Posts Tagged ‘errors’
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Optimizing Error Pages: Creating Opportunities Out Of Mistakes
- May 18th, 2011
- 52 Comments
In this article I’ll be reviewing a few techniques that will help Web designers and UI professionals to improve their error pages in order to engage visitors and improve overall website experience. As C. S. Lewis once said, “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement”. Web designers should ...
Read more...What Is The Worst Design or Programming Mistake You’ve Ever Made?
- September 10th, 2010
- 207 Comments
Mistakes are made every day in the design and development world. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; it happens. In fact, mistakes are one of the most powerful learning tools at our disposal. Our mistakes impart important lessons that we carry with us as we continue to hone our skill ...
Read more...Critical Mistakes Freelancers Make
- November 28th, 2009
- 93 Comments
Seeing as we are all human (well, presumably whoever is reading this post anyway), we should recognize that mistakes happen. They even have that saying, “To err is human…,” which goes to show that it is not only commonplace for us to err once or twice: it is expected. But ...
Read more...10 Common Mistakes In Logo Design
- June 25th, 2009
- 361 Comments
With the power of the Web, and more eyes watching than ever, it’s important for a business to communicate its unique message clearly. The easiest way to recognize a company and distinguish it from others is by its logo. Below, we go through 10 common logo design mistakes that you ...
Read more...Effective Maintenance Pages: Examples and Best Practices
- June 12th, 2009
- 41 Comments
Every website has to perform maintenance at some point or another. Whether it’s just to upgrade a portion of the site or because of some problem with the site, it’s an inevitable fact of website ownership. And in many cases, maintenance requires taking your site offline for at least a ...
Read more...404 Error Pages, One More Time
- January 29th, 2009
- 232 Comments
The design of 404 error pages is often overlooked and underestimated. However, designed carefully, these pages can make a random visitor stay on your website, take a look around and eventually find the information he or she was looking for in the first place. Effective 404 error pages communicate why ...
Read more...404 Error Pages: Reloaded
- August 17th, 2007
- 282 Comments
Three weeks ago we’ve showcased some of the most beautiful, creative and user-friendly 404 Error Pages; we’ve collected some interesting ideas one can use to help out the visitors once they got lost ony your page. We’ve also asked our readers to design their own 404 pages and promised ...
Read more...Wanted: Your 404 Error Pages
- July 25th, 2007
- 273 Comments
Every day you visit one of them. The pages, which don’t exist any longer, have moved to a new server or have never existed at all. Once you’ve missed your intended destination, either through a bad or outdated link, or a typo in the page you were hoping to reach, ...
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