1. Use Too Many Colors

Let’s put brown, purple and orange on the same site and see what
people think. I don’t know who designed some sites, but they
must have never learned about complementary colors on the color
wheel. Or if a designer hasn’t chosen non-complementary colors,
they choose to put too many colors on the page. It’s almost as
if a rainbow had vomited on your computer screen. There are
colors everywhere. If you want an ugly web site, put as many
colors as you can think of to design with, go crazy. You might
win an ugliest web site contest.

2. Use Too Much Movement

When I first started designing web sites in 1996, one of the
cool things people did on sites was to have blinking text or
rolling text within the page. I worked on a site this past year
that had three animated .gifs that boggled the eyes. I was able
to convince the client to lose one of them, but it still creates
havoc on a visitor’s eyes. If you want an ugly web site, may
sure you have at the very least three graphics moving in some
fashion.

3. Don’t Have Good Navigation

There are sites out on the Net that don’t have navigation on
every page. You have to use the back button to get back to the
previous page. Other sites also have different navigation on the
pages so you get lost. So if you want to have an ugly web site,
have inconsistent or non-existent navigation. This will surely
irritate your visitors.

4. Use Images that are Not Optimized

Graphics on web sites don’t need to be greater than 72 d.p.i.
(dots per inch). Some people create graphics on their site that
they’ve blown up graphics from small graphics. This creates
jaggedy edges on the graphics. There are also sites that don’t
optimize their graphics so they appear faded or pixilated. They
have run the graphic through an optimizer but it didn’t quite
work. Feel free to use any of these tips if you truly want an
ugly web site. BTW, you can also badly scanned photographs that
are too dark or have crud on them.

5. Don’t Take into Consideration People have Different Sized
Monitors

People have different sized monitors and they have their screen
set to different resolutionslike 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x
1024, and 1600 x 1200. These are all in pixels. Some ugly web
designers set their width at 100 percent, which can really make
the site look ugly for people who have their screens set at a
higher resolution. I normally set the width for my pages at 765
pixels wide (so it shows up okay in an 800 pixel width
resolution). I also like to center it, even though it can create
gaps on either side. There are some who set the width at wider
and it can cause scrolling or bunch up the graphics in an odd
fashion. If you’re serious about designing an ugly site, please
set your width at 100 percent.

6. Have a Distracting Background

I have a client who sends me emails that are a template from her
Outlook. When I reply, the template blends in with my words and
make it difficult to read. The same thing will happen to you
when you have a distracting background. Some ugly web designers
like to put a watermark of some sort in the background. I don’t
mind these if they aren’t too dark. The times I’ve done these, I
set them at about eight percent gradient and then have them a
neutral color. It can look cool if done writing. And it usually
helps if it’s a more solid logo or image. But if you want to
have a truly ugly web site, have a darker, distracting
background.

6.5. Have a Silly Splash Page that Does Nothing for Your Site

Most of the people I talk with about web sites hate Flash splash
pages. It normally doesn’t add anything to the site and just
wastes time. Nobody wants to waste their time on something
that’s useless. I like to reserve Flash for the top of the page,
navigation or a tutorial within the site.

So, I think you’re ready to go out there and create an ugly web
site. Just use my easy six and a half steps, and you will be the
proud owner of a truly ugly web site in no time. I can’t wait to
see what you come up with.

Choosing the right web hosting company is an important aspect in
cutting your web hosting costs down. The web hosting industry,
boosting several thousand web hosts, is still young and growing
at a remarkable pace; hence finding the right host is not only
difficult, but very time consuming; fortunately though it is
worth the time and effort. There are a few things to keep in
mind when exploring; when deciding to form a partnership with
the host. Below are just a few things to consider, which
directly attribute to final cost.

Bandwidth — Figure out approximately how much bandwidth (data
transfer) your web site requires. As above, ensure you get more
bandwidth than your site uses. For example, if your website uses
8GB bandwidth per month, then choose a plan, which offers at
least 8 or 10GB bandwidth per month. This again will prevent
’spikes’ of over usage, leading to higher extra costs. As a
reference, an average web site should pay no more than $3 per GB
for bandwidth usage.

Disk Space — Knowing how much web space your web site needs and
compensating for a bit extra, for growth. For example, if your
web site needs 200 MB of disk space, look for the plan which
offers at least 250 to 300 MB of web space; this will prevent a
large unexpected bill at the end of the month when high priced
costs, charged by most web hosts for extra disk space usage, are
added on to your bill. As a rule of thumb, an average web site
should cost you no more than $1 per 10 MB

Add On — Ask the web host if they have “Add-ons” facilities for
purchasing projected extra disk space or bandwidth. But, be
careful, if your web site needs only 2 GB extra bandwidth, you
may have to buy an extra package in blocks of 5GB bandwidth; in
this case, look for the host which will allow you to purchase
extra disk space and bandwidth allowance as per your needs, this
is crucial to cost savings

Caution: Ensure that you know the over-usage allowance rules;
you need to know what happens if your web site uses more disk
space or bandwidth than you have been allocated. The web host
who informs you of possible over-usage well in advance, allowing
you to take measures to reduce or budget for extra usage, is
‘worth their weight in gold’.

No. of Web Sites — If you have more than one web site, sign up
an account with a web host who provides multiple domains hosted
on one account; this will work out a lot cheaper than an account
per website.

A good tip would be to ask your friends and colleagues if they
want to host their websites with you on one account. For example
at M6.net a person or persons with 4 websites can save roughly
$20 per month by signing up an M6-2, multiple hosting account.

Databases and Scripting Support — Ensure that all the
applications your web site uses (FrontPage, ASP pages,
databases, cgi, PHP, etc.), are supported within the chosen
account type. Find out if there are any extra fees for
particular applications or associated database support. For
example allot of hosts charge extra set-up fees to install
FrontPage, which may be avoided by choosing another host
offering the same features with no extra costs.

Mail Server — Emails are the lifeblood of your online business.
Ensure that you get a sufficient number of email addresses with
your own domain name (preferably unlimited); these are necessary
for other email features like forwarders, and auto responders,
etc. There is no need to pay an extra fee for use of a mail
server as many hosts offer this service now for free, within the
hosting plan.

Avoid Long Term Contracts — Many web hosts offer huge discounts
on yearly or half yearly payments in advance, this may appear a
good way to go, but note how long you are locked in. If possible
avoid long-term contracts until you are sure about the services
and reliability offered by that particular host. Paying on a
monthly basis obviously has its benefits. If there are concerns
with your service encouraging you to seek a new host elsewhere,
you may lose out on many months of hosting fees when breaking a
yearly or half-yearly contract; but, if the necessity arises, a
loss of only a few days to close a troublesome account, is
preferable.

Thinking ahead with reference to an established plan of action
will help you avoid most surprises, and definitely help towards
cutting costs, short term or long-term. Work out your growth
rate and project future expansions. Keep a good record of past
and present bandwidth and web space usage; this will help to
project future needs.

Savings are mostly a matter of common sense, but in this
industry of high technology most people forget this rule and try
to look for the best, most efficient and most expensive
technical programs and software to save them a buck or two. As
in most businesses good cost effective groundwork is the best
start to cutting costs.

Did you know that brochure printing has played an important and
realistic role in increasing marketing’s strategy in campaign?
Well, increase in their sales and name sound is quite a
convincing proof. Although many business marketing companies
thought that in keeping up with brochures, they are entitled to
a big expense which is not friendly to their budget, they are
wrong. Almost everything is expensive these days but surely it
pays off to some satisfying reward in return.

In a business company who makes brochures for their client’s
reference, it is never that hard for them to keep up and
cooperate with what’s new and hot. Making a way to provide their
customers with satisfaction can completely be referenced to
brochures. It is true that brochure printing may cost a bit
higher than the usual strategy companies use but there are ways
to minimize your expenses. Looking for a printing company that
offers affordable and efficient service does it all. A good
printing company understands customer’s needs and keeps up with
their standards which are their first priority.

Brochures varies from different sizes so if you want to cut down
a little with your budget, you can adjust with the sizes which
adapts to your budget. Larger brochures may cost a bit higher
because of increased materials like paper and ink. But larger
brochures are better and most accepted by the customers. A well
managed brochure will definitely make up a great deal with your
customers.

Brochures are offered in sizes such as 8-1/2 inch x 11 inches to
9 x 12 inches. They said that the bigger is better but brochure
printing really doesn’t require being big. As long as it keeps
up with the quality and your clients continuously appreciate
your brochures, size doesn’t really matter at all.

Your brochures need not to have very good and colorful designs
on it. Of course you will match it with the type of design you
wish to elaborate. Having your own unique theme sets it on top.
You need not overdo your brochures with designs and colorful
prints. As long as it informs and attracts the people, your
brochures will definitely be appealing and revealing. Remember
that keeping it simple but great is what matters.

Most brochures are printed with varieties of color because it
makes it attractive and inviting. Choosing the right quality for
your brochures is economical and cost-effective.

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In this article I will give advice and tips of where to find a low cost website design company and also about the best ways of producing a cool website.

How many people or companies are advertising their services for web design?

The answer is a great deal. They surely can not all be asking for huge sums of money to build and design quality websites. There must be some who offer cheap, affordable websites.

If you think about a company or person who is just starting out, they have not got a very large portfolio of previous work and clients to show, and in this situation are likely in these early days to offer you a competitive rate. Once they become more established they will then no doubt increase their prices.

To find these companies which are just starting out, I would advise looking on auction websites like ebay, looking in Yellow Pages, looking in newspapers such as a paper we have here in the Midlands called bargain pages. Looking on the internet on search engines and asking family and friends is also other avenues to explore.

Once you have found a company you need to think about the content for your website, the colours and also about graphics. Do you want it have flash design? These are all things to think about.

You then need to think about hosting, who will host your website? It may be worth asking the web designer if they can recommend a host.

Then once you have had your site built you need to promote it. Building up a regular and constant stream of backward links is very important as this will result in your website obtaining a higher page rank and more visitors.

Stephen Hill has a number of websites including:

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