Do’s and Don’ts of Web DesignBy: Andrew Mingo

Do:Use font that is easy to read on your background

Don’t:Use really wild coloured fonts that are hard to read. Also us a legible font.

There is text in the middle

Do:Have relevant pictures that actually fit with the theme of your website

Don’t:Have random

pictures that mean nothing about your topic

Do:Have a relevant title to the topic of your website

Don’t:Have a title that has nothing to do with your website.

Do:Have a

useable website. Make sure all of your links and pages work.

Don’t:Have website

that is hard to navigate. Have working links, have a search engine.

Do:Have some

glitz (bright colourful things).

Don’t:Have to

much glitz. To much colour can make a website hard to look at.

Do:

Have an easy to navigate home page. Make sure everything fits on the page, you shouldn’t have to scroll.

Don’t:

Have to much on your home page. The more you have the harder it is to navigate.

Search engine at top

Do: Have a font

that can be read my all kinds of people.

Don’t:Have a font

that is hard to read. Especially the cursive fonts.

Do:Keep all of

your text boxes and pictures lined up.

Don’t:

Just place boxes everywhere. You should really think of were your placing something before you place it.

Do:If your site

has adds, make sure they go with your website.

Don’t:Have adds

that have no relevance to your theme and never have pop-up adds.

Do:Have a

description of what your website is about.

Don’t:

Have paragraphs about your website. Try to keep all of your website’s information on in one paragraph.

Do:Update

your website often.

Don’t:Have out of

date information.

Do:

Have colour but keep it simple. Many web sites use the 60/40/10 rule, which is 60% of a base colour 40% of a secondary colour and 10% of a complimentary colour. This makes for a very clean website.

Don’t:

Have an overly large amount of colour.