Here are 49 facets of your website design that you should never take for granted. Evaluate each item carefully and write down any relevant statistics, observations, ideas or questions. We hope you find this checklist useful!
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The Big Picture: Major Web Design Aspects
1. Eye-pleasing
2. Unique
3. Simple
4. Organized
5. Appropriate
6. Easy to read
7. Easy to navigate
8. Easy to distinguish links from text
Accessibility: How Does Your Website Really Look?
9. Looks same in various browsers
10. Looks same at different resolutions
11. Mobile version looks good
Errors and Broken Stuff
12. No broken links
13. No code errors
14. No missing alt text/placeholders
The Stuff at the Top
15. Memorable favicon
16. Appropriately-sized masthead
17. Eye-pleasing masthead
18. Relevant masthead
19. Appropriately-sized logo
20. Resizable logo
21. Eye-pleasing logo
22. Relevant logo
23. Logo works without color
Does Your Website Work Without … ?
24. Website works without images
25. Website works without CSS
Will They Remember You?
26. Appropriately-sized website title
27. Memorable website title
28. Descriptive website title
29. Memorable tagline
30. Descriptive tagline
Searches and Subscriptions
31. Visible search box
32. Obvious search box
33. Useful search box
34. Visible feed/email subscription options
Articles and Excerpts
35. Visible article headlines
36. Appropriate number/size of article excerpts on homepage
37. Appropriate number/size of article excerpts on archive pages
Social Media and Commenting
38. Visible social media sharing options
39. Relevant social media sharing options
40. Appealing social media sharing options
41. Visible article comment area
42. Easy to publish a comment
43. Easy to browse comments/trackbacks/pingbacks/tweetbacks
What’s on the Side?
44. Organized sidebar(s)
45. Useful sidebar elements
What’s on the Bottom?
46. Organized footer
47. Useful footer elements
Feed Me, Seymour! Feed Me!
48. Feed displays correctly
49. Useful feed elements
adapted from my Blog Improvement Checklist
