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From Woeful to Wow! - 6 Steps to a Stunning Site
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5. A Trip to Geo-land
Free hosts are great -- for some things. It's perfect for little Peter's birthday pictures, or Jamie's graduation guest book, and even Big Bob's bake sale information. However, remember that piece of advice from before?
"No matter what, remember that you must remain professional, and real professionals don't offer benefits without a price."
The price free hosts charge for their service is your professionalism. You can take the free upload benefits, but it'll cost you your reputation. Let Peter and Jamie and Big Bob make their home in Geo-land. But you're smart. You're professional. You're going to do it right.
6. Moving Peanut Butter
Have you ever seen a Web page that moved about as fast as peanut butter? That's what I see whenever my DSL modem cranks out 230k worth of animated gifs for the one page. Moving Peanut Butter are those sites whose owners refuse to use any form of artwork besides animation. Who in the world wants to wait for these sites to load, let alone watch all the bells and whistles? If you want your site to look good, do the planet a favor. Do not overuse animations!
With these tips you should be well on the road to professionalism. If you need more advice on doing business online, check out SitePoint's ecommercebase.com, or get answers to your questions in the SitePoint Forums.