What screams "amateur website"?

by CoralBayLover

Posted: 11 years ago 6 replies

WEB DESIGN

As a developer, do you notice things that make a site look unfinished or amateur?

For example, seeing index.php in the URL?

#amateur website #screams

nmwf 11 years ago

Originally Posted by CoralBayLover

For example, seeing index.php in the URL?

Is that what it has come down to now??

A file extension??

Really??
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- CoralBayLover 11 years ago
  
  I have no idea. I figured most sites don't show it so maybe it's a problem?
  
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  DenniseTan 11 years ago
  
  IMO, it has got something to do with the overall design of the website. The navigation buttons, the color scheme, etc. Then most important of all, if it markets the product properly. If not, then it's an amateur website,
  
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totalprocessing.net 11 years ago

I think a blinking mail box screams amateur. I had one on my first site back in 1999
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tamalanwar 11 years ago

For business sites: I hate when I see the placeholder text in a finished/public site.

For blogs: I hate lots of empty categories.

The site.com/index.php is not an issue since it's a technology. But a webmaster should make sure that he/she makes a 301 redirect to a preferred version.
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createarena 11 years ago

If you want to have a site come off as professional, I would say just be sure to have the whole site completed and polished- good visuals and content, attention to detail, etc.... many sites out there just have a portion look good, usually the homepage, but then the inner pages lack attention.
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