Web Site Top 10 Things to Consider!

So you are creating a new web site! That's fantastic! But what do you need to make sure you consider when you embark on the project? Below is a list of 10 things that you must consider before you build your site.

1. Browser Resizing
   Does the web site resize nicely in different browser window sizes. What is the target size you are designing your site for? A site can look great on 1024 by 768, but what happens when you put your site on a high resolution 21inch LCD Panel. Your site should look good on any resolution!
2. Background Color
   If you use white background colors, do you actually specify white, or just leave it as default? A lot of people have their default background colors set to grey instead of white. When you load a site up that does not explicitly set the background color to white, it shows up as whatever the user has set up as his default.
3. Site Alignment
   Will the site be aligned on the left, right, centered? Very important decision to make! Ensure you have this question answered before you begin, although it can be changed later, it can be a pain.
4. Will the header and footer of the site resize?
   Does your header need to resize every time the browser window is resized? what about the web page footer? Make sure you speak with the designers if you have any working on the project and get this detail hammered out!
5. Browser Compatibility
   Will the site need to be 100% compatible with all browsers? Opera? Safari? Internet Explorer? Firefox?
6. Dynamic Rollovers
   Does the site require dynamic rollovers for navigation buttons and hyperlinks?
7. No Tables
   Do not use any tables, use DIV tags or SPAN tags for everything.
8. Standards
   What standard will you follow? W3C Valid HTML 4.01, W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional, or W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict.
9. Make sure to use SEO Semantic Coding with complete presentation separation.
   You are probably really familiar with normal HTML coding. SEO Semantic Coding, or Semantic Markup focuses on writing code that is descriptive. It enables search engines and other web site indexers to categorize your site properly, and give it more weight in search results.
10. Web Site Loading time.
    Make sure you know all the basics about saving images. Doing this piece wrong can cause your page load times to increase exponentially! PNG/JPG/GIF... make sure you know which file type to use in the right situation.