Worst Web Sites 2009
Ugliest / Worst Business Web Sites of 2009, But You Can Learn Something From Them
Ugliest / Worst Business Web Sites of 2009
Ugliest / Worst Business Web Sites to Navigate in 2009
Ugliest / Worst Web Sites of 2009: Honorary Winners
Ugliest / Worst Over The Top Web Sites of 2009
Ugliest / Worst Non-Profit Web Sites of 2009
Gorgeous Websites From The Late 90's To Inspire You — If You Have No Taste
Worst Web Sites 2008
Worst Web Sites 2007
Worst Web Sites 2006
More Bad Web Design
Daily Sucker
Daily Examples of Bad Web Design
Web Redesign Checklists
Checklist 1
149 Ways to Kill Your Web Site
Checklist 2
82 Ways to Ruin Your Web Site
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Son of Web Pages That Suck
Chapter 4
Design Issues Even Martians Should Know
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The Link That's Worth the Price of the Book?
As you've seen, there are complicated legal issues revolving around one issue-copyright. You just know these aren't the only legal issues facing Web site designers and owners.
There are a whole host of legal issues that you have to go through to make sure you don't get your rear end sued off. This is especially true when you're dealing with the artists who create your graphics. If you don't have the outside design firm sign the right kind of contract, you may not own your own material. The best place to learn about these issues is Ivan Hoffman's Web Site Audit Check List.
Some of the topics covered are:
- The Need for a Written Web Design Agreement
- Who Owns the Copyright in Your Web Site?
- The Use of Protected Materials on Multimedia Web Sites
- Work Made for Hire Agreements
- Domain Names and Trademarks
- Disclaimers
Big Picture Issue #4 — Technical Concerns
Besides legal issues, there are technical issues that affect your Web site. You may think it’s easy for visitors to view your Web site—they just get on the Internet, type some characters, hit the Enter key, and they’re at your site. The process is actually a lot more complicated than you might imagine because there are so many technical issues involved. Some of these issues include the quality of the server where you host your site, the number of other domains hosted on that server, the software and utilities your host provides, and the size and number of the Internet connections of your hosting service.
Upgrade Your Browser or We'll Shoot This Monitor
Check the appearance of your site using different browsers on different systems.
I really can't put it any simpler than that. You would think that Web pages would look the same in each and every browser on each and every system. Well, they don't. Why? Because the Internet Explorer and Netscape (Communicator) browsers interpret HTML statements differently-and that's for statements they both support. Back in the days when Microsoft and Netscape were engaged in a life-and-death browser war, each vendor also created their own proprietary tags which, of course, were not supported by the other vendor.
A perfect example of the same Web page looking completely different in two browsers is shown in Figures 4.15 and 4.16. Obviously, somebody didn't check to see how their site looked using Communicator.