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Tips for Business Websites
Web Design, as design in general, is subject to changes and trend influences. Words like “fresh, modern, innovative” seem to conquer the world of design while artists strive to discover new directions. Websites are different: objectives, resources and ...
Web Site Design Basics
Black text on white background works well on Web sites. On some screens the black and white contrast is far too strong and tires the eyes so then the background should be off-white. If your text is white, for example, make your background image dark. Text ...
What makes a good website?
I frequent a number of web design and search engine optimization discussion forums. Almost all of them have a topic where people can submit their website for review and critiquing. The topic attracts many people that are new to web design, and just want ...
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VRML and other dazzling special effects, the basic reason why people
surf the web is to read. Yes, the pictures are great, and yes the
animations are wonderful, but what people really care about is what
you've got to say.
That being said, it's so very important that you don't destroy your
message by presenting your text in ways that discourage people from
reading.
One of the most classic mistakes is to make your text very small. After
all, you've got a lot to say and you want it to fit on one screen,
right? So why not make it as small as you can?
There are times when you want to make the text small. A link at the
bottom of your page to your privacy notice is a good example. If someone
wants to see this they will find it. Otherwise, it's just something that
you have to put there.
Another mistake is to TYPE IN ALL UPPER CASE. This, fortunately, is
generally restricted to the newest of the newbies. People soon learn
that all caps does not mean "give me your attention" on the web - it
means shout in your face. It's also a good way to get people to hit the
back key.
On the other hand, a very common problem is to make your text a similar
color to your background. If I run into a page with everything like this
I hit the back button fast.
Thank god most people understand that blinking characters are not cool
(and not supported by
Internet Explorer, which is a good thing).
Something which I see all of the time is sites which use non-standard
fonts. I know that the special font which you paid a hundred dollars for
is awesome, but believe me I'm not going to pay a hundred dollars just
to see your web site display correctly.
You can get away with this, if you include a button to download the font
and complete instructions for installing it. Be sure to include an
alternate, more common font in your font list though, for those people
who do not want to download the correct one.
You can use downloadable fonts, but be aware that browser support and
standards are spotty at best. Even if you do include downloadable fonts,
be sure and specify alternates in your tags just in case the
browser did not do the download.
To sum it up, what I do is simple. I write my document, then sit back
from the screen about 4 feet. If I can still read the text without
trouble, then I ask my wife to do the same thing. If we can both read
it, then the document is fine. Otherwise, something has to change.
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