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Five Fundamentals of Web Design You Need to Know

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Building a professional website is all about attracting and retaining visitors, customers and clients. The five fundamentals of successful web design will accomplish your goals by using the visitors’ natural habits to create interest.

Website readers start at the top and work their way down the page, paying special attention to headings, colored text and graphics. Make your website user friendly with an attractive and informative header graphic and an easy-to-use menu bar or navigation. The most important information–what the site is about and how to find what you are looking for–should be visible as soon as the website loads.

Using graphics well makes your website more interesting and attractive. Do no overload the site with flashing banners and clip art. Photos and diagrams should add to the content of the website. Bold or colored headings break up the text in a similar way. Use them to separate ideas so the reader can scan for what they want. Use colors that compliment the graphics throughout the site.

Above all else, it is fundamental that you consider ease of use and organization when designing a website. Well-placed navigation links, an attractive color scheme, pertinent photos and graphics and essential and entertaining content will make your website a success.

What to Expect When You Begin Professional Web Design

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

When you first start out on your career as a web design professional, the first experience that you will have is that of working with people. This can be the biggest hurdle in becoming successful. Regardless of how good you are with people or how much experience you have had working with people, once you begin to take money in return for a professional service such as web design, you have entered a new world. It is not just a question of working with people, but also to the extent possible, giving people what they want.

This is really no different from any professional service. The skill set always involves the same things regardless of whether you are a web designer, lawyer, interior decorator, or a hundred other professions. It begins with being a good listener. Making sure you know your customers needs and desires. You then must be able to communicate what can and cannot be done in a way that they can understand. This simply means without a lot of technical jargon. But never talk down to your client. You are the one with the skill in the area of web design, but this in no way means you are smarter. Never forget that and always show your client the respect they deserve.

Ten Steps to Becoming a Professional Web Designer

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

You can be a web designer in no time by learning how to do these ten steps.

1.Learn how to do HTML. HTML or hyper text markup language is the structure of how the web pages look. This is the foundation of a web designer and must be mastered first.

2.Learn CSS. Cascading Style Sheets or CSS is the look and presentation of the site.

3.Learn server side scripting. Server side scripting processes HTML code on the web server before it launches on another person’s machine with internet access.

4.Learn about web servers. Web servers process document requests such as HTML code and have data and content inside of a database.

5.Understand SQL language. SQL or structure query language communicates with the database.

6.Learn JavaScript. JavaScript is a scripting language that creates interactive documents.

7.Learn web framework. Depending on the server side scripting you choose a framework can speed up the developing process.

8.Learn version control. Version control allows you to undo mistakes inside a database.

9.Learn regular expression. Regular expressions are a set of letters, numbers and symbols that specify a matching pattern.

10.Learn the basics of UNIX/LINUX. UNIX is a operating system and LINUX is an example of this.

Getting Started in Web Design

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Whether you’re still in school or fresh on the job market, web design is a great place to launch a successful technology career. We’ve got some tips for scoring the attention of all the right people when you make it out on your own in the web design field.
Get Your Own Website Up: The best thing you can do is create an online resume of sorts to show prospective employers. Look into great < a href=”http://www.domainnames.com”>domain names and show off your abilities on your very own site – it’s a no brainer.
Get some Connections: Go to as many web design functions as you can and try to network with people in the community who may have professional hook ups. Think big business and industry where you live – they almost always have an in-house design team.
Start Freelancing: The best way to gain exposure is to earn your own clients and you can do this piece by piece. Try to speak to everyone you can about their web needs and design some stuff for free to add to your portfolio. Work all you can.

How to Find a Career in Web Design

admin — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

There are an abundant amount of jobs available for individuals that are interested in web design. The internet is filled with positions that all of those that interested in bringing creative and fresh ideas to the web. The field is diverse, but it takes a little time to carve out a niche. The following spotlights some important tips that are needed to find a career in web design.

It’s important to establish an adequate skill level in the area before conducting a job search. It’s idea to have partial experience HTML and know how to utilize photo editing programs like Adobe Photoshop. It’s important to give employers hyperlinks to any website that contains your work. It will be much easier to convince an employer of your skill level with actual work experience.

Web designers are called upon to bring a touch of uniformed formatting to the pages. They focus on the visual aspects and make sure that the site meets the different compatibility issues that may be encountered once it is uploaded to the web. Individuals that are interested in web design need to make sure that they are able to pay attention to detail and provide quality user interfaces.

The list: what to look for in a dream web-designer

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:15:14 +0000

While many of us might spend more time thinking about our dream date than their perfect web-designer, the latter will probably have more of an impact on the professionalism and efficiency of your company’s web site. If you’re new to the game, you’re probably wondering what to look for.An easy (and obvious) first step is to visit the website designer’s site and imagine it as your own home page. Would it reflect well on your company, and more importantly, does it look like something you couldn’t do by yourself? Website designers should have intimate knowledge of the aspects of web design that elude laymen, such as Java applets.Another thing to look at is experience. If a firm doesn’t list their portfolio, pass them by no questions asked. A reputable company should have at least 15 to 20 sites in their repertoire, with links to each one. It’s important to see if the designer can adapt themselves to different businesses or if they impose their own vision on each oneit’s important to have a style, but it’s also important that your site reflects you, and not your designer.Pricing, of course, can make or break a relationship. You should always have a number of companies from which to choose. Get quotes from each one, and while you’re at it, envision how open the company will be if you decide to go with them. Companies with real personal contact by phone or e-mail are better than companies where the members hide behind pseudonyms. After all, honesty is the most important part of any relationship.

Let your web site loosen its fonts and express itself

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:00:15 +0000

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Juliet asks, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” Is the same true for fonts as well, thoughwill your content be “as sweet” regardless of the typeface? In one sense, yes. A good font won’t make up for poorly-written content, so it’s still important to invest time in copywriting. However, a font can give your already good copy that extra “pop.”There are several choices for people looking to spice up their type. FontStruct is a font editor where users build different fonts by filling in blocks in a grid-based tool. You can create your own, edit an existing user’s creation, or simply select one from the CreativeCommons-licensed archives. Almost any Flash-based browser should be able to view a FontStruction (as the user-created typefaces are affectionately known).Google Font Directory is an open-source directory which lets users embed fonts on their site with an easy CSS line of code. The project is new and still currently in beta, so the selection of fonts is still rather small, but what is there certainly looks attractive. The IM Fell font also has several “families” associated with it, some of which have two “variants,” which adds considerably to the selection. Hopefully the directory will expand quickly as it catches on.If these options aren’t enough, there are numerous sites where you can purchase new fonts compatible with the CSS font-face code. FontsLive offers a 30-day free trial so you can check how much use you’ll actually get out of a subscription. With 140 fonts currently in its catalog, there’s certainly plenty to choose from.Picking the right font can make the important parts of your site stand out, or just create a more pleasing aesthetic experience. Don’t limit yourself to the time-worn “Arial.” Let your website be freeto be itself.

Give your website a background check

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:45:14 +0000

It can be hard to predict what a website background will look like without actually previewing it. Even if you are an individual or a company with a clear idea of what you want your background to look like, it can be hard to figure out exactly how to make it easily readable and good-looking. For this reason, and many others, many companies hire web design companies to create their site. If you’re designing a site yourself, there are certain guidelines to follow to prevent disaster.The three main types of backgrounds are solid color, textured, and image. Obviously, plain color is the easiest to code. All that’s required is a simple hexadecimal color call. If you don’t have the hexadecimal color chart memorized, you can find many reference charts online, or tools to give you the code of a color you particularly like. Beware of using darker colors as backgroundsyou’ll have to use light-colored text, and blocks of this can be very difficult to read. It’s easier to use lighter-colored backgrounds with dark text.Textures can be added in to your background as well. You can search through archives like the one at Absolute Background Textures to find one you like, but be sure to preview it with text before using it. Textures, with their blend of dark and light coloring, can make it even more difficult to choose a text color that works well. Remember that links will change color based on whether they’ve been clicked or not.Background images are the hardest to use, which can be difficult for companies that want to feature their logo in a prominent place. If the background isn’t the right size, it will be tiled across the page, which can be distracting. Lighten the image using Photoshop or another editor beforehand to make it as inconspicuous as possible before coding it into your site.

Flash pros and cons

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:23:57 +0000

Is Flash right for your business or personal website? Read our pros and cons and decide for yourself.Pros

Attractive animation and movement on page
Compatibility across all browsers with Flash players
Smaller size files than real movie files

Cons

File size is still much larger than a normal landing page
Increased loading times
Music and sound are forced upon users
Users may suffer for content they don’t want
Problems with indexing by search engines
Requires Flash player
Problems with mobile access

As you might guess, many people end up deciding that the disadvantages are not worth the cost. Talk with your web design professional if you have additional questions or concernsafter all, they’re here to help.