Have you heard the famous proverb of Albert Einstein “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”? Undoubtedly, mistakes are the part and parcel of our lives. Even the experienced professionals make mistakes. However, the only difference is that some people hesitate to admit it while others boldly confess and learn lesson from their erstwhile mistakes.
Today, we come up with another interesting blog post i.e. “8 Mistakes That Even Web Designers Don’t Know They Are Making”. The sole aim for writing this post is to aware the web designers about the common mistakes which they are still making. So, just take a look so that you can avoid the common pitfalls and make an impressive presence over the web.
#1 Use Of Heavy Images, Flash Based Animations
No doubt, images are used to tempting the eyeballs of the users. But, too many heavy images or flash based animations on a single webpage is a big turn off. The heavier your website is, the more time it will take to load especially on small devices like tablets and Smartphones.
Suggestion: Make your website lightweight by optimizing it and try to avoid using flash as much as possible.
#2 Unorganized Content Layout
Content is the ‘king’ of a website and if the content of a website is so massy, it will prevent users from quick scanning. The most common mistake that web designers and web designing companies make is creating a website with disorganized content. Some designers simply put a large block of disorganized text on the web page while others use so small fonts which are hard to read online.
Suggestion: Use HTML to organize the content of the website and don’t overlook
headings, sub-headings, bullet points, lists, targeted keywords, paragraphs etc. Leave adequate white space between the text and images.
#3 Poor Navigation of the Website
When it comes to navigation, it should be seamless. Alas! There are hundreds of websites with poor navigation. It is considered good when users are able to find their way easily and swiftly. Always remember if a user is unable to find what he is searching in less than 3 clicks, he will leave instantly.
Suggestion: You can use pagination into design or you can go for one page layouts. Structure and organize your website navigation in according with the theme. Always remember personal websites can afford to be quirky and creative but professional business website requires more clarity. If you face any sort of problem in navigation, hire a professional web designing company.
#4 Ignoring The Search Box
Website acts as an archive of information. No matter, whether it’s an e-commerce store, professional business website or merely a blog, a search box is crucial. By integrating a search box in a website, you can ease customers’ navigation and save their time in searching.
Suggestion: Google Custom Search is a simple and effective to get installed. It allows the visitors to search in an efficient manner.
#5 Long And Complicated Registration Form
Nobody will sweat filling out the long and complicated registration form. Gone are those days, when a user had to fill long and complicated registration form.
Suggestion: Make the registration form short and simple as possible.
#6 Launching The Website Without Testing
Many web designing companies launch the website without testing it on multiple devices which in turn hamper the client’s business.
Suggestion: By now, most of the websites are responsive thereby it becomes important to test the website across all the popular devices. Use W3C tools to test the quality assurance.
#7 Not Updating Their Own Personal Website
There are many web designers out there who promise the moon to their customers when it comes to the designing of a website but their own website is not up-to-date, user-friendly and appealing.
Suggestion: Always keep in mind that clients will always look your website and the projects you handled before giving you work. So, make your website look appealing and user-friendly as well.
#8 Horizontal Scrolling
It’s really annoying. Avoid it.
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