Web Design Information |
|
Dont Make Your Website User-UNfriendly!
Web Design is a very subjective process. Your idea of what looks good may differ from the next person's. While wild backgrounds and flashing text were once considered 'cool', unwritten standards have evolved into every web designers inventory. In the following examples I intend to convey a few of those user-unfriendly examples to you. My purpose is only to get you thinking about the layout and performance of your website. If you have one of these examples on your site, and you like it, by all means - leave it there! These are just examples. 1. Page CountersFive years ago, every site had a page counter. They proudly displayed how popular a site had become. The problem is, as many site owners started to find out, is that these counters can be easily manipulated. They can start at any number (not just 1), and they can produce vastly over-inflated numbers. On the other hand, if your site is not a high-traffic area, do you really want customers to know that? 2. Javascript Text ScrollingI remember when this first came out. In fact, I had it on my home page. Do you remember visiting a website and all the scrolling text across the bottom? These were usually put in your status bar along the bottom edge of your browser window. They have become a big no-no in web design. Users like to see their status bar, or, if they don't, they turn it off. Either way, this is a useless tool. 3. Excessive Animated .GIF'sIn the mid 90's when the Internet boom hit, everyone was getting a home page. Sites and ISP's would give you FREE space to put up your information. Soon, webmaster wannabe's everywhere were over populating the web with crazy animations and bright (obnoxious!) colors. Today very few sites use these files. They are now considered a waste of bandwidth. Since most companies pay for their hosting by how much bandwidth is used, animated GIF's went by the wayside. 4. Under Construction SignsThere used to be (and probably still are) pages and pages of different 'under construction' graphics for webmasters to use. Why is this a problem? Well, isn't the Internet just a big construction site anyway? Are you and your friends, clients, and other businesses constantly updating and upgrading their information online? It also conveys a sense of incompleteness. No business wants their customers to think they are running on a low budget or producing an incomplete website. The construction graphic is extinct! 5. Page FadesWe've all seen those fancy pages that fade in and out, from circles to spirals and even window-shades. They fall in the category with the scrolling text - obsolete! Most Internet users are looking for INFORMATION, not fancy graphics and page transitions. Will Hanke is owner of Lighthouse Technologies, http://www.techlh.com a web design, programming and hosting company. He is also author of several software applications in use by companies across the US.
MORE RESOURCES: Best web design software of 2024 TechRadar Top Web Design Firms Announced by SEMFirms for May 2024 24-7 Press Release Renowned Designer and Entrepreneur Thom Fajemisin, the Creative Force Behind the Redesign of the Ducati Logo ... News Channel Nebraska Website Design Competition - MCWT Michigan Council of Women in Technology Graphic design trends | Web Design and Content Marketing Crescent Vale MDS launches new web design services Boating Industry Why (and How) I Learned Web Development as a Data Scientist Towards Data Science New Insurance Lead Generation Company Increases Online Visibility for Niche Insurance Agencies and Carriers Kentucky Today Moving Your Website into the Web Design System (WDS) Washington State University 9 Chicago Web Design and Development Agencies To Know Built In Chicago Napa's Internet Marketer: Interactive websites: How you can raise the bar on design Napa Valley Register Top Web Design Trends 2024 Designmodo 18 beautiful parallax scrolling websites Creative Bloq 8 Things I know about ... Web design trends for 2024 Worcester Business Journal 30 Best Web Design Agencies To Partner With in 2024 Influencer Marketing Hub Why isn't Adobe doing web design better? Creative Bloq Sweb CEO puts AI to work for small business web design San Antonio Report Website Design | Alton | Edwardsville | St Louis RiverBender.com How to design a website: A beginner's guide CNN Underscored Jeremy McGilvrey, A Houston Web Design Agency, Inks Long-Term Lease In Prestigious Williams Tower Office Space Yahoo Finance Are you up to build the next best website? Get started with one of these 5 web design courses Fortune 6 ways AI is changing web design Creative Bloq Information technology students delve into web design with capstone project University of Missouri College of Engineering How to Design an ADA-Compliant Website | CO- by US Chamber of Commerce CO— by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Valve and Picnik vets Hatch new idea — a no-code web design platform for 'tech curious creators' GeekWire Valpo Web Design supports NWI No Child Hungry in fight against food insecurity with new website Valpo.Life Web Design Statistics 2024 and Facts Enterprise Apps Today Valpo Web Design & Marketing | Partners Valpo.Life 5 seriously useful AI web design tools Creative Bloq 25 Awesome About Us Page Examples For Web Design Inspiration Search Engine Journal 18 Free Web Design Tools, Winter 2024 Practical Ecommerce Michelle Belleville Science@NASA Locofy.ai's accelerates web design-to-code with AI as it pioneers Large Design Models Markets Insider The best free blog websites Creative Bloq Mizzou alumna uses web design expertise to give back to engineering, community University of Missouri College of Engineering Best web development tool of 2024 TechRadar 17 Free Web Design Tools, Fall 2023 Practical Ecommerce The 39 best free web fonts Creative Bloq Top 12 Web Design Agencies in the US for 2024 Influencer Marketing Hub How web design trends have evolved Creative Bloq 25 Best eCommerce Website Design Examples for 2024 Influencer Marketing Hub Regulator: “Harmful” Web Design Could Break Data Protection Laws Infosecurity Magazine 6 great tools for testing responsive design for websites Creative Bloq Top 12 B2B Website Design Agencies in 2024 Influencer Marketing Hub Website Design Trends: Transforming the User Experience MobileAppDaily |
RELATED ARTICLES
Make it Clear What Your Website is About Just about every list of the "Top 10 Web Design Mistakes" includes at least one reference to either1. Not clearly specifying the objectives of your website, or2. What to Avoid to Make Your Website Design Effective The effective design is this one, which is maximum simplified, conformable to your users because they are your main purpose. This one, simply and clearly announcing what is your website about. Browser Compatibility Internet Explorer, created by microsoft has been the most popular web browser for many years. But the gap is shrinking with the release of Mozilla Firefox, by an open source community. Website Background Colors and Graphics: What You Need to Know Before Designing Your Website Designing your website means you have to be creative, plan out exactly what you want visitors to see, and then turn these ideas into a design or relay them to a design firm so they can do the job for you. However, the problem with this is you might be coming up with a lot of ideas that are not going to work for you when it comes to the design on your web page. Got Web Traffic but Still Low Sales? Ten Ways to Selling Success - Part 2 Part one of this article is available at www.bookcoaching. Through The Looking Glass My mother used to take me along when she visited an old ladydown a cobbled lane who had a crystal ball on her dining roomtable and a pack of playing cards. My mother was superstitiousand really believed a lot of what she was told by the old lady. Website Conversion Secrets Revealed In my last article entitled, Maximizing The True Value Of Your Traffic (found at http://tinyurl.com/2cf84), you discovered the importance of generating positive responses from all your visitors. One-Product Sales Sites: Avoid These Top Blunders One product, one long web page: this kind of web site is sometimes called a sales letter site or mini-site, and it focuses on one and only one goal, as many sales of that oneproduct as possible. With a one-product sales site, no distractions, no subsidiary goals, such as newsletter signups, are allowed to interfere with that goal. Freelancers Bite Back! The Internet has seen an explosion in so called 'lance' sites. Their service are a sort of go between to bring together clients requiring projects with freelancer seeking work. My Top Ten List Of Extremely Annoying Web Page Design Elements! Easy navigation and usability are one of the most important aspects of creating a "user friendly" website. However, there are still a "plethora" of web-sites out there that are, to be politically correct, "functionally challenged. How to Make a Website (Minus the Headaches) There is nothing wrong with making your own website if you are looking to save some money. Be prepared however, for your finished product to resemble an after school project; cutesy, homemade touches and all. Is Your Web Site Turning Visitors Away? One of the biggest problems with Web sites is that the very first pageon the site is turning people away.Why? Because most Web site owners talk about themselves instead oftalking about their Web site visitor. Why Web Pages Appear in the Wrong Location after Uploading to my Website? If your are a new web designer, you may face a common problem after uploading your web page to your web server. The problem is that the web page appear in the wrong location on your website, and will not be accessible when you type its address in the browser address box. Nine Effective Tips For Improving Your Website's Usability Web usability is perhaps the most important factor in any web design. This is the driving factor that keeps your visitors coming back to your website. Questions to Ask When Designing a Website for Clients Questions to ask when designing a Web Site for your client (s)."Excerpt from the book: Graphic Artists Guild, Handbook Pricing & Ethical guidelines Written by: Brent ParkerThese questions are a great tool to use when trying to develop your clients website. Your Free Guide To Obtain A Cheap Web Design Quote Website design is a very competitive area and there is no longer any reason why people should pay large amounts for web design services.This article describes and explains where to find very very cheap web design services. 6 Tips To Improve Your Business Website There are six important characteristics that can play a major role on the impact your website has on prospects. Outlined below is the importance of each characteristic and tips on how to maximize your potential. How to use Emotional Content to Increase Visitor Response Did you know that many folks make "buying decisions" when they are moved emotionally? Other traditional medias have made the most of these principles and taken advantage of them for many years, whether it be a TV commercial or an ad in a magazine. People are emotional beings and people make decisions (either good or bad) when they are emotional. Testimonials Can Increase Your Web Traffic We've all seen and read product testimonials. They're a very valuable tool for merchant salesand can often tip the scales in determining a customer's decision to buy. Breathe New Life Into Your Half-dead Website By Using Words That Sell This article may come as a surprise to you.Especially since it is written by a web designer. |
home | site map |
© 2006 |