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Flak DiNenno
Flak DiNenno
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  1. I would definitely remove the search box.
  2. However, if...
  • you don't actually have/yet have the social media accounts, or
  • there are issues with your accounts, e.g. you don't have time/energy/resources to devote to
    • creating them
    • making them presentable
    • don't yet have/are still thinking about content
    • etc

I would definitely remove the search box. However, if you don't actually have the social media accounts, or there are issues with them (don't have time to devote the energy/resources to creating them, making them presentable, don't have/thinking about content, etc...), thenthen you should at least makeNOT MAKE the SoMe icons (FB, Twitter, G+) etc... not live links/hrefs. That is, remove any anchors () or onClick events. In other words, the mouse should not change from an arrow to a hand pointing finger when hovering over the icon.

  • That is, remove any anchors (<a href="...">text or image</a>) or JavaScript onClick() events/handlers.

  • In other words, the mouse should not change from an arrow to a hand pointing finger when hovering over the icon.

At leastThe benefit of this doesn't eludeis that it will at least NOT ALLUDE to some actionable content, but would otherwise lead in/under the user to think that your site is broken and you are too lazy or inept to notice and or fix it. Butlink, atwhich would:

  • at best, confuse the user, or
  • at worst, lead the user to think that your site is broken and you are too lazy and/or inept to notice and fix it.

At the same time, implythis hopefully will have the upside of implying that you have a SoMe presence or at least are thinking about it (which I hope you/your employer does/is).

It may be a slight annoyance when they can't instantly get to one/any SoMe profile page, however. So, you should provide SOME WAY of contacting you... at least have a form, a link to a form, or an email icon that works (with a <a href="mailto:[email protected]"> link)

I would definitely remove the search box. However, if you don't actually have the social media accounts, or there are issues with them (don't have time to devote the energy/resources to creating them, making them presentable, don't have/thinking about content, etc...), then you should at least make the SoMe icons (FB, Twitter, G+) etc... not live links/hrefs. That is, remove any anchors () or onClick events. In other words, the mouse should not change from an arrow to a hand pointing finger when hovering over the icon.

At least this doesn't elude to some actionable content, but would otherwise lead the user to think that your site is broken and you are too lazy or inept to notice and or fix it. But, at the same time, imply that you have a SoMe presence or at least are thinking about it.

It may be a slight annoyance when they can't instantly get to one/any SoMe profile page, however. So, you should provide SOME WAY of contacting you... at least have a form, a link to a form, or an email icon that works (with a <a href="mailto:[email protected]"> link)

  1. I would definitely remove the search box.
  2. However, if...
  • you don't actually have/yet have the social media accounts, or
  • there are issues with your accounts, e.g. you don't have time/energy/resources to devote to
    • creating them
    • making them presentable
    • don't yet have/are still thinking about content
    • etc

...then you should at least NOT MAKE the SoMe icons (FB, Twitter, G+) live links/hrefs.

  • That is, remove any anchors (<a href="...">text or image</a>) or JavaScript onClick() events/handlers.

  • In other words, the mouse should not change from an arrow to a hand pointing finger when hovering over the icon.

The benefit of this is that it will at least NOT ALLUDE to some actionable content in/under the link, which would:

  • at best, confuse the user, or
  • at worst, lead the user to think that your site is broken and you are too lazy and/or inept to notice and fix it.

At the same time, this hopefully will have the upside of implying that you have a SoMe presence or at least are thinking about it (which I hope you/your employer does/is).

It may be a slight annoyance when they can't instantly get to one/any SoMe profile page, however. So, you should provide SOME WAY of contacting you... at least have a form, a link to a form, or an email icon that works (with a <a href="mailto:[email protected]"> link)

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Flak DiNenno
Flak DiNenno
  • 141
  • 6

I would definitely remove the search box. However, if you don't actually have the social media accounts, or there are issues with them (don't have time to devote the energy/resources to creating them, making them presentable, don't have/thinking about content, etc...), then you should at least make the SoMe icons (FB, Twitter, G+) etc... not live links/hrefs. That is, remove any anchors () or onClick events. In other words, the mouse should not change from an arrow to a hand pointing finger when hovering over the icon.

At least this doesn't elude to some actionable content, but would otherwise lead the user to think that your site is broken and you are too lazy or inept to notice and or fix it. But, at the same time, imply that you have a SoMe presence or at least are thinking about it.

It may be a slight annoyance when they can't instantly get to one/any SoMe profile page, however. So, you should provide SOME WAY of contacting you... at least have a form, a link to a form, or an email icon that works (with a <a href="mailto:[email protected]"> link)