About Web Design: Get Ideas for Designs - Good and Bad

Web Design In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks | Suggestions |   from Jennifer Kyrnin I love looking at Web pages. I get ideas for designs from all of them, the good ones and the bad ones. When I'm on a page that I think is badly designed, I try to figure out what I don't like about it, so that I can note not to do that in my own designs. Some of the errors are subtle but others are glaring, like the ones below.   In the Spotlight I'd be Scared Too! One reader tells us that they found a site with a red background, black text, and bright blue links. While another mentions pages that have "mystery meat navigation" or even no navigation at all. It's amazing!              More Topics What does Cascade mean in Cascading Style Sheets? Avoiding conflict in CSS TextWrangler Free text editor for Mac How to Set Up a 302 Redirect with HTAccess on Apache It's easy HTML Attributes - accept MIME types for forms Web Design Education and Experience What do you need? CSS Style Property: font-effect CSS 3 How to Use a Blog for Non-Diarists Use it for your business Luckily There are Good Examples Too Somedays it seems like all you see online is bad design. But there are also examples of good design too. One of my favorite recent submissions is Ali Felski's Web page. What's Your Favorite? I am featuring the best designs from here in my Wordless Wednesday blog posts as well.   Poll: Do you indent your HTML? Indenting HTML code makes it easier to read and thus easier to maintain later. But some people feel that adding indents can increase the size of pages by adding in white space that isn't used on the page. Vote Now View Results     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Free Classes About Web Design and HTML  from your  Web Design / HTML  Guide It's easy to learn Web design and HTML online. And you might be surprised at the things you can learn for free. These online newsletter courses can help you improve your skills or teach you new ones. 1) SEO Class 2) Free Web Design Class - Daily 3) CSS Tip of the Day   What should I write about? Are there Web design topics you"d like to learn more about? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think.   Home Allergy Center Quick Cleaning Tricks These easy shortcuts and tips will help keep rid your home of grime, dust and other allergens. More > Web Design / HTML Ads Free Webdesign Free Web Designing Webdesign Template Full Website Design Design Your WebPage Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Focus on JavaScript Perl Graphic Design Focus on Java Web Logs   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Web Design newsletter as adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=webdesign&e=adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.