware of this     Internet marketing is its own     
web design malpractice. I do not      beast to tackle.                  
see many websites where the users                                       
have to scroll horizontally. If       Internet marketing takes a lot of 
they have to they most likely         time and dedication, but making   
will not scroll and could miss        sure your website is SEO friendly 
valuable information.                 is the first step to attract a    
                                      lot of traffic to your website.   
Non-Cross Browser Optimization        

                              
                                      




About the Author:

Mike Creati is the owner of a web design company called Lunico Design LLC, (http://www.lunicodesign.com). He also has his bachelor degree in computer science and is a member of Tau Alpha Pi.


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