Tag Archives: “Bad Websites”

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Being Navigationally Challenged

July 13, 2011 – 8:48 pm
So where exactly am I supposed to look on this page?

I must be navigation challenged. Really. I must. It can’t be the website designers. It simply has to be me. No matter that I spend ALL day surfing the web, it has to be me. So, what does navigation challenged mean? How about when I land on a site knowing, KNOWING, where I want to read more »

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Major navigation “sins” – not even the Vatican can avoid this one!

June 15, 2011 – 5:18 pm
Sistine Chapel

Guest Post by Perri Greeley – One might assume that when you land on the Vatican website, you will find a well developed, well designed, website filled with wonder, information, and art. After all, the Vatican does hold an entire treasure trove of art and is a thing of beauty itself. Try again. Sadly, the read more »

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Don’t use auto play music on your website. Just don’t.

June 6, 2011 – 8:29 pm
Dancing Leprechauns are Annoying

Innocently enough (or not as the case may be), I posted the following question on the Design Spike Facebook page: Website pet peeve time: What drives you crazy about a website? (Navigation, flashing bits, colors, etc).   Overwhelmingly, everyone seems to dislike auto play music on websites. And I mean HATE kind of dislike. Dancing read more »

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Pink doesn’t stink….website color combinations that work

April 12, 2011 – 8:48 pm
Color Scheme Designer 3

I walked in to this blog thinking “Pink, bah!” Who really wants pink as the dominant color in a website? And, why oh why would Pantone have picked Honeysuckle 18-2120 to be the color of 2011? But look closer, my fine readers, and you will see pink can rock out a website like nobody’s bizness. read more »

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Color schemes for your website. Do you really want them seeing red?

April 8, 2011 – 6:55 pm
Hard Row to Hoe Vineyards Lake Chelan Washington

The most glaring “bad website designs” are a result of color selection.  A few days ago we blogged about ugly websites and encouraged you to reach out for opinions and/or professional assistance in creating your website to avoid receiving a “bad website” moniker. Not because we think Design Spike should be designing your website, although, who read more »

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