Websites - What Makes Them "Good"

So in this day and age people not only have their own phone numbers (a cell phone number) but now many people are creating their own websites for an assortment of purposes. Knowing how to create one, and a good one at that, is extremely important because of how relevant it is today.

In order to have a good website, you must:

• make it as simple as possible
• create it to look attractive and professional
• make it well organized with a top-down design
• choose appropriate colors (ones that don't clash and that are contrastive)
• be consistent in format (when opening new pages off of your website and color choices)
• have valuable content
• scale your content so it fills your browser window (for people to view with all monitor sizes)
• create it for multiple browsers (since PCs and Macs use different home browsers)
• proofread before running the site for errors
• post "last updated" date and a means of contact (e-mail or home/work address)

If you follow this list of "must do" for your website you are bound to create something wonderful! And it's all about experimenting, so never feel like you're stuck with one format or look. Websites are constantly being redone so there is no shame in diving back in once it's already been up and running.

Good luck and enjoy the many website possibilities!