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50 Most Common Web Design Mistakes in 2009

Page Titles

1. Untitled Document: Untitled Document is the default title for pages produced in Dreamweaver and other web design programs. Many of them forget to change it.

2. The same title for all pages: the title is very vital. Helping the world to know which of your pages they want to see.

3. Non-descriptive titles: The page title is the title of your link in the search results. Not to mention an important factor in determining these results. Instead of "Page of Tom" try something like " Cartoons by Tom "or" World of Cartoons ".

Meta Tags

4. Duplicate meta-information on all Pages: keywords and description meta tags in the header of your web page to help all the search engines to rank your page. If you duplicate the tags to through every page of your Web site, they look to users. Customize the keywords and descriptions for each page or do not use them at all.

Site Structure

5. No index.html in the root directory: By default, the file index.html or index.htm, index.php, default.htm, etc. appears when you visit http://www.yourdomain.com. If you do not have IT, users get an error message.

6. Disorganized the file structure: How do you organize your site files will not affect this site, such as looks, but lack of organization can make your life a living hell when you try to update or edit this page. Use the directories (folders) to help organize your pages and images.

7. Transfer non-web files: Download files Photoshop unwittingly some people can eat up your Disk Space quickly. Store your resource files such as Photoshop images, Word files, etc in a separate folder outside of your local web folder.

Pages

8. In pages of construction: If a page is not ready to post then do not post it. Keep in mind "Under Construction" is supposed to be file a temporary condition and after a month or, if it begins to seem permanent.

9. Frames: There are good reasons why you may want use frames, but there are no good reasons to use effectively.

10. Horizontal scrolling: The lowest common denominator amount Monitor current width of 800 pixels. People need to leave space for the scrollbars and page margins, etc. So 760 pixels wide is a good standard for your web pages. Wider May satisfactorily according to your target audience.

11. Worthless content: If you have nothing to say, if you then please do not say.

12. Out-of Content Date: If your content is inappropriate, delete it and download again if you are going to incorporate a notice of copyright, updated annually.

13. Too long pages: divergent to popular belief, there is nothing wrong with long web pages if the content deserves. But if this can be done efficiently, it is usually a good idea to have several pages shorter than the pages in length. If you have any navigation pages can not offer further to make it easy for readers to move in pages.

14. Unnecessarily short pages: In an attempt to make the content fit the design, most designers use regularly a series of pages where we run a long would be more friendly.

15. Orphan pages: Pages you fail to remember to provide links which exist not as far as the rest of the world is concerned.

16. Alien pages: Pages that do not fully meet the look and feel of the rest of your users leave the website feel like they were suddenly transported to a site very, very far.

Navigation

17. Pages without navigation: If you do not suggest an option, visitors are more likely to close your page to hit the browser's back button.

18. Broken links: Take care of it.

19. Hidden links: Make links easy to recognize by using a contrasting color, the stress, and using button images or changing the rotation condition.

20. False Links: To highlight text and images Scream reverse link. Use them carefully.

21. Menus that move: Launch navigation zones reliable and glue with them.

22. Navigation Unpredictable: Once the user learns to use the navigation of your site, do not alter it.

Headlines

23. Restyling text instead of using tags Title: is not the same as the text of an important paragraph.

24. Using title tags for the design: the topics are structural elements and should be used to define the reason or the edge of the text they surround. Do not use them because you want bold text in general.

Body Text

25. Using images for text: text in images can be read by search engines.

26. Justified Type: It's hard enough to make a justified text look respectable on a static printed page. On a dynamic web page, it is almost impossible.

27. Use

instead

: It will formatting difficult.

28. Use
to control the line breaks in paragraphs following: Let the browser decide where your lines break within paragraphs. If you force the issue that you may get strange results that not all browsers like exactly the same size.

29. Typos and grammatical errors: Use your spell checker and departure 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look unintelligent.

30. Type too small: Indeed, the 9-point type on a printed page is not content to most people. On screen is unreadable to anyone over 30. Except for the small print that you try to deface the points 12 or even 14 should be your minimum.

31. Too little contrast between text and background: It is really difficult to read for anyone.

32. Use spaces indivisible to align type: tabular data to always use arrays. To give kind of position as a style element of design used CSS.

33. Ransom Note Style: Using too many fonts, styles, weights, sizes and colors are purely too.

Images

34. Images without alt attribute: search engines, screen readers and the text box that just occasionally appears when your mouse is on an image to use as the alt attribute. You should also use the same.

35. Jigsaw Puzzle Graphics: Do not play more pictures as necessary. Each bracket requires an additional call on the server.

36. Resize images in the browser to resize your images your image editing program before placing them on your pages. Images that are burst in the browser to lose the superiority and the images are reduced in the browser to stimulate the loading time of a page.

37. Bad image format: JPEG are best for photographs and images in tones constant. GIFs are best for images containing large areas of flat color. Also, see-through GIF images are subject to ghosting if used wrong.

38. The use of transparent PNG without fixing Explorer: PNGs offer true clarity, but it does not work properly in Explorer 6 without setting JavaScript.

Animation

39. Unreasonable Flash: No matter how incredible your Flash startpage is no really want to watch it several times. If you need 'Flash' yourself, at least give a "Skip animation" or "Skip intro links '.

40. Non-stop entertainment: Let your moving cycle animation around a few times, then stop it before it gets too embarrassing.

41. Too many events: More than one animation on a webpage is just irritating.

42. Using the tag: Fortunately, most browsers ignore it.

Philosophy

43. Sheet of paper pages: Your screen is not so large that things are not necessarily where you put them and when you reach the bottom, you can scroll. Enjoy the potential of these design attributes and others offer.

44. Puzzling content and design: HTML tags, such as P, H1, H2, etc. are structural elements, they watch your appearance page. Organize your content in HTML format and generate design your pages with CSS.

Miscellaneous

45. No Information Contact: The purpose of a website is communication. Make sure people can contact you if they are interested in your work, product or service.

46. The dependence on the links e-mail: E-mail links only work if the user has a program of e-mail available and properly configured. And you can just link your email address. Use it.

47. Failure to act in response to contacts: It is good to ignore spam, but when a visitor comes back to him time to contact you, a quick response is simply good manners.

48. Auto-play sounds: the sounds are particularly unexpected frustrating in an office or classroom.

49. Opening too many windows: user confusion with too many new pages on the screen every time they click on a link just is not good.

50. Failure to check inconsistencies in the browser: Your website should work Mac and Windows, in Explorer, Firefox and Safari. If this does not work, then you will drive visitors away.

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