Mistakes that Can Flunk Your Web Design- Part I
You have your business, it is doing good and you finally have come to the point where having a web site becomes indispensable. Before you go nuts trying to cook a dish you are little familiar with, check the elements you must avoid when creating a web design.
1- PDF files as part of online reading
Imagine you´re visiting a very interesting and appealing web site, you´re surfing your way through pages of information and the bum! The flow gets broken with a PDF file. Even if you try, you will never be able to blend it into the rest of the web site.
The worst part? Content on PDF is simply a nightmare to navigate.
2- Links that don´t change colors
Visitors need to have a clear understanding of where they are at all times that includes where they have been. Links are the key on the navigation process. It is very important that people can see the pages they have already visit, or go back to one of the links they have already clicked on.
On achieving this, links changing colors is a must. Users have to be able to tell the difference between the links they have visited and the ones they have not.
3- Text that can´t be scanned
Because online users don´t read, but scan instead, make evident what your content is all about. This requires online-writing expertise. Here are the tricks:
• subheads
• bullet points
• highlighted keywords
• short paragraphs
• a simple writing style
4- Advertising like
Sure all content on web site´s content is finally intended to sell something, but users will pull away from a site as soon as they feel like they´re being forced to but something. Give your readers a great content that will lead to a purchase, without them even knowing it.
We will continue analyzing the no, no on web design in the second part of this article, don´t forget unless you have the expertise to do it, it is always better to hire a web design business to do a top job for you.