Before beginning work on a website it is best to first evaluate an existing website and rate it between one and ten. During evaluation there are some basic questions that will need to be answered. Depending on the site's objective one can then choose the required design criteria. However there are certain essential common features that a good website must have like,

• Get a URL which itself can convey the site message
• Front screen must have some thing interesting to capture the interest of the visitor and it should be very relevant to the theme of the website.
• Graphics on the opening page should neither be too large or small but just right.
• Home page must quickly download.
• Long articles must have subheads with separate links
• Links must be prominent and easily accessible
• Web page articles should not be too long or short
• Site must provide full contact address with fax and phone details
• Visitor registration/forms only if relevant or necessary
• Colors must be effectively used
• Site should offer useful database/ applications to the visitors
• Common theme and elements must unify all the website pages
• CSS to be preferred to tables for page layouts
  Care must be taken to avoid broken links, spelling mistakes and animation/graphics that slow down the pages.

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It is very essential to spend good time and well plan before design work on any website. There are many web design mistakes which can gradually hinder the success of a web site if not immediately but over a period of time in the future. There are many types of sites with different purposes and many have debated over this issue as the web designers have an artistic bend of mind while the businessman thinks differently. However many features have been evaluated and there is consensus on some of the common mistakes which is known to inhibit the web experience. So it would be nice to stick to certain basic norms while designing a website. A check list of some web site design mistakes which can best be avoided includes,

• Slow loading web pages
• Color schemes very bright/sensational
• Continuous text without breaks
• Too many ads on page
• Horizontal scrolling on page
• Disorganized filing structure
• Not incorporating design for the disabled
• Not using the same style of linking in all pages
• Images without alt attribute
• Not clear titles (not descriptive)
• Less contrast between text and background
• Web pages without links
• Spelling /grammar errors
• Music that cant be turned off
• Not providing skip animation link
• Website opening only in few browsers
• Web pages too many clicks away from the home page
• Clumsy images not well edited on page
• Content not updated

Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is a US based web design and development company that offers a wide range of web design services including logo design, law firm web design, corporate web design, small business website design and real estate web site designing, to clients in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia.

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