Do’s and Don’ts in Designing a Website

1. Don't use busy backgrounds on your pages
2. Do end your URLs with a forward slash in your links
3. Don't set your type to all capital letters in your body text
4. Don't have more than a few words in italics
5. Don't have more than a few words in a bold case
6. Do turn off the blue borders around linked graphics
7. Do provide alternate text (using the 'alt' attribute of the image tag) for all your major images
8. Do make images that look like buttons act like buttons
9. Don't use too many colors in your web site