| As a web designer, you should design your | | | | |
| websites to give your visitors the greatest | | | | Hence, I have highlighted some features of |
| ease of use, the best impression and most | | | | the worst web designs I've come across. |
| important of all a welcoming experience. | | | | Hopefully, you will be able to compare that |
| | | | against your own site as a checklist and if |
| It doesn't matter if you had the greatest | | | | anything on your site fits the criteria, you |
| product in the whole world -- if your website | | | | should know it's high time to take serious |
| is poorly done you won't be able to sell even | | | | action! |
| one copy of it because visitors will be | | | | |
| driven off your website by the lousy design. | | | | 1) Background music |
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| When I'm talking about a "good design", I'm | | | | Unless you are running a site which promotes |
| not only talking about a good graphical | | | | a band, a CD or anything related to music, I |
| design. | | | | would really advise you to stay away from |
| | | | putting looping background music onto your |
| A professional web design will be able to | | | | site. |
| point out that there are many components | | | | |
| which contribute to a good website design -- | | | | It might sound pleasant to you at first, but |
| accessibility design, interface or layout | | | | imagine if you ran a big site with hundreds |
| design, user experience design and of course | | | | of pages and everytime a visitor browses to |
| the most straightforward, which is graphic | | | | another page on your site, the background |
| design. | | | | music starts playing again. |