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Legibility is key in making a webpage. You must remember that not everybody has a super-charged Pentium machine and a T1 line. Here are some key tips:

  • DON'T:
    • Use more than 8 to 10 images on a page
    • Use more than 3 to 5 animated images on a page
    • Make your HTML such that YOU can't decipher it
    • Assume everybody has the same browser you have
    • Use the <BLINK> or <MARQUEE> tags
    • Use intense backgrounds with extreme colours
    • Rely upon <FONT> tags for ALL formatting needs
    • Overuse the heading tags to make your site fancy
  • DO:
    • Use META tags
    • Use a consistent format with all pages onsite
    • Reuse images on sub-pages to reduce load time
    • Use ALT= tags for text-only browsers (they still exist)
    • Use HEIGHT= and WIDTH= tags for images at all times

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