Do’s and Don’ts of Web Design By: Andrew Mingo. Do: Use font that is easy to read on your background Don’t: Use really wild coloured fonts that are hard.
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Do’s and Don’ts of Web DesignBy: Andrew Mingo
Do:Use font that is easy to read on your background
Don’t:Use really wild coloured fonts that are hard to read. Also us a legible font.
There is text in the middle
Do:Have relevant pictures that actually fit with the theme of your website
Don’t:Have random
pictures that mean nothing about your topic
Do:Have a relevant title to the topic of your website
Don’t:Have a title that has nothing to do with your website.
Do:Have a
useable website. Make sure all of your links and pages work.
Don’t:Have website
that is hard to navigate. Have working links, have a search engine.
Do:Have some
glitz (bright colourful things).
Don’t:Have to
much glitz. To much colour can make a website hard to look at.
Do:
Have an easy to navigate home page. Make sure everything fits on the page, you shouldn’t have to scroll.
Don’t:
Have to much on your home page. The more you have the harder it is to navigate.
Search engine at top
Do: Have a font
that can be read my all kinds of people.
Don’t:Have a font
that is hard to read. Especially the cursive fonts.
Do:Keep all of
your text boxes and pictures lined up.
Don’t:
Just place boxes everywhere. You should really think of were your placing something before you place it.
Do:If your site
has adds, make sure they go with your website.
Don’t:Have adds
that have no relevance to your theme and never have pop-up adds.
Do:Have a
description of what your website is about.
Don’t:
Have paragraphs about your website. Try to keep all of your website’s information on in one paragraph.
Do:Update
your website often.
Don’t:Have out of
date information.
Do:
Have colour but keep it simple. Many web sites use the 60/40/10 rule, which is 60% of a base colour 40% of a secondary colour and 10% of a complimentary colour. This makes for a very clean website.
Don’t:
Have an overly large amount of colour.
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