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Director of Sales and Web Design at EnterNet Now! He spends most of his free time using social media and loves to teach others about design, web development, CSS, SEO, and social media. He is addicted to Wordpress, and social media. You can reach him through his Company Website, EnterNet Now!, or his personal website, Evolutionary Designs Blog.
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It doesnt matter how well you write, that you have the best products and services if you have a poorly designed site. As a designer, I often see site owners with very little
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to no design knowledge building sites. Some of these sites turn out great, but many are flawed or have design no nos. Sadly no one tells them they made design mistakes or they do not believe/care what others say and do not know that are killing their return traffic to their site. As a fairly new Designer myself, I have made design no nos over the years, but once I learned the rules, I learned from these mistakes. Most of the mistakes I made were minor ones. I was lucky enough to have taken intro to web design back in college. Below is a list of Design no nos that everyone can avoid. You do not have to be a designer or know much about design trends to avoid these mistakes. If you have made any of these mistakes on your site, spend some time and fix them. Your readers will thank you for it.
1- Bad Color Choices

When designing or customizing a theme, use colors that complement each other. One thing to remember is to use enough contrast in your complimentary colors that then you can easily read the text. If you use a dark colored background with a dark text or a light background with a light text color will make it very difficult to read. Find the right colors for site can be hard, so use a color palette generator to generate your color scheme. Once the generator creates all the complimentary colors, choose just a few of those on your design. Use between three and five colors. Remember not to overdo it! 3 sites to help generate color pallets for your sites ColorSchemeDesigner.com ColorJack.com ColorSchemer.com
2- Noisy Backgrounds
Loud backgrounds with lots of patterns and colors can be distracting. To make thiingworse, some might put a busy background image and put body / content text directly over it. This can be very hard to read. As you can see from the image below you can not see all of the writing, and what you can see of is hard to read. One of the new trends in web design is to have a loud back ground. To help prevent against background distractions, designers will use flashy backgrounds but they create a solid color for the text and banner areas. This way, designers can showcase their design skills in the background and their readers can still read the site content without issues.
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3- Too Many Ads

When designing a website, never make advertisements more important than your content. There should always be more content than advertisement. Take a look at the top ranking and most popular sites in your niche, in most cases these sites will placed their ads in a way that does not hurt the content and annoy their readers. They almost never clutter up the pages with ads their readers will never click on. They are selective with what they choose, they rotate their ads if they have more ads then then what they can display, they will rotate the ads. Readers do not like seeing ads, if they see a site loaded with ads, they tend to leave as fast they can. Having too many ads on your site can also slow the load the times.
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4- Unwanted Pop Ups

There is a time and a place for popups, but there is never a time when popups dominate and randomly popup as you browse a website. If you are going to use ad popups, why not use it in a good way? Use the popup to ask a new reader to subscribe to the newsletter, and let them know if they get anything for subscribing. But make sure you set it to popup once a week and never ask them on every new page they open. Designers can code in timers that will look for a cookie on the readers computer and tell the code to pop the ad up only if there is not a cookie.The designers can then configure this to pop once a week or just once. Me, personally I hate popups, but the newer ones that only pop once, they arent so bad and I can deal with those. Its interesting topic, and there is a good article to read, Kikolani.com opened The Case For and Against Popup Opt-In Forms. Below is an example of a popup subscription offer from Famous Bloggers. Hesham uses a great little plugin called PopUp Domination to create and control the popup.
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5- Using Font the Wrong Way

Do not use crazy fonts in the body of the text. If you plan to add a fancy script to your tittles and sub titles you may want to think about that carefully and understand what could happen to your readers who cant read those scripts. To avoid any issues that could come up, use standard fonts such as Arial, helvetic, Verdana, Goergia, or Times New Roman. These founts are found on most computers. Not all computers have every font that can be found on the net. When a reader comes across this issue the page loads funny and may load errors as well. They will consider this a design flaw (and it is) land leave your site for something that is easier to read. Another issue that needs to be pointed out is, some of the fancy scripts are hard to read, most of them are considered eye candy and should only be used in graphic design, and not body text or titles on a website.
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6- Using Text Without Images

Just having text can be boring. Readers need to have a something break up the text. Having just one image related to your text can help readers stay just a little longer and continue to read your content. For me, finding the right picture for the topic can be hard. Based on advice I have been given in the past is to find images that go with your topic. It doesnt have to be literal it can be symbolic, or whatever you feel like. Try and keep it simple and somewhat related to your topic. Just Using Text is Boring
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7- No Content Formatting
A lot of times I come across sites that has large blocks of text and almost no formatting to the content. This is bad design, to avoid this, break the text up into paragraphs, use titles when you changing subjects, bullet points for quick reading and for key points. Implementing this type of content formatting is easy on the eyes, makes it easy for readers to skim the articles and its good for SEO.
8- Extra Small Fonts

When designing a site, do not use text under 12pt, anything less than that is to hard read. Readers should not have to adjust their font size or add the web page setting to see everything better.
9- To Many Images and videos

Adding images and video can help add visual appeal to all the text, but do not add to many images. If you add to many images and videos can slow the load time on your site, if you need to add a lot of images, try storing your images on site such as Flickr and use thumbnails that link to full-size images.
10- Heavy Flash Usage

Flash can add to a site, but if your whole site is nothing but flash, that isnt a good thing. Flash is a resource hog. It slows to load and its not SEO friendly. Never use flash to create an intro.The only sites that can get away intro with flash are movie sites. So if you are not building a site around a movie, then there is no reason for it. Most people just skip it and go strait the content.
11- Music or video that loads automatically / no controls

Another major no no is, you should NEVER have music or video automatically play and have no controls to turn it on or off. This is bad design; most readers hate it as much as I do. If readers cant turn off the music or stop the video from playing, readers will get annoyed and leave the site.
12- Poorly Designed Navigation

Poorly designed navigation is a site killer. If a reader cant navigate your site or its too hard to figure out, readers are not going to stick around. Good site navigation should be at the top of each page, and should be organized so that it all parts of the site are defined.
13- Link Color Does Not Change

When styling links, make sure the colors change, once that link has been visited. Readers need to know what text are links and if they already visited that link. If links are designed in a way that looks just like regular text or there is not a visible change to the link, this can cause confusion. Make it easy for your readers change it up, even its just a slight color change, your users will be able to tell whats a link and if they visited it.
14- Lack of Contact Information

One of the most annoying things you can do, is not have a contact page or even adding this information somewhere easy for your readers to find. If you are selling products and services, its even more important to have a way for your customers get in contact with you. You could easily loose a sale because they couldnt reach you or thought your site might be a scam site because they cannot get in contact with you. What else can we add to the list?
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bryan
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(14 comments) August 18, 2010 at 7:01 am
Hey Element, You got a good list there. Very comprehensive. I think I like to add another point to the list there if you dont mind. What about clutter and orientation of things on your website. You mentioned something about navigation and the about menu to help visitors navigate around and find info. I think the way your info is displayed is also important. Not too messy or cluttered. Ease of use when you are surfing around your website. bryans last blog ..Affiliate Commissions Happy With Them OR Desperate For A Boost?
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(1 comments) August 17, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I guess I have to put more effort on including pics. For me, though, I prefer sites that are functional. I also tend to leave out sites that automatically plays music, especially if its noisy. C5s last blog .. Getting Love From BloggerLuv!
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Pop-ups are my concern as well because obviously, it keeps irritating me. Sometimes I need to fill in just because thats the only way to let it disappear. And I think the reason why opt-in rate increase is that people want it to disappear, not irritating them anymore. Any thoughts? Mikes last blog ..Top 3 tips how to get your blog indexed fast by Google
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Mike, you make a great point, that people may sign up, just to get the stupid things to go away. Website owners need to add this to list, to think about when adding a popup campaign to their site. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Patrick from Reverse Phone Lookup (9 comments) August 17, 2010 at 4:10 am
At the beginning its all about trial and error.To get that perfect site you need to go through a lot of experiments to find out what exactly suits your users.Yes but you have laid some basic points like avoiding too many ads,videos,pictures,too many pop ups etc.These may turn off your readers. Patrick@Reverse Phone Lookups last blog ..Reverse Cell Phone Lookup A Phone Number Now
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Patrick, you are right its about trial and error. If you build a site that you like to much but dont care what your readers think or listen to web designers, readers and anyone willing to help, then your site will fail. element321s last blog ..New Logo Banners Designs for Evolutionary Designs
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Thanks everyone for replying. I will reply back and answer any questions I can as soon as I can. I just got back from a trip out of state where I did not have have access to the internet or cell coverage. Thanks again guys element3s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
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Great suggestions! Ive seen a lot of mistakes on new (and even established) sites that youve covered with this post. Thanks for showing us how its done! Laura Davis@Checking Accountss last blog ..What You Didnt Know About Wall Street Reform
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Dennis Edell from Direct Sales Marketing (235 comments) August 16, 2010 at 11:34 am
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*sigh* those friggin images; always forgotten! Good thing Im starting over. Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketings last blog ..Welcome To The All New DennisEdellcom!
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Dennis, Thanks for stopping by and commenting. If you have any questions, let me know cant to see what your new design is going to look like. element321s last blog ..Stress
Dennis Edell from Direct Sales Marketing (235 comments) August 18, 2010 at 10:29 am
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DE.com isnt getting a new design, I just need to finish filling in; I got way sidetracked on that. When I said, starting over I meant content, hopefully remembering images this time. Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketings last blog ..Update 1 What DEDC is About
Luqman from Domain name registration (15 comments) August 16, 2010 at 11:20 am
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There is lots of self webdesign website on the web today, that I wonder how they manage to design such beautiful and friendly site. But I come to know that, there are lots of this type of post and tutorials online that can help one to design a nice website. This post is very useful and it correct some of the mistake self webdesigner and some professionals make at times.
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Thanks Lugmans, So true. Just the other day, I took a look at professionally designed website with several design flaws. I wonder if they were put there because the website owner wanted them to put a design feature that was a no no or if they simply didnt know better. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Kharim from WebMaster-Success.com (7 comments) August 16, 2010 at 11:16 am
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This is a really great post. Really excellent points brought out here. These are things that turns away visitors and readers from our blog and if we dont correct these mistakes then not just our blog needs serious help but also the creator of the blog Kharim @ WebMaster-Success.coms last blog ..How To Make Money With Twitter & Facebook
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Thanks Kharim, You make a great point about the creator. I have seen several sites that refuse to change their design flaws. And yet they wonder why their site is ghost town. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Kharim from WebMaster-Success.com (7 comments) August 18, 2010 at 8:49 am
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Thats true element lol Kharim @ WebMaster-Success.coms last blog ..WebMaster-Success.com Moved To HostGator
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For me, more important than the actual content, is to make sure that the design is clean and the navigation structure is easy to follow.
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Great point Andreas, I tend to not to stick around a site that doesnt have the a clean design and easy nav structure. Sites with those issues, can get annoying and it takes to long to find what you are looking for element321s last blog ..Stress
Kok Siong from Cancer Research
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I do not like the pop up especially for the pop up advertisement. It is irritating. I seldom subscribe to the blog that using pop up ads. The website that has too many images will load very slow too. Kok Siong @ Cancer Researchs last blog ..5 Things I Wish to Learn in Singapore for Leukemia Cytogenetics
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Kok, I almost never subscribe to these popups. Sites with a lot of images do load slow. I am actually about to move all my images to a offsite image server that is design to serve linked images very quickly. Sites thats have a lot of images, should think about implementing this type of design. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
George Serradinho
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I personally hate pop ups and they irritate me a lot. I also hate flash sites as it always takes time to load and then I just leave the site and move on.
element321
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I do the same. I still dont know why site still build with flash. Funny I am taking a flash class next semester and I hate view sites made from flash. However, Flash does have its place, but it should be limited and not used for entire site! element321s last blog ..What is Tycoon Blogger
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Great post! When I first started blogging I didnt realize the importance of content formatting. It really does make it hard to catch someones interest when theres just a long stream of text. Lesson learned. Nea | Self Improvement Sagas last blog ..Do You Love and Value Yourself Unconditionally?
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I had the same issue when starting out. With web design, I was fine, but for blogging and creating new articles, I treated like writting for a college paper. No one wants to read that style of writing, not even a college professor. element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
TJ McDowell from Photographer Education Blog (12 comments) August 15, 2010 at 3:03 pm
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So Im trying to understand your suggestion on changing font for visited links. To me, I usually feel that a design looks more professional if all the links look identical. What are your thoughts? TJ McDowell@Photographer Education Blogs last blog ..Photography Startup Going Pro
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(6 comments) August 15, 2010 at 2:43 pm Powered I really dislike Pop ups that forces By PopUp Domination have no close option. Second thing is you to click them and
hard to read fonts. I dont know whats fun of using such fonts in web sites which keep readers from reading the content. Well i like your post as it has important points in its start which shows that points need immediate attention. Good Work.
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Thanks Imran, I dont know why people use the fancy fonts either. Web content should be done only in basic fonts at a good size so everyone can read them! I also hate popups that dont allow you to close them. Those that implement them are shady and are the worse kind of popups. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
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An absolute must read for every new blogger! All 14 points well taken. Have added some zest to my blog after reading this post. I am sure it will help many others. Dr. Lawrence Kindos last blog ..Why I Decided to Enter a Blogging Contest?
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Thanks Dr. Lawrence Kindo, Your site looks good. These design tips were written for new bloggers Hopefully they will help everyone that stumbles across this article. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
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If I say about design, I never find any blog that compare with your blog design. One most irritating things for blog is using pop up. I completely hate the pop up ads.
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Thanks Chandan, Popups seem to be the worse design thing a site can do. Everyone on here seems to hate them most. Its hard for me to disagree. they get in the way and they are
annoying.. element321s last blog ..New Logo Banners Designs for Evolutionary Designs
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Nice post! It sure is difficult to choose the right theme for your blog. But when you find it, you sure know that its for you. And youll also have a feel that it has a great similarity to what your site offers your readers with. Good job! Gino Dizons last blog ..Is your Alexa rank not updating?
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Gino, thats a good way to think about it. Your site design should reflect you or your business the site is based around. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Andrew from Blogging Guide
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I agree with everything you said. One thing I always look for when visiting a new site: an About page. I like to get to know the owner a little. Know their background, see them, etc. Andrew Andrew @ Blogging Guides last blog ..Video Blogging Course: Now Simple To Have
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Andrew that is a good point! About pages are important. I must admit my isnt the best. I am working on a new one, I just havent had the time to complete it yet. A good about page is a good thing to remember when building a site. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Colleen from Kennewick Homes
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Thanks James. Most times I read blog articles and walk away pretty much discouraged. It appears Ive covered most the points you have outlined, however, there are a few items I need to address. Good post today James. Colleen@Kennewick Homess last blog ..2010 Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo- Dancing with the Steers
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Thats great Colleen, address those issues should help your readers and keep those new readers on your site. element321s last blog ..What is CommentLuv
Charles
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Great article. I myself struggled a bit looking for the right theme for my blog. To be honest even though I like the one I currently have there are things about it I would like to change but 1) my knowledge about HTML for templates is limited so it takes me a while to research info online and eventually, after much trial and error, I make some minor changes but not 100% what I wanted, 2) because the theme belongs to someone else I dont know how much of it I can change without breaking some kind of legal usage of the template and 3) I have no background creating skills and dont know anyone who could help me make new background images to create my own unique template. I was wondering if you could take a look at my blog and provide some ideas of what my be wrong on it so I can at least see what I can do to fix them. In the mean time Ill keep educating myself of web design.
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I can take a look at your site. Please go to my contact form http://www.evolutionarydesigns.net/blog/contact-us/ and send me an email with what you like and dislike about your site. I did take a quick look at it and it looks pretty good. I will have more time look over tomorrow. As for TOS (terms of service) some themes allow changes as long as you site where you got the oringinal theme, usually its already there. If you go premium, they pretty much dont care what you do with it. To find out more about your theme, go the authors website, on there they will have what you can and cant do with their theme. I am still not very good with WordPress themes, I generally purchase a theme or get a free one, and modify it till I get what I want. I know how most themes work, I just have to figure out what file controls what sets of code and what happens if make change and what else is effected by those changes. It takes time, just practice and eventually you will get better at it. element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Charles
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Thanks element. One thing I am curious about, this is for anyone who can answer this, is how do get the background themes you like? Do you make them yourself (if you have photoshop skills), do you find or have someone who has photoshop skills to make them for you based on what you want it to look like, do you
pay someone to do it for you or are you simply lucky enough to find one that is almost exactly how you want it? I plan on getting a domain of my own and I know I will have much more control over the look on my theme so i want to figure out the best way to make a theme how I want it. The current one I have has a lot of how I would like to see mine look like but there are things I would like to change. Ill send you the email of what I dislike about my current theme. Again, thanks. Charless last blog ..The Famous Bloggers ComLuv contest may be over, but the fun has just begun.
Trevor B. Reed from Charleston Marketing Firm (4 comments) August 14, 2010 at 12:47 pm
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I completely agree about pop-ups. They are just spammy and if your website is organized correctly, your call to action buttons in conjunction with your conversion form should capture potential leads. Also, thank you for calling out flash and intros. They are terrible for SEO and incredibly annoying. Great list! Trevor B. Reed @Charleston Marketing Firms last blog ..7 Twitter Tools for New Twitter Users
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Thanks Trevor. Flash intros annoy me almost as much as ad popups. I think movie sites are about the only sites that can get away with it. Then again, I have only seen a few that I truly liked element321s last blog ..21 Killer Examples of Afro Samurai Fan Art
Robert from Techinfo-4u.com
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Nice post, very informative, I particularly agree with you about the pop ups one. I never even bat an eyelid when I see a pop up, i just close it straight away and I wish sites wouldnt use them, I know many people say there subscriber numbers rocket, but is it really worth the annoyance to loyal readers? Robert @ Techinfo-4u.coms last blog ..Find Out If You Can Run A Computer Game Before You Buy It
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Robert, After reading all the other comments so far, I see most people agree with you. I find them annoying as well, and most of the time I never read them. Most people here cant stand them and never read them as well. Just from the amount of people commenting, think how many on here dont like. Designing popups into your site, is something a every website owner needs to think
about before doing it. element321s last blog ..What is SEO
Lennart Heleander from Property Marbella (40 comments) August 14, 2010 at 10:31 am
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Hi James O my Gud Its information like a Bible, great job, so many things to think about. I hate when a page looks like a huge glittering Christmas tree with popup, flash, big and small ads everywhere, big and heavy texts over 600 -700 words right up down.
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I agree Lennart! This information like a bible! I love it. Thanks for commenting. element321s last blog ..Have You Heard of iBlogZone
Nabeel from Create Your First Website (71 comments) August 14, 2010 at 4:37 am
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Hi, Impressive list. I think these are the basic/minimum factors a website owner should take into account. I still see some websites which make these mistakes. They should read this post! Kindest, Nabeel P.S. Typo in post: 9- To (Too) Many Images and videos
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Nabeel, Thats why I wrote this article. People are still making these mistakes. Hopefully they will see this article and use this list help build a better site for themselves and their readers. element321s last blog ..What is CommentLuv
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Thanks for catching the Typo, To and Too have always been an issue. I always forget when I am so suppose to use Too. I thought I had caught them all. I will have to get
Hesham to edit the article for me element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Mani Viswanathan
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Impressed with your list-up. Even Typography matters when it comes to designing along with some css decorations.! Mani Viswanathans last blog ..Follows in common & Followed by my follows are the latest additions to Twitter
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The best design is use css decorations. I guest so Hieu Martin@Blog Tipss last blog ..5 Ways to Make Money Blogging
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CSS is very popular and its getting more important to web design daily element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
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Thanks. CSS decorations are a great to add to your web design. CSS rocks! element321s last blog ..What is SEO
ian in hamburg (1 comments) August 14, 2010 at 2:51 am
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I had to laugh about number 4: unwanted pop-up ads. So what do I get while reading that? A pop-up ad! For many people, ALL pop-ups are unwanted, whatever their placement or purpose. Theyre intrusive and annoying. ian in hamburgs last blog ..Waterskiing and wakeboarding without a boat
element321
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Ian, Yeah I know. It is kinda funny. But I only see that popup once a week and its not like its scam or trying to get you to buy something
As for all popups, there is no way around them, I am starting to see a lot of the big name sites add popups like this sites. Only way around them, is to get a popup blocker. I really dont recommend them, they can slow your browsing down and you may something that popup that is important. As for hating all popups, do you also include light boxes that popup the image you click to make them bigger? element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Julius
@priv8corner
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Its about time someone posted another design round-up for us to remember and keep in mind.
This is quite a useful and informative article. Im and advocate of well-designed blogs simply because of its pleasing appeal and readability. As I was starting out blogging, I used to meddle with Bloggers design templates even thought I dont have enough knowledge of html. I just do research and apply them, even if I end up messing my blog. Still, I always aim for a better blog design. Its nice youve mentioned the annoyances on blogs, like pop-ups and the likes. I myself is sometimes annoyed by these and always think before putting something on my blog if I myself would be pleased with that or would it be simply annoying. Its also a great advice to seek for well-designed templates. I do just that but in my case I still dig in to it and tweak it to my preferences. I just couldnt help tinkering around with my templates design. Juliuss last blog .. Stop Raving About the Gurus and Just Get On with It
element321
@element321
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Julius, It been a while since I have seen a good list like this, I and I always wanted to do one. I was originally planning to do this article on my site, but it after thinking about it, there are more people that read this blog, so there for more will benefit from its here. For me, I get tired of seeing poorly designed sites, but have a lot of good content. when this happens, I rarely stick around a long enough to learn from it. Hopefully, some of the new bloggers out there will see this and help themselves build a better blog or get help from someone. element321s last blog ..Stress
Hesham
@FamousBloggers
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Super post James, I love it, dont forget to keep yourself logged in to your account
element321
@element321
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Thanks Buddy I just logged in Chrome keeps logging me out even if I say to to keep me logged in lol element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Aminul Islam Sajib
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Very nice post Tinh. As youve mentioned that unwanted pop-up is a designed mistake, I want to say something honestly. Though I believe that the pop-up domination used in Famous Bloggers is not unwanted, its repetition annoys me a lot. It comes up on each page load even when Im logged in to the site. In my incredibly slow internet connection, which is 15-20 kilobyte per second, each time the pop-up takes extra time to load. Especially the close button loads at the end. So, Im pretty much unhappy with it. I hope Heshem will not misunderstand me. Aminul Islam Sajibs last blog .. 10 Useful Tips to Formatting Compelling Blog Posts
Aminul Islam Sajib
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Oops sorry! I messed up. Now I noticed this is not a post by Tinh, its element321! Anyway, great post element321! Aminul Islam Sajibs last blog .. 2 Updates: Why I stopped Disqus and Added CommentLuv
element321
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No problem. It happens. element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
element321
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Thats strange. It only shows up for me once a week and only on the first page I pull up. I asked Hesham and he says its configured to pop only once a week and on the first page. It cookie based and when the cookie deletes itself after a week. So if the site does not see that cookie saying you have been there it pops up. If you have cookies disabled or you are running in private mode, this will disable Heshams cookie settings. I will mention your issues to him, next time I talk with him. If you have an issue with these popups, send him a message through Twitter or on his contact form and let him know element321s last blog ..New Logo Banners Designs for Evolutionary Designs
Brian from Charleston Marketing Firm (16 comments) August 13, 2010 at 9:32 pm
@BrianRogel
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Great information. I think color is often overlooked especially from a marketing perspective. There is an entire niche area of psychology dedicated to color. Different color elicit different reactions. It has been noted that different types of consumers (spontaneous buyers, researchers, traditionalists) favor different colors when making purchasing decisions. Knowing your target market and the psychology of colors can make a large impact when used properly in web design. Brian@Charleston Marketing Firms last blog ..How To: Anchor Text & Link Structure
element321
@element321
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Brian, I agree, I didnt mentioned that part of design, because there is just so much. I am planning to start doing some research on color. For me, color has always been an issue and to understand it more, I have to research and write about it. element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Brian from Charleston Marketing Firm (16 comments) August 15, 2010 at 4:21 pm
@BrianRogel
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There is definitely a whole world of information regarding color psychology. Id be interested to see what you come up if you write a blog article about it. Good luck with the research. Brian@Charleston Marketing Firms last blog ..7 Twitter Tools for New Twitter Users
DazzlinDonna
@DonnaFontenot
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I really enjoyed this one, James, since I have been designing lots of sites lately (and Im not really a designer). I do try to follow all of those rules, but Im not sure Ive been completely successful every time. Nevertheless, I think I might make a little cheatsheet out of your post, (condensed), to print out and keep it handy. Thanks! DazzlinDonnas last blog ..Dont Forget These 5 Things On A New Site
element321
@element321
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Thanks Donna, I thought this might come handy for designers and bloggers. Of your designs, I havent seen any design mistakes. Those themes do look good. element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
The Bad Blogger
@TheBadBlogger
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Woo thats quit a list, well I agree with all of it, but sometime is hard to even handle so many in one time, but I believe slowly through time, it can be adjusted. I think the formatting of font is important, because they are words thats gonna convert your reader to royalties for you, as most people read stuff when it the feels comfortable with their eye and also their mind. The Bad Bloggers last blog ..The 5 Most Important Elements Of Success You Should Have !
element321
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I agree, for me these are the most important parts of design. But formatting of font is very important, but formatting can kill a bloggers income. It can also ruin a graphic design project as well. element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Tran Tinh
@azblogtips
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I can not agree more on the list and you are totally right. However, for newbie bloggers who do not have knowledge on designing is hard to pick up right color and rely too much on their designers. P/S: Do you mean To Many Ads as Too Many Ads?
Hesham
@FamousBloggers
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This is the reason we must focus more on design! at least to know whats the general basics, standards to follow! By the way, thank Tinh , I fixed that typo!
element321
@element321
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Thanks for catching this, I thought I caught all those element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Tran Tinh
@azblogtips
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I have been in this case several times too friend Tran Tinhs last blog ..Affiliate Links Cloaking Is Ethical to Your Readers?
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element321
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I agree, its hard for anyone starting out. Thats why I believe free and premium themes that are designed well are best for those bloggers and website owners. Then they should learn as much as they can about design. If they dont have time to learn then they need to hire a designer to help them create a custom designed website or theme. element321s last blog ..Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
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