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Some of the most common and often made mistakes when designing a website is in the Head section of the HTML page. This article assumes that you have some experience in website design and HTML, but still are in the novice stage.

Let me just say before starting that, yes, I have made many of these mistakes myself. I think most have, whether they want to admit to it or not!
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There sure are some heated debates about these two subjects! Some designers are quite adamant about coding an elastic website. Meaning a site that will stretch with the browser / window size of the users computer. I personally created a few sites like that, but found a number of problems with it.For one thing, with a larger monitor, the line length can get quite long. Long enough to cause the reader to become very distracted, irritated, and lose their place while reading. Many will argue that this can be controlled. I disagree! There are so many different variables and scenarios that can take place that it’s next to impossible to code for them all. And given the time it takes to do this, I’ve gone back to designing fixed width sites. Meaning a site that has a fixed width and stays the same size on your browser window no matter what size monitor or resolution you use.

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