How to Avoid Bad HTML

• Browser specific HTML - if you must put up Flash 5 or other cutting edge sites provide a link to a back wards compatible version!
• Too many animated GIFs. Zero or One is enough. Think about stopping the looping after say 10 invitations too so we can calm down.
• Complex backgrounds with hard to read text. Especially avoid dark backgrounds or all black as this is hard to read and harder to print right.
• Images without ALT text. Use ALT for people with slow internet connections and for mouse over text.
• Images without height and width tags load slowly. There is a CFX tag to do this automatically.
• All images. Even if you have fancy graphics on the whole screen always have a text version of the info too. Keep images small. If you must have a big one slice it up so it appears to download faster.
• No under construction! If it isn't done don't put it up or link it.
• Frames - just say no. Use CF and tables instead in most cases.
• Links with no description - say to your users what to expect when they will click.
• All fluff, no content. Content and functionality are more important than appearance.