List of Mistakes to Avoid in Webdesigning
One of the main purposes of website design, is to create an unique and captivating atmosphere that facilitates a visitor's prolonged stay on a given page. However, to achieve this goal,there are some actions which should be avoided.
1)Avoid asking too much information - Requiring information just in order to gain access to the site doesn't convince people to give it, instead, they leave and don't return.
2)Avoid crashing customers' browsers, because, pages that crash browsers or are simply too intensive for the customers' systems do not encourage repeat visits.
3)Avoid impossible navigation, as, navigation is one of the most crucial parts of a site (i.e helping visitors to find things they want easily ) because harder to find, faster, the loss of interest.A proper search function that allows visitors,to get, to the required content, in a few seconds is a must.
4)Avoid text with tiny fonts for, more the strain to read, faster, the loss of interest,for readability is an important element of web design.
5) Avoid text with too little or too much contrast with the background - or with horrid color combinations that hurt the eyes (including text that is smothered in a designer's unfettered fantasy-world).
6)Avoid sound, particularly, on business sites because, business people tend to get irritated with loud and sudden music
7)Avoid too much design emphasis (i.e. Elements that draw the eye), as it can be annoying.
8)Avoid too many images - Images slow down loading. Lots of images mean, loading can take minutes, instead of seconds.
9)Avoid temptation to put more ads than content, because this will surely drive away visitors.
10)Avoid broken or incorrect links.
11)Avoid downloadable content that are not easy to access.
12)Avoid invisible buttons,which are hard to find.
13)Avoid similarities between the actual advertisements, and the calls to action as this can lead to lot of confusion, and possible loss of interest.
14)Avoid too much emphasis on design, for this can lower site' s brand identity.
15)Avoid bulky code that can cause many errors or additional coding that isn't necessary which can cause website to load slowly. Further, search engines as a rule,tend to favor faster loading website, which, in turn results, in better SERP's.
16)Avoid misleading Links, as it is a waste of time, and very annoying to the site's users.
17)Avoid variation of do-it-yourself Web Design template type of site, because, while templates are easy and affordable,they may be doing more harm than good.One of the main disadvantage is that there can be thousands of other people with the same exact template,
which,is certainly not a good branding strategy,for, a web Design has to be unique and also fit into the culture and branding of the company.Hence it's important to have a custom Web Design that differentiates from competition.
1)Avoid asking too much information - Requiring information just in order to gain access to the site doesn't convince people to give it, instead, they leave and don't return.
2)Avoid crashing customers' browsers, because, pages that crash browsers or are simply too intensive for the customers' systems do not encourage repeat visits.
3)Avoid impossible navigation, as, navigation is one of the most crucial parts of a site (i.e helping visitors to find things they want easily ) because harder to find, faster, the loss of interest.A proper search function that allows visitors,to get, to the required content, in a few seconds is a must.
4)Avoid text with tiny fonts for, more the strain to read, faster, the loss of interest,for readability is an important element of web design.
5) Avoid text with too little or too much contrast with the background - or with horrid color combinations that hurt the eyes (including text that is smothered in a designer's unfettered fantasy-world).
6)Avoid sound, particularly, on business sites because, business people tend to get irritated with loud and sudden music
7)Avoid too much design emphasis (i.e. Elements that draw the eye), as it can be annoying.
8)Avoid too many images - Images slow down loading. Lots of images mean, loading can take minutes, instead of seconds.
9)Avoid temptation to put more ads than content, because this will surely drive away visitors.
10)Avoid broken or incorrect links.
11)Avoid downloadable content that are not easy to access.
12)Avoid invisible buttons,which are hard to find.
13)Avoid similarities between the actual advertisements, and the calls to action as this can lead to lot of confusion, and possible loss of interest.
14)Avoid too much emphasis on design, for this can lower site' s brand identity.
15)Avoid bulky code that can cause many errors or additional coding that isn't necessary which can cause website to load slowly. Further, search engines as a rule,tend to favor faster loading website, which, in turn results, in better SERP's.
16)Avoid misleading Links, as it is a waste of time, and very annoying to the site's users.
17)Avoid variation of do-it-yourself Web Design template type of site, because, while templates are easy and affordable,they may be doing more harm than good.One of the main disadvantage is that there can be thousands of other people with the same exact template,
which,is certainly not a good branding strategy,for, a web Design has to be unique and also fit into the culture and branding of the company.Hence it's important to have a custom Web Design that differentiates from competition.
