Many times website designs display serious blunders. Designers may unconsciously commit some mistakes, which they don’t even know how harmful can be for the website. Here are some commonly made mistakes by web designers.

Confusing at a look

An ideal website should grab attention of the viewer and immediately tell him what it is all about.  If at a glance the visitor fails to understand what a site is all about, he may leave immediately and never come back. In few seconds it should send the message across, else the visitor may soon leave and never come back to it. So the site has to bring essence of its content and intention everywhere – in its look and feel.

Long continued paragraphs of text

Often websites look exactly like novels bearing long paragraphs of text without any break. Never do this mistake. On Internet people do not read, they filter and scan. So break the content with bullets, headers, lists, sub headers, tables etc. It will make the content readable and interesting.

Fancy calligraphic fonts

Don’t fall in love with fonts that you readily mess up your website. Calligraphic and fancy fonts may look very nice, but not effective for a website. Font should always be legible, graceful and effective. If the reader is unable to read, will soon leave the website and may never come back.

Tiny fonts

At times, to accommodate more and more text, we end up choosing tiny fonts which are not legible. Make sure readers are comfortable in reading the text and need not zoom.

No new browser window

Often web designers think links landing up in new browser window is a good idea, as the viewer will not easily leave the website as multiple windows of the same site will remain open. But it’s an outdated and wrong practice. Don’t dictate the viewer. It may annoy him. Let him control his viewing pattern as per his own wishes. ‘Back’ button is effective enough to go back to the earlier page.

Unnecessary registration

Don’t force the viewer to register first for full viewing of the website. Many viewers may soon close the tab and never come back. Ask for registration only when needed with mail address.

Annoying music

Many websites play music which is highly annoying.

Overuse of Flash

Over usage of Flash not only look distracting, but also increases loading time. Limit its usage, only when needed use Flash.

Don’t subscribe without consent

Forced subscription of visitor is highly annoying. Don’t annoy him with newsletters when he registers with the site. Ask him if he wants offers and newsletters to be sent or not.

Don’t make these mistakes while designing a website.