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When I first published my homepage, it was like this (see here). Just another day I've visited (only by curiosity) the Mediocre Site of the Day and I realized that my page was even worst! :) I was one of the masters in the art of making horrible homepages. Because of that I've decided to teach you a bit of my knowledge. Read right after the main directions that must be followed for all the people who want to make such repellent homepages.



MAIN DIRECTIONS

1 - Colors. Don't use them. Generally gray pages are better than the colored ones. Colors take off the attention of the internaut from the most important thing: the information. But if you decide to use colors, use them wisely. The ideal is that each letter have a different color.
2 - Images. Don't use them. Like the colors, images only take off the attention of the visitor. But if you really want to use them, choose huge figures. A good-sized picture is the one that takes at last 10 minutes to be loaded. Another tip is to choose distorted or unfocused photos (see my photo).
3 - Image Formats. Just prefer the formats HGL, PLT, MSP, BMP, etc. and not the traditionalize GIF and JPG. They are less compacts than GIF and have the full advantage of don't be understood by most of the browsers (you'll be contributing to the developing of browsers that will be able to read such files!)
4 - Links. Put dead-links that take people nowhere. Or links of the type: Click here to see a 3D animation.
5 - HTML Code. An item usually slighted by beginners is the HTML code of the page. Because it's the less apparent part of the page, it's almost always forgotten. But take care! The good page's programmer must be preoccupied with this subtle topic. Always avoid to create clean and standardized codes. Vary the use of capital and small letters. Just an observation: the novice in a more advanced level really must take a look in the source code of this page (if he/she wants to see more complicated examples).
6 - Tests. If it is really necessary to test your page, choosen well the browser thar you'll use. Never use Netscape Communicator. Firstly because Netscape is the browser that contains more resources nowadays and accept the biggest number of plugins. And also because it is used by around 70% of the Web users. Choose a more exclusive browser.
7 - Criticisms and Suggestions. Don't let that boring visitors annoy you (and your page!). Obviously you won't put forms and e-mail, so that these boring messages do not fill your mail box. However, as a prevention form, I suggest that you put a warning at the top of your page: "If you have any critiscism or suggestion, please, keep them with yourself!".

These are the basic main directions. Of course there are much more to be done. If you want to improve even more, study carefully the tips presented bellow and just proceed inversely!



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