Article: 20 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Web Design
mike smith from webdesignledger.com posted this useful list for web designers.
When you are creating a website (or hiring a web/blog designer to create one for you), there are specific items you need to be aware of. Things that normally wouldn’t cross your mind. For the average person who wants a website or blog for their business, they are after one very important thing – sales. Now, they may tell you that they want the big flashy logos, or the overdone textures/gradients, but it is the job of a well skilled web designer to steer their clients in the right direction. webdesignledger.com
DOs
- DO: Keep your page structured
- DO: Focus on what’s important
- DO: Choose the right color scheme
- DO: Make it easy to scan your pages
- DO: Keep it simple stupid
- DO: Focus on killer copywriting
- DO: Set your navigation up properly
- DO: Optimize your load times
- DO: Choose the right fonts and sizes
- DO: Make your page visually appealing
Don'ts
- DONT: Just place boxes everywhere
- DONT: Place irrelevant ads across your page
- DONT: Overdo it with 20 different colors
- DONT: Write one paragraph per page that is 1,000+ words long
- DONT: Go on and on (and on) about nothing
- DONT: Stuff your pages full of keywords
- DONT: Make your readers search to find something
- DONT: Make everything on your page an image
- DONT: Have 5 different fonts in 10 different sizes
- DONT: Throw a bunch of crap together and think you’ll do well
it is an useful, truthful list and many many designers love to do that don'ts :D
i hope this article can help you. you can read the explanation of list items and inspect the examples here.
