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Designing a Company Website

Sandy Dalrymple — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:22:32 +0000

When designing a website, especially for a business, it is important to include certain information. It should have an eye catching appearance that grabs the attention of the viewers. .

Appearance:

Appearance is a key component when designing a website. A website that has no design or color and is just plain, you would probably leave that site right away. It is important to use color on the website so that it catches the viewer’s attention, but not too much color or really bright colors that make it difficult to read the information on the site. When designing a site…

Essential Web Design Fundamentals

Sandy Dalrymple — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:37:43 +0000

When designing a website, there are certain fundamentals that must be followed in order to achieve a successful design. While every web designer does things a little bit differently, most of them follow some tried and true rules that help them develop high-quality sites. Here are a few Web design fundamentals that are essential for success.

Positive User Experience
When designing a website, it is critical to create a positive user experience. Websites are ultimately designed for the people who plan on visiting them. Because of this, you need to make sure that the user experienced is at the top…

Top 10 Useful HTML5 and CSS3 Tools for Web Designers and Developers

Lisa Bard — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:36:15 +0000

The most important aspect of any web designer’s job is to keep on adding and updating the site with number of features on a regular basis. These updates, carried out by the web designer, ensure improved functionality along with enhancing security of the website to nullify the attacks of the hackers. To carry out these things, the designers are blessed with technologies called as HTML5 and CSS3. These help any designer to work on a number of web applications to improve the functionality and security of any running website. The below is a list of 10 useful HTML5 and CSS3…

The Best Web Design Resources for Website Templates

Lisa Bard — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:34:06 +0000

There are a number of ways to create a website. You can hire a designer, you can create your own, or you can utilize a number of web design templates.

If you’re considering the latter, don’t get yourself caught in the rat trap of a poorly designed website template site — those that only offer templates that are difficult to use and difficult to maintain.

If you want to create a website for your business that is quick and easy, you’ll want to check out these sites to get the job done.

Wix

Wix is currently one of the leading…

Professional Web Design – DIY, Outsource or Local Designer?

Lisa Bard — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:17:12 +0000

Determining whether you will DIY, outsource or hire the services of a professional website designer will come down to several key components. First, weigh up the level of technical skill you either have or do not have and your overall expertise pertaining to web technologies. The initial questions you’ll need to answer are: Could I create a website that is both attractive and professional, how will it stack up against my competition and will it function the way I need it to?

Here’s a List of What You WILL Need to be a Successful DIY website Designer:
HTML Knowledge
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The History & Future Of Responsive Web Design

Lauren Chambers — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:41:40 +0000

Mobile browsing will soon overtake desktop browsing. Very soon in fact. Faced with this certainty, webmasters have two choices: to redesign, adapt and move forward or to be left behind by their competitors. Sites that are fresh, beautiful and stylish no matter what type of device, operating system or browser they are viewed from will dominate those who are stuck in the old paradigm of desktop, mouse, keyboard and fixed width.
What Is Responsive Design?

A website that is able to respond to the available viewing space of any device is said to be responsive. It will adapt dynamically…

Can Your Website Benefit From Multimedia

David Montgomery Jr. — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:18:47 +0000

When you create a website, you need your site to engage your visitors and provide them with information. When users are engaged and informed, they tend to be more inclined to take action. One great way to engage your users is with the use of multimedia. Multimedia refers to those items that cannot be classified as simply images or content. This includes sound clips, videos, games—basically anything that a user can interact with.

The benefits of multimedia.

When done tastefully, multimedia is a great tool to use to engage your web visitors. Websites that contain videos or games will…

Reasons Why Simplicity Makes For Better Web Design

Sharon Cornwell — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:07:16 +0000

Everyone nowadays is usually yearning for a presence on the global online stage. Be it for fame or business, to do so you need to have a website through which you can communicate to your target audience and sell your products and services. Due to this, there is high competition and everyone wants to have the best looking websit

Navigation

To begin with, simple websites are easier to navigate. They do not have too much information. This ensures that they have fewer pages and sections. All this prevents them from looking cluttered, hence making it easy for visitors to find…

7 Rules of Successful Ecommerce Web Design

David Montgomery Jr. — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:27:51 +0000

If you want to boost the sales of your local store, it is a good choice to build and develop ecommerce website for your store. So, instead of accepting only local customers, you can start accepting orders from people outside of your local area easily. However, building successful ecommerce website will have a lot to do with your design choice. Here are 7 rules of successful ecommerce web design:

1. Logo and branding

Logo is important for branding. Logo will boost your website reputation. So, create a professional-designed logo for your ecommerce website. Choose a color combination that matches with…

Freelance Web Design: Important Questions to Ask Potential Clients

Tom Barker — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:45:51 +0000

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Today, we are going to talk about a few of the specific questions to ask potential web design clients. These questions will help you to form a solid idea of what exactly the client is looking for, which will help you to draw up an accurate proposal for the project. If you already asked the big questions that we talked about in the article “Freelance Web Design: The Initial Meeting With Potential Clients”, then you should already have a general idea of: the goal of this website, the target audience, the time frame, and the budget.…