Designing and building a website is so easy these days, BUT it is extremely easy to get it wrong in these six areas:
[1] Security – If you do nothing, or even not quite enough, you Will get hacked.
[2] Future proof – If your code is not validated, then already some mobiles, browsers and voice readers will not be able to operate, and in the future ALL devices will demand validated code.
[3] Optimisation for fast loading in browsers and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) for good ranking within search engines.
Many web authoring programmes bloat the amount of code making websites very ‘heavy’. Google is now giving preference to faster sites.
[4] Accessibility – This is now a legal requirement for websites, but many websites are failing accessibility standards – even those designed by top professional web design companies.
If you go the DIY route, using a web authoring programme, you are virtually guaranteed to make an inaccessible website. Read more on accessibility
[5] Websites now need to be mobile friendly, or need to have a specialist mobile website.
Mobile devices outnumber computers approximately 20 to 1 worldwide but most conventional web sites fail miserably on mobile devices.
[6] Content Management Systems are now very popular and allow novices to make updates to websites, BUT the majority produce coding errors and poor accessibility.