As often as it occurs you would think that people would learn from others’ mistakes and try not to make them while designing a website. It seems though, that there is reoccurring pattern that just tends to happen with first time website designers. This is the beginning of the top ten mistakes that anyone could make when building/designing their websites.
          The first mistake that is often made is adding graphics or pictures to your website that are GINORMOUS in size. It’s a simple mistake that most first timers don’t realize they are making. Web pages take time to load all that content, how much time is up to you. The bigger the pictures the longer it will take for you full website to appear; it usually ends up looking like a half completed webpage. A common solution to this is to resize your pictures and maybe take some of them away. You’ll see a big difference in the loading time of your webpage. So unless you want yourself and everyone trying to load your website to be sitting for five minutes, make sure you keep them smaller.
          The second mistake that most first timers want to do is to pick an ornate or flashy background for their website design. This is a big mistake

because having such a busy background really takes a toll on the viewers’ eyes. Confusing them and possibly blinding them (if not by the background alone then by them gouging their eyes in an attempt to end the madness of the page). Try to tone down your background by using a solid color. Making sure, of course, that the text is still able to be seen. Another thing to avoid that goes somewhat in this same category is walls of text. The internet is not like a big book, and you should never write on it like you were writing a book. Everything should be broken up with bullets, bold font, or just having a bunch of breaks. If someone sees your wall of text, they end up thinking that there is no way they will ever be able to scan through the mess. Leaving them helpless and forcing them to not read any of it.
          Thirdly, a navigational mistake that is seen often is that there is a lack of it. You have to think about how people are going to be accessing your website. Most of the time it will be through a search engine, this means that visitors may not be going through your home page to see whatever information it is that they need. You should have a home page button on every page, if nothing else, but a whole set a navigational buttons on every page of your website is ideal. Making it easy for everyone to travel that groovy place we call the internet.

          My fourth tip is about your links. They have to work! Call me foolish but isn’t that what they are there for? After you make a hyperlink, whether it is in your text or on a links page, you should always test it. Making sure links work is going to help you immensely when a visitor is on the page; a broken link means bye-bye to most people because they can’t get to the information they want to see. People are usually very direct in what they are looking for when they use the internet. Not being able to find it with you just means they will find it somewhere else. Always test those links. For more information on other types of web design take a look at DreamCo Design – Web Design.