WEBSITE STYLE CONSIDERATIONS
Violating These Style Rules Is Asking for Trouble. Don't Make These Style and
Website Mistakes.
There are a few website style considerations you absolutely must take into account
when developing your website. This list is from the Webpages That Suck 2.0 website. Take heed.
They have done a good job collecting examples of all these mistakes in action.
Here are the biggest mistakes in web design 1995 to 2015 (evidently they've come
back from the future). Don't make these mistakes. They are explained in more detail on their
website. The help you need to avoid making them is found in the links that follow each mistake.
Website Style Considerations: The Mistakes List
Mistake 1: Believing
people care about you and your website (Business Philosophy)
Mistake 2: Designing
your website so people can't figure out what it is about in four seconds (or less) (Components of a Business
Website)
Mistake 3: Contrast
failure (Best Blogging Site, see Template Selection
section)
Mistake 4: Using
design elements that get in the way of your visitors (Content Development Plan, see Layout
section)
Mistake 5: Thinking
your website is your marketing strategy (Marketing Your
Website)
Mistake 6: Using a
totally obnoxious design strategy (Content Development Plan)
Mistake 7:
Navigational failure (Content Development Plan)
Mistake 8: Using
mystery meat navigation (Content Development Plan)
Mistake 9: Lacking
"heroin content" (How to Write Your Content)
Mistake 10:
Forgetting the purpose of text
Mistake 11: Too much
material on one page (How to Write Your Content)
Mistake 12:
Confusing web design with a magic trick
Mistake 13: Misusing
Flash
Mistake 14:
Misunderstanding the use of graphics
Mistake 15: Mystical
belief in the power of web standards, usability, & tableless
CSS
Mistake 16:
Javascript
Head over to Webpages That Suck 2.0 to see these mistakes in action. Then get ready for your
own Website
Launch.
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