Check Your Website Isn't Lurid With Elan Web Design's Luridity Test

Take The Luridity Test!

Below is a little quiz to see how your site scores for Luridity.
They are all multiple choice questions with each answer having a score from 1 - 6 on the Luridity scale. The lower the score, the better.

How Lurid Is Your Site?

• Question 1: Does Your Site Depend On Javascript?

  • No
  • Slightly
  • Hover Effects
  • Navigation
  • Completely
  • Eh?

• Question 2: Has Anyone Complemented Your Site?

  • All The Time
  • Occasionally
  • Once
  • Sort Of
  • Never
  • Eh?

• Question 3: Does Your Site Generate Enquiries?

  • 20 A Day
  • Occasionally
  • Once
  • 3 Years Ago
  • Never
  • Eh?

• Question 4: When Was Your Site Built?

  • Yesterday
  • This Year
  • 2 Years Ago
  • 5 Years Ago
  • 10 Years Ago
  • Eh?

• Question 5: What Is Your Site's Main Colour?

  • White
  • Black
  • Pastels
  • Bright Green
  • Bright Pink
  • Eh?

See Your Site's Luridity Score

Is Your Site Lurid?

Tell Tale Signs The Evil Dr Has Visited

Have a run through the checklist below.
If you can say yes to any of the questions, you could be in grave danger of seriously annoying your customers!

1. Poor Colour Choice

   Although the easiest way to see if Dr Lurid has been to your site, it is surprising how many sites seem to overlook the garish colour scheme that their site possesses. Your customers shouldn't need to wear sunglasses to view your site.

2. Poor Contrast

   This goes hand in hand with poor colour choice.
   Pink text on a green background has never looked good, even in 1982. It always helps if your customers can actually read the contents of your site.

3. Dubious/Unnecessary Animations

   Not too sure what I mean by this?
   Anything that distracts the user from the content for no apparent reason.
   Hover on the button below to see an example.

   See what I mean? Completely unnecessary.

4. Javascript Navigation

   A fantastic way to stop some of your customers from viewing other pages of your website.
   For those visitors without javascript enabled in their browsers, the site won't work.
   Not really the best way to sell your products.

5. Splash Screen/Click To Enter Nonsense

   Customers love nothing more than clicking through to a site on a Google search to find that they have to click again to actually see the bloody thing. These splash pages are normally produced in Flash but if Dr Lurid has been really evil, the page might consist of animated gifs!

These are just some of the ways that Dr Lurid can strike.
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