Web pages that suck taught good web design by showing bad design. It's an outgrowth of a web site: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/ This is a case where you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.
keith_w wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> BTW Nick, there's only one thing wrong with that picture of you on the >> web site: It's a picture of *you& ;-) You should put up your best-ever >> wedding shot (that you can get permission to use) on your index page. >> >> Go all out showing off your best work, with prominent links (use >> thumbnail shots) to your best photos right on the main page. There are >> a *lot* of wedding/portrait photographers on the web and the way most >> people search is by scanning through a lot of pages and looking for >> work that they like. You have to grab their attention or they'll be on >> to someone else's web site in the time it takes to hit the "back" >> button. >> >> The redoubtable Vincent Flanders says people only want one thing from >> any web page they visit: "Solve my problems NOW". >> >> For anyone who's not a code geek (and even those who are) I highly >> recommend his book "Son of Web Pages that Suck". >> http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/sonof/ >> > > > I'd never buy that sucky book, merely from looking at the poorly > designed cover! > The author must have approved that messy layout, and that same person is > trying to convince me he knows how to make an effective web page? > Hah! > He can't even design a decent, catchy book cover! > Good luck getting me to even open the book! > > keith whaley > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
