| If you want to design a great website, you need | | | | important to focus on the color of links. Once the |
| to focus on each of the inherent features of a | | | | user has clicked a link, the color of the link should |
| website. It is quite sad that most of the web | | | | change. Make it easy for users to differentiate |
| masters and web designers are even today | | | | between the links they have visited and those |
| making the same basic mistakes that used to | | | | they have not. |
| happen three or four years ago. There is tough | | | | 4. Text which is Hard to Scan - Design the |
| competition in the dotcom industry. Everyone is | | | | textual layout of the website in a way that users |
| trying to get one step ahead of their competition. | | | | can easily skim and scan it. Include subheadings, |
| If you continue to making some of the biggest | | | | bulleted lists and highlighted keywords to make |
| web design mistakes, you won't be able to | | | | the text scannable. |
| compete in this tough market. Focus on each of | | | | 5. Fixed Font Size - This is very important in |
| the web design aspects and fill up those gaps that | | | | terms of usability guidelines, as users of various |
| prevent a website's success. | | | | abilities and disabilities visit your website. Keeping |
| Given below are top 8 mistakes that web | | | | your font size fixed would be one of the biggest |
| designers and webmasters need to avoid to | | | | web design mistakes. Avoid it and allow users to |
| design a website that really works. | | | | resize the font size as per their preference. |
| 1. Bad Search - When the navigation does not | | | | 6. Low-visibility Page Titles - Learn how to craft |
| help users, they turn to the search box. It is | | | | the perfect page titles. One good rule of the |
| always advisable for designers to keep the search | | | | thumb is to begin it with the company name and |
| box simple. In addition, you need to make sure | | | | include some of the most relevant keywords. |
| that search engines are able to handle the | | | | 7. Design Elements that Look like Advertisement - |
| different variants of the query terms. | | | | Do not make the mistake of making design |
| 2. PDFs for Online Reading - A big mistake web | | | | elements appear like advertisements, as users will |
| designers make is include PDFs for online reading. | | | | simply ignore them. |
| Since PDFs are tough to navigate and break the | | | | 8. Deviating from Design Conventions - Let user |
| user task flow, they should be reserved for | | | | expectations prove right as they browse through |
| printing purpose. | | | | the website. Let them feel they have more |
| 3. Unchanged Color of Links (that users have | | | | control over the system. Do not make the |
| already visited) - While designing a website, it is | | | | mistake of violating design conventions. |