Blog design mistakes you should avoid.
In participating in Pro Blogger's 31 Days to a Better Blog, one of the tasks was to read some articles he linked to having to do with improving your blog. One post in particular caught my attention and I wanted to highlight it here.
43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid
A couple of these I would like to highlight:
5. Do not open new browser windows (I do this and need to fix it!)
12. Do not clutter your website with badges
19. Make sure users can search the whole website
32. Do not underline or color normal text
35. Make sure to use the ALT and TITLE attributes for images: apart from having SEO benefits the ALT and TITLE attributes for images will play an important role for blind users. (Trish is adding in this article about how to add ALT and TITLE code to your images)
36. Do not use harsh colors
I'd love it if you checked out the whole list. It's a great list with lots of things that I hadn't thought of. What would you add to the list?
43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid
A couple of these I would like to highlight:
5. Do not open new browser windows (I do this and need to fix it!)
12. Do not clutter your website with badges
19. Make sure users can search the whole website
32. Do not underline or color normal text
35. Make sure to use the ALT and TITLE attributes for images: apart from having SEO benefits the ALT and TITLE attributes for images will play an important role for blind users. (Trish is adding in this article about how to add ALT and TITLE code to your images)
36. Do not use harsh colors
I'd love it if you checked out the whole list. It's a great list with lots of things that I hadn't thought of. What would you add to the list?
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Permalink Reply by Maw Books on -
I used snapshot popups for the first six months. I liked them on my own site but began to wonder if they were annoying. I was pretty active on blogcatalog forums for a while and come to find out there was a discussion (using my blog as the catalyst) about how AWFUL they were. Needless to say, I was convinced. As an ex-user I now dislike them as well.
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Permalink Reply by Britt C. on -
Oh those things. It depends, sometimes I like those, to get a preview of what the site is, but if I get it accidentally it's obnoxious.
Either way, it's not one of blogger's options and it seems like it would be a lot of work to get the code and make it work. I'm too lazy for that. ;) -
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Permalink Reply by Amber Stults on
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That is certainly a good list! I'm guilty of having links open up new windows though the default on my Wordpress is to open in the same window. The software is smarter than I am!
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Permalink Reply by Nicola O. on -
Heh. I would add this one, from the article:
16. Do not use blinking text: unless your visitors are coming straight from 1996, that is
...just because it made me snicker out loud. -
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