span an appealing look with this type
class="cap">S ome of background. It gives viewers
web designs are truly so the impression that you are
repulsive that they actually imperious and condescending and
drive people away from the site does not do anything to encourage
and prevent them from returning. readers to stay on your site.
Both you and your web design Also, some browsers, when used to
company must avoid these print a page, also print
situations at all costs. background color. This could
Otherwise you run the risk of cause complaints from customers
allowing your reputation to be who are not happy about the
diminished or being labeled and amount of ink they used in order
avoided by clients and customers. to print a single page.
Web Design's Scariest
• A completely black
Backgrounds
background with dark words. This
The background of your website is an even worse background
is one aspect that you have choice than the previous one
control over and you can easily because the words simply cannot
change or alter to suit your be seen without great difficulty.
client’s needs. You must be In order to read the text,
aware, however, that some visitors to your site will have
backgrounds are simply not to first highlight the text, a
attractive at all. Some of these task that will quickly irritate
backgrounds that should be them.
avoided at any cost are:
• Complicated, tiled images.
• A completely black Fresh web designers often use
background with light or white this from of background because
text superimposed upon it. Even it is convenient and looks good
the best web designers in the to them. They should also bear in
world have difficulty achieving mind, however, that this type of
background can dramatically appealing, it is almost
increase the amount of load time impossible to read, defeating the
for a website. purpose of even having text in
Web Design's Scariest Text
the first place. Text is there to
The main reason people visit be read!
your site is that they are
Web Design's Scariest
interested in the content Content
contained within your website. If
As a web designer, you should
they are unable to read your never ignore your content. At the
text, then there is nothing for end of the day, the content of
them to stay for. Your web design your web page is what either
company definitely does not want draws visitors to your site, or
visitors to find nothing worth drives them away. You should make
reading on your site, so avoid sure you include interesting and
the following pitfalls:
attention-grabbing content and
• Centering all your text. A avoid the following mistakes.
page with all of its text
• Pages consisting solely of
completely centred is links. Pages where every word is
unattractive and difficult to a link on its own do not serve
read.
any purpose other than to
• Overly emphasized text. Some convince visitors never to return
designers bold every other line to your site.
of text and italicize the rest.
• "Funny" content. Including
This is self-defeating because in humorous content is risky, at
attempting to make everything best. Some people may not
stand out, nothing stands understand your humor and will
out.
need to have it explained to them
• Flashing text. Although some or, more likely, they will simply
people find text that constantly leave your site in search of
disappears and reappears something more interesting that
they can actually understand. suffer if your images are not of
Web Design's Scariest print quality. Large, high
Multimedia
quality images take a long time
Many designers find themselves to load and most readers would
in love with multimedia and not care if you had used a low
attempt to use it in every quality image.
project that they undertake. The
• Embedded audio. Audio
web design company you work for streams that play constantly
probably does appreciate your while the page is open are very
talent with multimedia and, when annoying for visitors who simply
the situation calls for it, you want to examine the content of
can showcase your talents to your your site. Worse, these audio
web design company and your streams are usually impossible to
clients. However, designing using turn off. If you absolutely must
multimedia tools is a very time include some form of sound with
consuming process. You should not your web page, you must give your
let your desire to show off your visitors the controls required to
skills with multimedia compromise turn off the sound if they
the work that you eventually hand wish.
in to your clients. You should do
A scary web design is most
your utmost to avoid the definitely not what your web
following traps:
design company hopes that you
• Image overload. Images of will produce. The web pages you
all forms, including icons, design should be appealing to
should not be present in large readers and help keep them on
numbers. As a general your site, and not drive them
rule-of-thumb, anything more than away.
two images is overkill.
• Overly large images. The
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