Web Design and Hosting Mistakes

Web Design and Hosting Mistakes

Small businesses new to the Internet often tend to make the same mistakes when trying to establish their online presence. CODANK Charlotte Web Design suggests that you conduct thorough research before embarking on any web site design or hosting projects for your company in order to avoid these common mistakes.

Below are a few web design and hosting mistakes that are common:

Placing too many pictures and animations on your website
Try to refrain from cluttering your company’s website with too many images and pictures. Search engine crawlers are not able to collect enough information to index your web site if you do not have text. Do not get wrapped up in having a nice looking site and forget about the content.

Ignoring bandwidth restrictions
Do not place large files, documents, or photos for visitors to view because it will make it difficult to navigate around the web site. Pictures take up more bandwidth than text does.

Not focusing on Search Engine Optimization
The most seen mistake is when a company builds a web site that ignores search engine needs. Be sure to hire a SEO professional who is qualified to help you take advantage of this great marketing tool.

Lack of a business plan
Construct a definite business plan and stick with it from beginning to end. Even if your progress starts off slowly, do not abandon the plan. Each element will help your company in the long run.

Be sure to define your target market and invest in advertising that will properly grab their attention.

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18 Responses to “Web Design and Hosting Mistakes”

  1. KubitDesign says:

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  2. elsabefurness says:

    It’s good to see that you mention to change your website regularly to see what type of design gives you the best outcomes. Even something as simple as just changing the headlines on your page can result in a significant increase in your sales conversions

  3. xxxxharlequingirlxxxx says:

    Web design is pretty much what it sounds like- it's designing for the internet, whether it's creating websites or working in programs like Flash. Also, you do have to be some what creative when designing websites, but I know some web design majors who prefer the coding part rather than the design part.

    Graphic design is designing mostly for print, with some designing for the web (ex: banner ads). In graphic design you can do numerous things like working on layouts for magazines, creating logos or designing packaging for consumer goods.

    As far as income goes, it all depends on where you live, how much experience you have and what your job title is. A junior designer obviously won't be making as much as a senior designer or an art director. You'll just have to do some of your own research to figure out how much a graphic designer makes versus a web designer.

    I will tell you from personal experience that there does seem to be a lot more web design jobs out there. I majored in graphic design and although I enjoy what I do, its been really tough finding a full-time job, but hopefully the economy will get better soon!

  4. Alvin N says:

    You can try using a site like Elance.com. You just post the project (describe what you need) and then web designers can "bid" to win your project. The prices are competitive since they want to get the project instead of the other designers.

    No matter who you hire, be sure to look carefully over their portfolio and reviews (in this case, both are available on Elance).

  5. fiin1 says:

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  6. Hirnvorhanden says:

    Speaks out of my heart. But I am glad because as long as others make this beginner errors, I will have enough work and a good income :-D

  7. webguruindia says:

    Thanks for the video

  8. VolcanicDrum says:

    Nice video, thank you!

  9. Johnathan M says:

    Not hard

    Start by learning HTML

    http://www.w3schools.com/html/DEFAULT.asp

    then go to java,flash, php, peral, CGI-bin, and all others lol

  10. marky9378 says:

    All the bad comments about this guy i so disagree. Dave has become so successful and he knows inside out what he is talking about. At the end of the day he is successful in what he does so he must now what he is talking about.

    Keep up the good work Dave

  11. Abuelita says:

    I have been coding HTML for about 6 years. Started with Notepad as my editing program. Have recently decided to take some formal instructions in coding HTML and CSS. Notepad is the ONLY editing program permitted for the class. So it is back to Notepad.

    However, years ago after doing 2 web sites I finally started using HTML-Kit, a free program from http://www.htmlkit.com/ It will require that you know something about HTML tags and code structure.

    There is no software that will produce for you professional appearing web designs right out of the box. It will become necessary for you to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, php and perhaps more.

  12. grunge65432 says:

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  13. CrazyOn1 says:

    wow, that's incredibly vague. You should include things like what language you're programming in, ideally post some code along with the question. I'm not trying to chew you out or anything, just trying to help you ask future questions a little more clearly. That being said…

    Basically you're going to need to make an HTML form with some inputs so the user can input whatever data you need for a user. Also, you need to set the action attribute on the form to the name of the file that will process the information (php, python, jsp, etc file).


    <form action="file.php">
    <input type='text' name='name'/>
    <input type='password' name='password'/>
    <input type='text' name='email'/>
    <input type='submit'/>
    </form>

    clicking the submit button will push the input's data to file.php. Depending on what language you're using, you will use different syntax to get those parameters and enter them into the database. I'd at least need to know what language you're programming in to help you out anymore. good luck, hope that was some help ;)

  14. Hammertime says:

    Here are the fields listed in the Graphic Artist Guide Handbook:

    Corporate Graphic Design
    Branding Design
    Advertising and Promotion Design
    Collateral Design
    Publication Design
    Book Jacket/Cover Design
    Book Design
    Lettering and Typeface Design
    Retouching & Photo Illustration
    Environmental Graphic Design
    Exhibit and Display Design
    Broadcast Design
    Greeting Card & Novelty Design
    Chart and Map Design
    Advertising Illustration
    Preproduction Illustration
    Onscreen ARtwork in Motion Pictures, Television, Video
    Corporate & Institutional Illustration
    Book Publishing
    Editorial Illustration
    Fashion Illustration
    Package Illustration
    Greeting CArd Novelty and Retail Goods Illustration
    Medical Illustration
    Natural Science Illustration
    Technical Illustration
    Archetectural/Interior Illustration
    Dimensional 3D Illustration
    Marbling
    Postage Stamp Illustration
    Magazine Cartooning
    Computer Animation

    You can repurpose your skills in so many ways. Graphic design is connected to editorial, writing, artwork, programming, technical skills, web development. It's really as far as you want to take it

  15. celshader says:

    I started out designing flash websites with cool console style navigation because they were fun and impressed clients easily.
    But I have learned the hard way when it comes to long term clients who were initially happy asking about accessability, SEO, content management, and scalability.
    I still use flash occationally but have a much more practical approach now.

  16. nahcm says:

    Aptana Studio is very good, free version contains almost everything you need for writing a good website.

  17. Selvakumar V says:

    The most effective way to obtain the requirements is through interviews. Make an appointment with you customer and ask them what they want on their website. Prepare the questions well in advance.
    Type of questions:

    1. Functional Requirements
    – This basically tells you what the website should do and how does it functions.
    – Example: What the website do? What is it for? What function should be there?

    2. Non-Functional Requirements
    – This is not about the functionality of the website rather than it relates to how should the website looks and anything that is not in the functional side.
    – This requirements if it is not done the website will still function perfectly as it was intended to.
    – Example: Whats the website layout? Whats the color theme? What is the tolerable amount of time for the website to response to a request.

    These are some basic yet the most important requirements you need to know.
    You can always search at Yahoo! and Google for a more detailed design/software/ website requirement document sample and template.

  18. Custom S says:

    You will need your master's degree to teach at a community college. It might be good to try to land a tutoring job at a community college while you work on completing your education. This way by the time you are certified to teach at this level, you already have some experience working with college level students and you may have your foot in the door.

    Good luck.

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