Web designing is not only art; it involves logical thinking, knowledge of the medium and analytical mind. But web designers often commit several mistakes while designing a website. Here are some of the fatal mistakes often committed by a designer. Make sure you don’t repeat them.

Confusing website identity

Often a website suffers from its identity crisis; people fail to understand what the website is all about. At a glance, the visitor must know what the website is. If visitor fails to comprehend, may soon leave the website and never come back.

Detailed content

Content should never be jumbled up, long and detailed. Break content into short paragraphs with bullets, charts, images, headers, sub-headers. It should be scannable.

Fancy, complex fonts

Don’t get fascinated with fancy, complex fonts. They may look nice independently, but not suitable for websites. Many of them are not readable. Don’t forget your main objective is to send the message across effectively. If visitors face difficulty in reading, they will quit immediately.

New browser windows

Often some websites are so poorly designed that if you click on a link, a new browser window opens up in front. The logic behind such web design is that the viewer won’t easily leave the website. But forcibly keeping audience with the site is dangerous, it can annoy the viewer and he may think of never coming back to it. Let the viewer control his viewing. If he wants, he can get back by clicking back button. Stay simple.

No white space left

A major disagreement between website programmers and designers lies in space management. Programmers desire more and more information stuffed in a page; whereas designers think eye needs white negative space to breathe freely and move from one point to another. Make a balance between the duo.

Obsession with the center

Many designers think putting everything on the webpage in center is cool. They tend to align text, pictures, headings and everything in center of the page. Centering everything on a page is amateurish act and shows unprofessionalism. Play safe by putting everything on left of the page.

Avoid these common mistakes while designing a website.