To use the www or not?

[mfatty500]

I know this has been discussed, do you or do you not add the www to the layout. That is my question, I searched but did not find any threads about it.

 

[GAC05]

I know this has been discussed, do you or do you not add the www to the layout. That is my question, I searched but did not find any threads about it.

www.NotAnyMore.com

 

[HDvinyl]

Don't you mean NotAnyMore.com?

 

[mfatty500]

soi'mgonnatakethatasano.com

 

[WildWestDesigns]

Don't you mean NotAnyMore.com?

Actually it's NotAnyMore.com

 

[bannertime]

It's like saying that some of those letters in your email address need to be capitalized or else it won't work...

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

I use them... but only because it think it visually balances the word out.

 

[mfatty500]

I'm confused, balances out what word?

 

[Billct2]

www.LettersOnEachEnd.com

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

ThisIsKindOfAFunnyPost.com

While I'd definitely say that I tend to lean towards leaving the www. off of web addresses, I can see why some people would lean towards using it. The www. is a visual cue that lets you know you're looking at a web address before you even consciously read the web address. Incorporating the www. to avoid visual discord on a layout, where symmetry is perhaps a matter of necessity, is a bit of a stretch. My suggestion, in that case, would be to either use all lower case letters, or if you prefer to capitalize the first letter of each word, use a capital C on the .Com. It's not like it matters anyway.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

I'm confused, balances out what word?

ummmm, the website address.... the topic of this post... the thing that comes after the www and before the .com or .net or .org or .xxx

 

[ikarasu]

Isn't it usually up to the customer? We tend to do it sometimes, sometimes we don't. It depends on the design, and what we think looks better. But what we think and the customer thinks isn't always right.

We've also had some customers ask us to change it both ways.... Some like the www, some don't.

 

[GAC05]

Just read the web address out loud including the www and you will hear why it should not be included.

 

[neato]

Depends. Is it still 1998?

What about putting the http:// there too?

Does anyone really type www. into there browser anymore?

 

[gabagoo]

I talk people out of it as I always end up having to recut the dot that gets lost in weeding!!!!

 

[chester215]

We leave it off when we can, it generally leaves more room for the other letters on small signs.
Some of them are really long.

 

[ddarlak]

generally leave it out, unless it's in an area of the layout that has space to eat.

www.AlwayTalkPeopleIntoCapitolizingTheFirstLetterInTheirVeryLongWebAddresses.com

 

[JTBoh]

yep, shorten if it squishes letters. Vertically oriented windows, for example.

 

[fresh]

generally leave it out, unless it's in an area of the layout that has space to eat.

www.AlwayTalkPeopleIntoCapitolizingTheFirstLetterInTheirVeryLongWebAddresses.com

I do this in ALL layouts. I'd say about 25% of my clients make me change it to all lowercase. I don't fight them on it, because if they are too uneducated to realize that it works either way (it takes all of 3 seconds to test it yourself) I'm not getting paid enough to give them a basic knowledge of how the internet works.

 

[KMC]

I do this in ALL layouts. I'd say about 25% of my clients make me change it to all lowercase. I don't fight them on it, because if they are too uneducated to realize that it works either way (it takes all of 3 seconds to test it yourself) than I'm not getting paid enough to give them a basic knowledge of how the internet works.

i find the worst clients for that are in the legal field who [HASHTAG]#KnowMoreThanCommonSignFolk[/HASHTAG]