How to avoid being viewed as an amateur website

For the person who intends to carry on the network to start a business, it is very easy to exist one problem is to make the website like Amateur (individual) website, so it is easy to make others produce distrust and affect business development. Here we summarize some of the common characteristics of amateur websites, please try to avoid:

1, cluttered web page background

This is one of the most easy to make a problem for beginners, he likes to use bright colors or bright pictures, as the background of the web, in fact, this often does more harm than good.

So, what's the best color for a web background setting? Use the following statement:

< body bgcolor=white>

That's right! This is an ordinary white background, but it is suitable for many occasions and can be compatible with all the other elements on the page. Think about Yahoo and other names, you will understand. If you really want to have a "cool" effect, then you can use black instead of white. Of course, you may be able to cite successful websites that use other colors. But they have largely complied with the rule that the colors selected conform to the site's theme. such as bright colors for children's web sites, soft colors for business sites and so on.

Also, do not use picture backgrounds. In retrospect, how many of the famous websites you've visited use picture backgrounds? Almost nothing, huh? In fact, the reason is very simple, people come to your website (especially business website), do you want them to read your content, or to enjoy the beautiful pictures? And there's a downside to this background--slowing down the loading speed of web pages. In addition, not using a picture background is tantamount to showing the visitor: "We win with high quality content (products or services), not fancy decorations". Do you have this confidence?

If you insist on using a picture background, make sure it is bright so that it does not affect the reading of the previous text. To do this, you should test each page. Picture background, can be duplicated by a small picture (that is, "tile"), can also be a complete large picture. But the latter is prone to problems, especially when it comes to using frames. If a visitor sets a display resolution that is different from the one you used when you designed the background, the page is not displayed correctly. Typically, visitors with a higher resolution will see more than one background picture, which is automatically tiled, but the puzzle is generally incomplete. In addition, this picture is in the frame and there is a retention phenomenon when scrolling through the screen.

2, the mediocrity of the chaotic graphics

Just contact the web design, always like in which a beautiful picture, which seems to be "human nature", however, this is the professional website is another taboo.

Remember, only when the language is difficult to express, use the picture, and the picture should be concise, file size to be as small as possible. Do not use pictures instead of text, such as headings, navigation bars, and so on. True, text in HTML is not displayed correctly in various browsers, but it's much better if you use cascading style sheets (CSS). The text has the advantage of fast loading, not the phenomenon of the picture sometimes can not open the problem, but also more convenient to modify.

3, the awkward frame

For easy browsing, there are many sites using the framework. Usually, the navigation area on one side or the top of the screen is set, while the browsing area scrolls, it can be kept still, so that it may be convenient for browsing, but it can also cause trouble to visitors and make the screen more cluttered if used carelessly. Similarly, we view many professional websites, using few frameworks.

4, monotonous line-type Web page

In the early days of the Internet, Web content was arranged in a straight line. Pictures, text, headings, all in a vertical direction, in turn, this long Web page looks like an agenda. In order to view the content of the Web page, you must constantly scroll the screen, both monotonous and inconvenient. Not at that time designers lacked the imagination-they had no choice, because early HTML did not support columns like newspapers and magazines.

Starting from the HTML 2.0, the introduction of the TABLE this important tag, designers can finally layout the page, so that both easy to read, and can display more information, but also make the page effect more beautiful, so, now most sites have used it. Perhaps the TABLE is not perfect, but it may be the way every professional web designer is still happy to use, and take the time to learn it carefully.

5, the counter of the pre-emptive

Maybe a lot of people have this feeling, suddenly into a Web page, the first to attract attention is a striking counter. Obviously, this is somewhat distracting.

Monitoring and analyzing web traffic is really important. Some large web sites analyze and collect information about visitors based on their server records. In fact, some software also has this function, such as Hitbox Tracker Viewer, there is no need to put this both "grab the lens" and destroy the visual effects of the gadget, not to mention some "counter" statistics is not accurate, scientific.

6, "under construction ..."

I wonder if you have ever been in this situation? Click on a link on a website to enter a Web page, which has nothing to do except show "under construction ..." or "Please come back later". This may not be accurate, because some people also write a more detailed description, and even put on a lovely road to the animation, but, all these seem to show only one point "this is an amateur website!" "。

Have you ever seen a magazine or a TV show with a "Please wait, are you making" in the middle? The attention of Internet surfers is very short, and few people are interested in "please come back later". In this situation, the real future to go to that page few people. In fact, the sensible thing to do is to include in the home page the features, content, services, or products that the site will add, rather than a useless link.

Also, be aware that some search engines refuse to register sites that contain links such as "under construction."

7. Redundant suggestions

into some sites, you can often see two lines of small print: "Strongly recommend the use of So-and-so browser, a certain resolution browsing." Usually, do you reset the display resolution and open another browser according to its meaning? I think you probably won't, yes, neither can I. So, why do we have to put these useless and unsightly things into our own web pages?

8. Free advertising and other rubbish

Novice site has a lot of damage to the page effect of garbage-map files, buttons, icons, ads, people dazzling. Do you know that everything you put on the page will prolong the time the visitor loads the page? In our current "turtle speed" information superhighway, you are testing the patience of the newcomers, many people have to leave immediately. We think that simplicity is a very good style.

Of course, some of these things you put together may make some money for you, while others are good for increasing access (such as exchanging links). But what's the use of Netscape and IE icons? What's the use of those search engines? If a link, especially a picture, can't really make money for you or increase the amount of traffic, take it down!