Tags: Design | Tips and Trick | Web
- Make sure each page in your website has something valuable to offer.
- Don't distract your visitors with blinking or scrolling text, animated GIFs, or auto-loading sound.
- Don't ask for "permission" to link to a site.
- Don't ask to exchange links with other sites.
- Put some thought into organization.
- Don't underline words if they're not links.
- Make links blue or underlined, or both.
- Don't let flashy multimedia ruin your site.
- No line of text should be more than about 600 pixels wide.
- Don't make your page too wide.
- Use contrasting colors or simple backgrounds to make your text easy to read.
- Make the text large enough to read.
- Increase the line spacing (leading) to improve readability.
- Don't type more than a few words in ALL CAPS.
- Never use more than one exclamation point!
- Use a spelling checker.
- Explain what you're linking to.
- Don't open internal links in a new window.
- Use descriptive link text.
- Put your contact info, or a link to it, on the top and/or bottom of every page.
- Test your links.
- Remove dead external links periodically.
- Include a "Last Modified" date on the top or bottom of your pages.
- Don't steal content.
- Don't hotlink to other sites' images or MP3's.
- Don't annoy your visitors with pop-up windows.
- Don't use image backgrounds.
- Explain what you're linking to.
- Don't open internal links in a new window.
- Use descriptive link text.
- Put your contact info, or a link to it, on the top and/or bottom of every page.
- Test your links.
- Remove dead external links periodically.
- Include a "Last Modified" date on the top or bottom of your pages.
- Don't steal content.
- Don't hotlink to other sites' images or MP3's.
- Don't ask for "permission" to link to a site.
- Don't ask to exchange links with other sites.
- Minimize clicking!
- Limit page length to 2 screenfuls, or 6-7 screenfuls for articles.
- Include a way to get back to the home page, on every page.
- Include a menu on every page.
- Don't use frames.
- Compress your image files.
- Don't let flashy multimedia ruin your site.
- No line of text should be more than about 600 pixels wide.
- Don't make your page too wide.
- Use contrasting colors or simple backgrounds to make your text easy to read.
- Make the text large enough to read.
- Increase the line spacing (leading) to improve readability.
- Don't type more than a few words in ALL CAPS.
- Never use more than one exclamation point!
- Use a spelling checker.
- Don't underline words if they're not links.
- Make links blue or underlined, or both.
- Explain what you're linking to.
- Don't open internal links in a new window.
- Use descriptive link text.
- Put your contact info, or a link to it, on the top and/or bottom of every page.
- Test your links.
- Remove dead external links periodically.
- Include a "Last Modified" date on the top or bottom of your pages.
- Don't steal content.
- Don't hotlink to other sites' images or MP3's.
- Don't ask for "permission" to link to a site.
- Don't ask to exchange links with other sites.



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