49 Website Design Aspects You Shouldn’t Overlook

Easton — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:50 +0000

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!

Want a better website? Order one of our website packages today and save yourself some stress. Just read on to see what design aspects you don’t want to overlook…

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

Small Business Web Design: 78 of the Best Resources

Easton — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:06 +0000

We are always looking for the best resources available around the web to help our clients create the best, most effective websites for their businesses and coaching practices.

So here are 78 of the finest resources available for website design for small businesses, your healing practice or your coaching practice. If you know any resources that belong on this list, please share them by leaving a comment below!