Hints and tips
Spelling and use of fonts
One of the things that really annoy people is a web page with spelling misteaks.
Use a spelling program, or ask friends to look through all the text on your site, and doubblecheck to be absolutely sure that all the text have the right grammar and spelling.
See what we mean?
Use fonts that are common for all computers. Arial, Times New Roman and Verdana are standard fonts, and will display the same way on all monitors.
If you use "exotic" fonts some PC's will be unable to display the fonts correctly, and the result can be unpredictable.
Web pages with many different fonts in different sizes will be unattractive and hard to read, so try to use the same basic font type and font size on all your pages. The text you are reading now is "Arial", and the font size is 14px.
Colored text and backgrounds
Black letters on white or offwhite background are always easy to read, but some sites prefer to challenge the viewers:
| Don't antagonize your readers with color combinations | like these. They will just leave your site! |
"Live" images
Images like the examples you see here are the true hallmark of amateur webmasters and second-class websites, so please don't use them.
At all.
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Many more "Don't do this" examples can be found on a website called "Webpagesthatsuck".