| There are certain mistakes which seem to be made | | | | Even if visitors bother to wait for your site to load, |
| over and over by those who are making their own | | | | they will soon click away if they do not like the music |
| websites rather than seeking the help of a | | | | that they are being forced to listen to. A better |
| professional web design agency. These are the | | | | option if you must have music on your site is to |
| mistakes that should be avoided... | | | | have a noticeable play button at the top of the |
| One common mistake is to center all the material on | | | | pages that the visitors can use to start and stop the |
| your page, giving the website a look that is | | | | music |
| unprofessional. There is really no reason to design | | | | Do not use JavaScript for any critical elements of |
| your website this way, especially when you consider | | | | your web pages since about a fifth of all Web users |
| that a full page left to right layout is always used for | | | | are not able to or do not want to run JavaScript. |
| book and magazine text. When visitors are faced | | | | Any problems which a visitor to your site encounters |
| with a large amount of centered text, they think it | | | | sends a clear message to them that you are not a |
| looks odd and may click on their web browser's back | | | | real professional who takes the time to fix the |
| button because they simply are not used to the look | | | | problems or update the material you are presenting. |
| of large chunks of text which has been centered. | | | | So, by using JavaScript, you will potentially be losing |
| Do not have music that plays on your website | | | | 20% of visitors to your website within seconds of |
| because then the site takes longer to load and not | | | | them arriving at your site. |
| everyone will like the music that you select to play. | | | | |