Photo Sizes

• DO keep photo size small. No one wants to wait for 3 minutes for a screen-sized photo to download. It is the age of high speed connections, true, but not everyone has this luxury, so it's best to keep photos smaller so that they don't take up too much room, and don't take too long to download. When I say small, I mean a maximum width of maybe 400 pixels.

Writing Concert Reviews

• DO add reviews of any shows that you have gone to.
• DON'T add reviews that are © to others, such as reviews from newspapers, or articles/reviews others have written.
• DO add links to reviews from other sites if you don't have any of your own. You might mention to the person that you are adding a link to their review/article on your favorite artist, and ask if they might link back to you. Remember, linking is a two-way street. Don't ask for people to link to you unless you intend to link back to them.

Writing CD Reviews

• DO add reviews of your favorite artist's CDs.
• DON'T add reviews from other websites. As stated above, if you haven't written any reviews of your own, you should link to other content.

A few more things NOT to do

• DON'T overload a page with animated .gif files. They're nice in moderation, but too many is not good.
• DON'T add sound files that can't be turned off. Sometimes it will lock up someone's browser and they will most definitely not come back when you crash their browser.
• DON'T type your entire page in ALL CAPS.
• DON'T put dark text on dark backgrounds. You want people to read what you have to say. That said, DON'T put light text on light backgrounds. ;)

In the next lesson find out where to get interactive things for your fansite.

Shel