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THE MAIN TOPICS
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The Book
The Web site became a best-selling design book. Teaches good design
and marketing.
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Here's the original sucky sites that made Web Pages That Suck
an Internet sensation.
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You think it sucks. I generally agree. Usually available for your viewing pleasure
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WHAT'S NEW
Vincent's Digital Video Experiences. Digital Video
is about as cool as it gets. It's also about as difficult as it gets.
Learn from my ongoing experiences.
 Who
is Jakob Siegel?
Darn good question. You'll find out if you read the WebWord
interview John Rhodes conducted with Vincent Flanders.
Bad Design. There's always the Daily Sucker
-- the sucky site of the day.
Mystery Meat Navigation. Basically, it's a reworking of the
old Weborcist article. Bad navigation costs you money and Mystery
Meat Navigation is bad.
47.8K Yes, that's how big your Web page should be. Read
the article.
Under the Influence. Normally, I don't talk about personal pages
or pages from Web Designers. Well, today's the exception. One has that
"Eudora" look and the other -- well, you'll have to see it
to believe it. Definitely Under the Influence.
Under the Influence. One of these sites is Under
the Influence. If this were a sobriety test, it wouldn't be dead
rock drummer .51% level. Probably .07% blood alcohol level.
World's Worst E-Con-merce Site #3. We're
always complaining how much information is being kept about you. At
Charles Schwab, they don't keep enough.
Builder.com Critique of the Week. Sites I've reviewed include
TheStreet.com,
Counting
Crows Web site, Redland
Baptist Church, Martha
Stewart Living, Adobe,
and HomeGrocer.com.
ABOUT THE SITE
The purpose of WebPagesThatSuck.com
(WPTS) and its related sites is to provide you with easy-to-read and
understand information about how to make your Web sites successful.
The e-mail I've received and the lectures and interactions with designers
has taught me you just want to solve your problems NOW. You don't have
time to go around to 400 Web sites and figure out what information is
important -- that's my job. I'll filter information for you so you don't
have to wade through the muck.
This site, like everything else,
has changed to meet the times. WPTS is a lot different than the original
site which tried to "teach you good design by looking at bad design."
Looking at sucky sites
is valuable (and fun), but you need a lot more information.
The redesign you're looking
at is mostly done. There are some rough edges that need to be smoothed
out and I'm working on that Even As We Speak. <grin>
WEB DESIGN INFORMATION and RESOURCES LINKS
Main Page
of Links
This section deals with information that you're going to need to make
your job easier. The informational heart of the site.
THE BOOK
WPTS is now in book form and is far more than just
a collection of sucky sites. Graphics guru Michael Willis and I show you what
you should be doing on your site to make it successful -- and there are three
chapters on Marketing. The book is being described as the" Strunk and White
of Web Design." You can even order it from this site
using your favorite online bookstore.
WPTS is an easy and fun read and very educational. One of my favorite
compliments is "It's the first technical book I've read that I've enjoyed reading." The writing is clear, concise, and easy to understand. Best
of all, it isn't silly or pretentious. You won't find phrases like you'll
see in other design books like: "...seeing the innovative design on
the site was reward enough. 'Grrr,' says Andrew, satisfied."
On this site you can download a chapter from
the book. You can also see the material
that Not in book.
SUCKY STUFF
Web
Pages That Suck -- The Sucky Sites
Here's the original sucky sites that made Web Pages That Suck an Internet sensation.
Don't use these techniques on your pages and you're well on your way to not
having a sucky site.
THE WPTS BULLETIN BOARD
The WPTS Bulletin
Board
One of the goals of WPTS is to provide information to our visitors and
since so many of the people visiting the site are talented designers
it's only logical that I put up a bulletin board where you can ask questions
and, more importantly, answer them.
BOOKSTORE
Here's
a novel concept for a bookstore. Instead of just listing books for you to
buy, I'll give you a list (pretty small at the moment, due to time constraints)
of books that I've actually read and feel you might find valuable.
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