None of following about this site! (except the Good stuff)
Things I think about when making templates;
Do user's need to jump through hoops of fire to get the info they need, if so they will leave!
The hover is a Neat and very cool thing, but over kill, will or may kill your site's traffic or activity.
Now I love cool sites as much as the next guy, but if your guest can not find anything meaning full at your site (right off) they may go as fast as they got there.
Too many sites have too many links and text that you need to mouse over and sometimes even wait to see what the hell it's all about or if that link is about anything at all. Looks neat but defeats the purpose when it comes to presenting your content to the Pub!
I inter WWW net started out as a source for finding and sharing information "Yes" the ( content ) and it the Net will, take that to it's Grave!
Another consideration of mine is, do they need sunglasses or nigh vision classes to view my site... or could they read all things with ease on the eye ball! Even the game site should be designed so you can find you way, You ,may have good eyes when young, but these are things that could change that faster than you realize!
I see too many sites designed way to light with light fonts, and way too dark with way too dark fonts.
Another thing and as some here and I'm sure I mentioned else ware ( up shrink, roll out an fade things are cool), but who know what's there or sometimes how to get there?? ( an also beware of the false negatives that some Java May cause!
And of course I'm always looking to do away with too many images, replacing with CSS and tiny images.
All this is general thoughts only, for typical sites...of course this depends on if you have Game site or graphics design site. ( The Gallery comes to mind )
Just me, I could be wrong!
regards,
Maxx
Things I think about when making templates;
Do user's need to jump through hoops of fire to get the info they need, if so they will leave!
The hover is a Neat and very cool thing, but over kill, will or may kill your site's traffic or activity.
Now I love cool sites as much as the next guy, but if your guest can not find anything meaning full at your site (right off) they may go as fast as they got there.
Too many sites have too many links and text that you need to mouse over and sometimes even wait to see what the hell it's all about or if that link is about anything at all. Looks neat but defeats the purpose when it comes to presenting your content to the Pub!
I inter WWW net started out as a source for finding and sharing information "Yes" the ( content ) and it the Net will, take that to it's Grave!
Another consideration of mine is, do they need sunglasses or nigh vision classes to view my site... or could they read all things with ease on the eye ball! Even the game site should be designed so you can find you way, You ,may have good eyes when young, but these are things that could change that faster than you realize!
I see too many sites designed way to light with light fonts, and way too dark with way too dark fonts.
Another thing and as some here and I'm sure I mentioned else ware ( up shrink, roll out an fade things are cool), but who know what's there or sometimes how to get there?? ( an also beware of the false negatives that some Java May cause!
And of course I'm always looking to do away with too many images, replacing with CSS and tiny images.
All this is general thoughts only, for typical sites...of course this depends on if you have Game site or graphics design site. ( The Gallery comes to mind )
Just me, I could be wrong!
regards,
Maxx