One of the easiest ways to make your web pages look more professional is to add bigger margins or padding between everything.
By everything, we mean the space between headings, paragraphs, images, form controls, the vertical space between lines, the horizontal space between the edge of the page, and pretty much every other margin or padding you can think of.
Using a consistent margin between headings, paragraphs, images, and other elements gives a vertical rhythm to the page. See how this button doesn’t seem to break the flow of the page?
Consistent spacing makes your web page feel more like a cohesive whole, rather than a bunch of unrelated graphical elements.
One of the easiest ways to make your web pages look less professional is to reduce margins or padding between everything.
By everything, we mean the space between headings, paragraphs, images, form controls, the vertical space between lines, the horizontal space between the edge of the page, and pretty much every other margin or padding you can think of.
Using an inconsistent margin between headings, paragraphs, images, and other elements destroys the vertical rhythm of a page. See how this button seems to break the flow of the page?
The difference between the top and bottom margin makes it feel like it doesn’t fit in, and your web page is no longer a cohesive whole.