Web designing has improved through the years since the internet came to existence. We can notice the changes of how a website designed and created a decade ago would differ from the one designed and created today. Before, most web designs are built in pure HTML and looked simple and plain. But during these days, website design is more attractive and catchy. It has clearly gone up at a much higher level. But sadly, sometimes, web designers tend to overdo the designing. Sometimes there’s too much animations are included causing a certain web site to load at a slower rate. So here are 5 things that a web designer should avoid when it comes to designing their website.
1. Don’t obsess over flash
Every web designer would like to show off how much they know about Flash. They would like to brag about it to everyone with their designs and projects. But as mentioned above, the use of too much Flash animation in a web site is not good. Why? Because again, it will surely slow down the loading of a web site and that is not what the visitors would want to experience upon visiting your web site.
2. Don’t play with ads
Don’t hide the ads. Leave space for them. It’s not really cool to have slide out ads and pop up ads. It is a waste of time to add them. Most visitors don’t appreciate these types of ads. They won’t even bother taking a look at the ad and just close it right away or in most cases, they already have a pop-up ad blocker so your effort for creating those kinds of ads is just not worth it. Just keep the appearance of ads simple by putting up a banner for it.
3. Don’t clutter around
A good web designer can also be judged on how good he is by how organized his web site is. Remember that visitors would always want a web site that is easy to navigate through. They don’t want to look at their monitor screens with their foreheads wrinkled and wondering where they could find what they are looking for.
4. Don’t abuse glassy, reflective effects
Apple made these effects popular. But if it’s too popular and widely used by web designers then people will tend to get sick with it and you might even get negative comments about it. If you really want to use that kind of effect on your design, use it creatively and don’t scatter it all over your web site.
5. Don’t name your Web 2.0 company in a weird manner
Be smart instead of using names that either lack a vowel or have excessive use of vowels. Web designers don’t have to go with this trend and stick to using names that are as smart as their web designs.
Hi.
Totally agree with you on the pop up adds. Will most probably gone away from the website with the pop up adds.
Thanks for the tips. Planning on my new web now.
See you around.
I would also add to this list, be very aware of (your) keywords!
I fully agree with you, do not use much flash, content and style are most important factors influence the website.
Very useful tips, thanks for sharing. I agree that designers don’t always need to apply the latest trends to their design. It really pays to be original.