Test Your Website- Make it Bug Free

1. HTML Validator-(http://validator.w3.org/)- Checks the markup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.

2. CSS Validator (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/) -Validates CSS stylesheets or documents using CSS stylesheets.

3. Links Validator (http://validator.w3.org/checklink) - Useful to find broken links.

4. RSS Feed Validator (http://validator.w3.org/feed/) -This is the W3C Feed Validation Service, a free service that checks the syntax of Atom or RSS feeds

5. Free Site Validator (http://freesitevalidator.com/) -This service scans your entire site for validation errors and dead links and generates report status in real time.

6. WebAIM Wave (http://wave.webaim.org/) - Accessibility service – it shows you the mistakes and it is quite productive.

7. Functional Accessibility Evaluator(http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/) -Use this tool to evaluate the functional accessibility of your web site.

8. Hera(http://www.sidar.org/hera/) -Check the accessibility of Web pages according to the specification Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG 1.0).

9. Xenocode(http://www.xenocode.com/Browsers/) -Using Xenocode you can run any browser you want. Yes, even IE6, IE7 and IE8 simultaneous.

10. Browsershots(http://browsershots.org/) -A great service for testing your site on all browsers on most operating systems.

11. IeTester (http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/) -This is a tool that incorporates all version of IE in one desktop application.

12. Microsoft Expression SuperPreview (http://www.microsoft.com/expression/) -The new tool from Microsoft is designed to help you compare your site on different browsers.

13. Pingdom Tools(http://tools.pingdom.com) -Analyzing your website speed and breaking down the way elements are loaded.

14. YSlow(http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/)-The authority tool in optimizing your website and gaining additional speed.

15. Web Page Analyzer(http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/)-A simple yet very useful service that generates a report related to your website performance.

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Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com

Reminder for Web Designer

Just few things to remind a Web Designer so you will never fails with Customer expectation. Being myself from SEO domain company knows how important an Web Designer is for us. In order to improve present skills here are some points for Web Designer.

• Keep Adding New Skills - We are from the domain where trends are easily becoming past as new treds come with a pace and cove the graph.Being a web designer you keep adding latest market knowledge and improve approach towards that.From logo designing up to user interfaces approch should enhance.

• Use Alternative- By default Web Designers are been blessed with the LEO nature (stubborness). I know because i have inhouse designing team. Web Designer must have the ability to be immune to criticism and second opinions.

• Check Foot Prints- Keep moving ahead is a good but always keep a check your foot prints or your previous work. This will help you to improve more in all directing of web designing.

• Global Fight "Developer is not always wrong"- Most of the designer or almost all feel develper is wrong but believe me developer is not wrong most of the time. So my dear web designers make a CHECK LIST.

• Media Updates - In such a dynamic and vibrant field of designing one must be updated with the latest changes in domain. Keep your self updated with MEDIA ( news etc).

• Filter Web- Over the web there are multiple source of information like web sites, social media, blogs etc. Web designer must learn how to explore the best information available over the web. Scan as much as you can but digest the good stuff.

• Never Mind "Use Paper and Pen"- Dont think you can remember all the stuff of project in your mind, use pen and paper and avoid later conflicts.

• Be Ethical - Always buy the photos you use in your designs.Ask client for same. By purchasing great pictures you add value to the web design ecosystem. In this way quality content is provided and promoted at the same time.

• Study Industry Bench Marks - You should consider is to study great web designers. Zeldman(http://www.zeldman.com), Molly(http://www.molly.com), Meyer(http://www.meyerweb.com), Shea, Moll(http://www.cameronmoll.com), Croft(http://www.jeffcroft.com), Snook(http://www.snook.ca) should mean something to you not just names. Study their work, follow their activity. These actions will result in valuable web design knowledge.

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Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com

How to Kill Website Credibility !

Here is the list which help you to ruin your website credibility.

• Ugly design and bad structure
• Poor flow of website.
• Spelling errors and poor grammar
• Childish fonts and poor color / image / text aesthetics
• Poor / unclear navigation
• Poor or lack of search function
• Forced collection of data to obtain content
• Too many ad's that are irrelevant or too many pop up's.
  
• Out of date news, information, contact details
• dysfunctional java scripts
• Page not found errors
• 404 error that is permanent
• Try to send an Email to a link that doesn't work
• Broken scripts, images, security, links
• Poor maintenance window timing
• Too much text that's too big or too small
• Non response to enquiries
• Phone numbers that are not updated
• No contact details for the brick and mortar business
• Dodgy, uncertified security / encryption - particularly on E-commerce sites
• Massive image sizes / too long to download
• Images that don't open up

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Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com