Web's Worst Practices

When designing and developing different webpages, its always good to have some type of standard. The articles below reflect what a lot of people have done in the past which result in Bad Web Practics, highlight the issue, and present examples on how to solve it using easy-to-understand termonology. We're all trying to make the web a better place for all, so why not start here and understand the best practices when designing and developing a webpage or website? All articles are presented in PDF and HTML form.

• Web's Worst Practices 1 - Click Here!
  February 16 2010
  "Click Here to Read This!" It's hard to imagine what the world would be like if everything had immediate directions attached to it, like "Insert Key Here" or "Change Diaper Now," so why do most websites say "Click Here" for links to direct you somewhere else? Most amateur web designers put the text ...


• Web's Worst Practices 2 - Find my Content!
  March 08 2010
  Find My Content! Imagine, if you will, that you walk into a retail store wanting to find a specific item (say, garden hoses). Your first assumption is that the store will have signs over the departments saying what the general department is. Well, this store doesn't have signs ­ any signs at all. Th...


• Web's Worst Practices 3 - It starts with a blank canvas...
  April 22 2010
  It starts with a blank canvas... "White-space" is a term that's not passed around much these days, unless you're in marketing. However, the concept of White-space is not new. Every day you see it in how things are designed: billboards, business cards, pamphlets, fliers, all your basic marketing met...