How giant images within your website can completely mess up your layout.

Reducing file size, and limiting cookie sizes to keep your site running smooth and fast.

Flash is cool, but you still need to be careful how you use it. A classic mistake to make when designing a website is to use images to convey a text message. Search engines can’t read them, some pda’s won’t display them, and it will most likely create an accessibility problem for those who rely on text version only browsing.

Last week I took on a quest to look at 1,000 blogs and websites. I was looking for that special something that draws me into a site, and actually read some of their content. Well I found something, and to no surprise to some, it was images.

Example of using text instead of menu’s, and still making it look good by the use of JavaScript.

Using a site as an example learn why you shouldn’t use graphics to convey a text message.

A big no no in site design is using images to convey a text message. Here is an example when you can though.