Signs of a...

N E W B I E   S I T E

If you're shooting for a more professional look to your webpages, these are the following things you should avoid. I composed this list through what I have noticed from my daily browsing. These points are in no particular order.

• A large Welcome sign, especially those that either blink or scroll across the top of the page (sometimes even larger than the title).

• Large blocks of text stretching from one side of the window to the other.

• A cluttered background that obscures the text.

• Clipart city (every image is copied from a clipart site)!

• Unusually large paragraph text.

• Inconsistant look to the site (theme/colors of each page differ so much that they don't look like they belong to the same site).

• Background music (this is debatable, but many newbies will add music just to show they know how to use embed tag - I'm serious).

• Also scrolling text, added to show they know how to use the marquee tag.

• A crammed look, with images stuck together on the same line without spacing.

I'm sure there are many more signs of a newbie site I've missed, but that's all I can think of for now!

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