legendinc.com's Ten Commandments of Web Design

The Commandments
of Web Design
If Thou Shalt Not Break Them;
Thy Site Traffic Shall Surely Increase.

by Bill Purdin

1.		Thou Shalt Not Use The Words Or Images "Under Construction."
2.		Thou Shalt Not Blink Or Annoyingly Rotate Anything.
3.		Thou Shalt Not Use Dark Backgrounds With Dark Type. White Is Always Heavenly.
4.		Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness By Overestimating Thine Own Artistic Ability.
5.		Thou Shalt Always Keep It Simple.
6.		Thou Shalt Have Something Original Or Meaningful To Say.
7.		Thou Shalt Always Remember The Truth, And Keep It Wholly.
8.		Thou Shalt Be Gentle With The Java, Using Only Applets That Enhance Thy Visitors' Experience And That Never Irritate.
9.		Thou Shalt Validate And Test Thine HTML.
10.		Thou Shalt Limit The Size Of Each Page (And Graphic) So As To Prevent Us From Spending Eternity Waiting For It To Load.
11.		Thou Shalt Update The Page Often, Keeping The Content Fresh.
12.		Thou Shalt Use The Default Window Size.
13.		Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Web Pages.
14.		Thou Shalt Not Use Clip Art.
15.		Thou Shalt Never Use All Caps In Your Text.
16.		Thou Shalt Constrict The Width Of Each Line Of Type To Not More Than Seven Inches.
17.		If Thou Shalt Encounter A Problem With Thine HTML, Fix It Now, For Tomorrow Never Cometh.