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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Right on! Here are a few more from my Top Ten Mistakes list: Inconsistent Navigation: Don't you love a site that has little or no navigation, or navigation that changes on every page you visit? No Company Profile: I want an About Us page! Who are you? How long have you been doing whatever your site is about? Where are you located? Is this all you do, or part of a larger purpose? What associations do you belong to? What's your mission? Don't Answer Inquiries: Some surveys say nearly half of the Fortune 500 fail to answer half or more of the contact us/email inquiries they get. If they're not going to bother, don't waste my time by inviting me to inquire in the first place. Broken links: Run an automated linkbot. Yes, you can't help it if you link to a page that changes...but you still look bad for providing a bad link. Automated bots can alert you to bad links so they may be repaired or eliminated in a timely fashion. MTV Graphics: Please, don't make my eyes bleed. Good, basic text in a simple graphic environment (read: substance) beats "style" every time. Just look at this Forum. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=56915 Good list in the first post above. Regards, Keith
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Agree with most Except possibly this one ~
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![]() ![]() | No offense, but that article isn't very good at all. The better your site looks, the more people will visit/look around. NON-HTML features are the best way to do this. Not everyone has the same opinion, so you can't really speak like that. Also: Typing every word with a capital letter is annoying also, hence the topic name.
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=56915 Many dialup users skip right by sites that are too heavy with eye candy, because they are not willing to sit there waiting for the page to load. Each one of those users is a lost potential customer.
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| NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Europe
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![]() | >>>>5. Huge splash page Another pet peeve of mine. As mentioned earlier, you have less than ten seconds to get your message across. Now guess how many visitors are going to wait longer than that just to watch a fancy animation? 'Nuff said.<<<< This should be number 1. My pet hate are those flash intro's that take 2 minutes to load. |
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![]() | Another pet peve of mine is sites that are all hype. When I visit a webiste, I don't care what your plans for next month or next year are... I want to know what you can do for me today. If you want to tell people what your future plans are, fine, but put it on a seperate page. Having a homepage full of hot air, and 'coming soon' hype is one sure way to make people hit the 'Back' button. |
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=56915 now I have put a nice image there. ONE THING THAT REALLY GETS MY GOAT IS STUPID MOUSEOVER IMAGES :::::: you don't know what the image is till you mouse over it. I read on a website somwhere where they called it "mystery meat". The worst place to put those kind of images is in a menu bar!!! You don't know where you can go till you mouse over the images! | ||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Totally agree.
I have cable also but the second I see "Loading" I start looking for the "skip intro". ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=56915 When I go to a site I'm looking for something specfic, (item, service, information) and want to get to the Nav as soon as possible. Attractive Home Pages are cool only to the extent they dont distract from why I'm there, to find what I'm looking for. Designers have to remember also, there are still lots of P2 and smaller P3's that will freeze at graphic overload. It doesnt take much to lock a 32mb or smaller video card, which most of the world still uses. Trick out if you must, but keep the HP for navigation and text info with links to your "Heavy" pages. Peace, kp
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![]() | Simple but true....Good job. I hate when people ahve pop-ups on there site..Well I did untill I got Firfox and it had a pop-up blocker haha.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | hmmm. are these original articles?? TRY google this phrase: "7 Web Site Design Mistakes That Will Lose You Clients" you get about 328,000 google results! ![]() or you can check this: http://ezinearticles.com/?7-Web-Site...lients&id=3053
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![]() | It's all about opionon here really....
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![]() ![]() | I agree that all of those things will make your site loose visitors, but honestly I think the biggest thing is the lack of fresh content. It's like a business, and repeat business is vital to survival. If someone comes to your site one day and sifts through all your content and then comes back a week later and there is no new stuff, you can just say goodbye to them. When you keep your site freshly updated people are more likely to keep coming back, as well as spread the word about your site. |
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![]() | Some good things to keep in mind. As far as the non-HTML stuff, I think you also have to consider your audience. If you have a site that targets more tech-savvy people (like a development site) then I think you have a little more room for fancier stuff. |
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![]() | Nice article, thank you vimkar and WebForging
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![]() | In a subliminal way, author did suggest that html is the BEST way to go but I would have to disagree. Different company, different product, different services would all lead to a differently designed site. If someone is a graphic artist and designer offering his services I would expect to see him at his best using his graphic and design skills. Image is everything in my opinion. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=56915 All the web technologies out there to make a site interactive can be used in a professional way, it's just that some people over do it. Also let's not forget that the type of design you have will depend on your audience you're trying to attract. Corporate professionals would look for something different than a Bored teen browser. I don't know about java and javascript but I know flash and css would be the Best type of design to go with. Both of them can cater for every category of visitors. Think about it. Flash, however, only has one leverage over designing a CSS site and that would be the interactivity. So we come back to, it's all about what audience you want. That's 2cents.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Hmm...nice post.....i agree with the seven rules but i may add...using actionscript for the pages is also a best way to make ur site more easily browseable...the main thing in that is it shud b easy loading... Perfectly designed flash loads even faster then the normal html page!
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