Web design is a skill that nearly everyone can learn, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is good at it. People often learn web design in order to design their own websites, or to make money on the side; but unfortunately people don’t always take the time to master the skill. Here are some amateur web design mistakes that should be avoided.
Long Paragraphs
Web readers have short attention spans, and it is difficult to read long chunks of text while sitting at a computer. Websites should make use of short paragraphs, bullet points, and headlines in order to make the reading experience more enjoyable.
Music on Websites
This fad was popular in the mid-90’s but now it is just seen as unprofessional when a site loads up with music blasting and there is no way to turn it off. People often browse the web at work, while watching TV, or listening to their own music so it can be quite the turn off to have music start as soon as the page loads.
