Tagged: Designing Web Sites

Bad Cursors

I’ve been to some sites lately which have some pretty fantastic cursors. You probably know what I’m talking about – cursors that have little balls dangling from them, look like a heart or consist...

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Bad DHTML

I know that dynamic HTML is the coolest thing since HTML was invented. I love dynamic HTML. Using this new, wonderful set of tools, you can create web sites that are incredible! You can...

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Bad Webrings

If you’ve spent any time at all looking over this web site, you will quickly find that we are great fans of webrings. The webring system is an excellent way to bring small, steady...

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Bad Advertising

Okay, we know we all need to pay the bills. I know that many of us want to get traffic to our web sites. And some of us just want to make enough money...

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Bad Long Pages

One of the sins committed by many inexperienced webmasters is the creation of very long pages. I’ve seen this most often on sites created at universities, although it can happen anywhere. It’s very annoying...

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Bad Organization

I’m sure you’ve visited web sites which seem to have been organized by a monkey or chimpanzee. Well, I’ve been to sites where a money could have done a better job. Lousy menu systems...

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Bad ActiveX

ActiveX uses an interesting method for enforcing security … it doesn’t. Well, that’s not exactly true. What happens is when a web page requests an ActiveX control the browser determines if that control is...

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Bad Animations

Animation can turn a blah, boring website into a work of art which draws visitors back again and again. That’s rare because animation is generally not used very well. Most webmasters go through several...

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Bad Graphics

I know you like to put graphics on your page. There is little better than a site which has been done by a professional graphics designer. The perfect balance between graphics, color, fonts, photos...

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Bad Text

Even in today’s world of Flash animation, animated GIFs, sound files, VRML and other dazzling special effects, the basic reason why people surf the web is to read. Yes, the pictures are great, and...

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