# How NOT to make a website **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [October 18, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889 "2018-10-18T16:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/aaron/32/12210_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/22 "2018-10-19T16:58:56Z")
Agreed, and fully aware of that, but bad design is bad design. I find it amusing when a big company with a big marketing budget intentionally does awful design. It’s brilliant, in it’s own way. ---
**Author:** ![tav](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tav/32/5458_2.png) [@tav](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tav)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/23 "2018-10-19T17:12:06Z")
Bad design is an implementation that does not fulfil a purpose (unless it is pure art). Websites are not art - just marketing, if it sells product or raises profile then it is a good design. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/aaron/32/12210_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/24 "2018-10-19T17:13:41Z")
Tav, do you own a pair of those Addidas Millenials? 😉 Great point, although I somewhat disagree! It does what it’s supposed to, and it does it well. That has big merit! ---
**Author:** ![tav](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tav/32/5458_2.png) [@tav](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tav)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/25 "2018-10-19T17:32:18Z")
Ha ha - no I am a grumpy old man 😄(But you probably gathered that already). ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/aaron/32/12210_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/26 "2018-10-19T17:43:07Z")
Not at all. We need more discussions like that… ---
**Author:** ![LSPhoto](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lsphoto/32/270_2.png) [@LSPhoto](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LSPhoto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/27 "2018-10-19T17:45:56Z")
Who is this grumpy old man you speak of? Not the guy I communicate with 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jamesbond](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jamesbond/32/22891_2.png) [@jamesbond](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jamesbond)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/28 "2018-10-19T18:18:46Z")
How about everyone in this discussion who has laughed at someone else’s website put their own one up and let us ridicule it? ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/29 "2018-10-19T18:37:47Z")
There is no such thing as bad PR 🙂 > **[Gute Webseiten, die auch Ihre Kunden lieben können:](https://einfach-gute-seiten.de)** > > Internetseiten für Einzelpersonen und kleine Firmen. Individuelles Design aus Peine für die Region. Denn jede Webseite hat das Recht, gut auszusehen! ---
**Author:** ![jamesbond](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jamesbond/32/22891_2.png) [@jamesbond](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jamesbond)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/30 "2018-10-19T18:41:24Z")
Well your link goes to a dead page, so the developers of the sites above at least succeeded where you failed by publishing their websites. ---
**Author:** ![LSPhoto](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lsphoto/32/270_2.png) [@LSPhoto](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LSPhoto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/31 "2018-10-19T18:42:09Z")
> **[Lisa Sandler Photography and Design](https://www.lisasandlerphotography.com)** > > Best Los Angeles family and child photographer, Corporate Headshots and event photography. At least my colors are easy on the eyes 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSPhoto](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lsphoto/32/270_2.png) [@LSPhoto](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LSPhoto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/32 "2018-10-19T18:43:27Z")
Can’t access your link. Thought maybe it was a firewall at my day job, but it seems I am not the only one who can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/33 "2018-10-19T18:56:26Z")
Interesting. Works now! > **[Webseite erstellen lassen | Persönlich, freundlich, zuverlässig](https://einfach-gute-webseiten.de/)** > > Webdesign aus Peine. Website-Erstellung für Selbstständige und kleine Unternehmen in ganz Deutschland zum Festpreis. Persönlich, freundlich, zuverlässig. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/aaron/32/12210_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/34 "2018-10-19T19:06:22Z")
Would you like to start with yours? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jamesbond](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jamesbond/32/22891_2.png) [@jamesbond](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jamesbond)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/35 "2018-10-19T19:25:02Z")
No thanks, I wasn’t joining in with the ridicule, so I’m happy sitting up here on the moral high ground. ---
**Author:** ![jamesbond](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jamesbond/32/22891_2.png) [@jamesbond](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jamesbond)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/36 "2018-10-19T19:26:53Z")
Did you empty your effects box when making it? ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/37 "2018-10-19T19:28:29Z")
Reduce to the max. It was hard work but I succeeded! ---
**Author:** ![jamesbond](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jamesbond/32/22891_2.png) [@jamesbond](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jamesbond)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/38 "2018-10-19T19:29:59Z")
Ya think? ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/aaron/32/12210_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/39 "2018-10-19T19:35:51Z")
Put the gun away, 007 😉 ---
**Author:** ![musicalbodger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@musicalbodger](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/musicalbodger)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/40 "2018-10-21T00:21:21Z")
The UK site is slightly better. ---
**Author:** ![peterdanckwerts](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/peterdanckwerts/32/22443_2.png) [@peterdanckwerts](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peterdanckwerts)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889/41 "2018-10-21T09:35:11Z")
That’s a real shame. Alisdair Kettle Pottery Supplies seems to be a great little company. If I had the time, I’d offer to rework their site gratis. [Previous page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-not-to-make-a-website/22889.md?page=3)