Web Design Articles

Internet » Web Design | By Scott Miscall @ Monday, 28th April 2008 @ 7:52 AM

Your web site is your unseen face to the world. It is also the medium of interaction between you and the world. People visiting your web site forms an opinion about you on visiting your web site. If your web site looks professional in design and content, then visitors will be impressed and will like to do business with you. A professionally designed web site will set you apart from millions of under prepared and shabby-looking web sites. The first impression is the lasting impression, and... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Scott Miscall @ Saturday, 26th April 2008 @ 5:41 AM

Aesthetically designed pages, uniformity across the site, site that is built upon a great theme and associated keywords and key-phrases, excellent navigation between pages, good graphics, SEO techniques, and a great content are the primary requisites of a great web site that will attract many visitors. To design and develop such a site requires mastery over the different related tools and topics. An experienced web site design and development firm can create the best web site, addressing... more...

Internet » Web Design | By John Hartley @ Friday, 25th April 2008 @ 4:52 PM

When you are getting a website built for your business, you will find that different designers use different methods. As a rule, web designers are too keen on the design and images, and less interested in fast loading of the pages and search engined optimization. So you need to be careful when you select a web designer. What you want is: A search-engine friendly site Pages that load fast A website that is easy to navigate around A site that reflects the philosophy or passion in ... more...

Internet » Web Design | By John Hartley @ Thursday, 24th April 2008 @ 4:05 PM

Free website design sounds very attractive, even if it is linked to web hosting. After all, you need web hosting for your site,so if you get a good design that should pay off. Yes and no. You see, it really depends what your business is, what sort of web design you get, and what sort of web hosting. The quality of these things can vary a lot. If you are running what is basically an offline business, this could be the answer. You need the design you want Let's start with... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Karen Scharf @ Thursday, 17th April 2008 @ 7:40 PM

If you have been marketing - either on or offline - for any amount of time, you have probably encountered the long copy versus short copy argument. Many marketers argue that long copy pulls much better than short copy, whether in direct mail or on the internet. But on the internet, attention spans are extremely fragile. Web surfers are looking for immediate gratification. Do they really want to stick around and read a gazillion word sales letter? Does long copy outperform short copy, even... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Mark Hirst @ Friday, 11th April 2008 @ 11:05 AM

Imagine a university bulletin board. Post one teaser before class and you are sure never to find it again forty-five minutes later. Buried, already, in a sea of more attention-grabbing student advertisements, your message, read only by roughly five students, will never stick to anyone's mind. Imagine this situation and magnify it one million times and one million more teasers, one million more messages, and one million more people. The clamor for information dissemin... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Mark Hirst @ Friday, 11th April 2008 @ 6:31 AM

Before finally putting up a web page and making it available to Internet users, one must ask the intent of the web page to be put up. More than a source of information, a website can solicit interest, intrigue, and admiration from viewers. So it is of utmost priority that one must consider the following in designing a web page. What is it about? Obviously, there will be no web page without anything to put into it. Web pages are classified into two according to their use. First is t... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Mark Hirst @ Thursday, 10th April 2008 @ 9:20 AM

We all know perfectly well it is almost impossible to separate the best design from a whole bunch of good designs. A person's needs and expectations are deciding factors in determining exactly which the best design is. And we all have different needs and expectations. While the above is true, it also always important to keep in mind that there are already established, agreed-upon characteristics a website must possess to consider it good. To make sure that your web design passes the ... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Mark Hirst @ Wednesday, 9th April 2008 @ 2:44 AM

Design, in a general and large scale, is the creation of visually stimulating pieces or areas incorporating an established. Design employs shape, lines, color, and texture to be able to complete its intent. The creation of a design accessible through the use of the Internet is then called Web Design; also known as as web publishing, and web development, and a internet publishing. Web Design originally belonged to a broader industry called Graphic Design but given the constantly increasing... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Mark Hirst @ Monday, 7th April 2008 @ 11:30 PM

The difference between a web designer and a web developer has inspired much debate and confusion. This confusion, undoubtedly, is not unfounded. Not only are the terms easily interchangeable with each other but they also seem to have the same practitioners. Because it is always best to know both worlds, web designers eventually do venture out into web development, and web developers to web design. To resolve this rather undying issue, let us first define web design and web development. We... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Moe Tamani @ Friday, 4th April 2008 @ 3:59 AM

There are a number of webmasters who claim that they know the ins and outs of search engine optimization, only to realize that they are only touching the surface. A good example is the fact that they are only a handful who know the importance of tuning their website with W3C. Nevertheless, you can blame the problem to them. Not a lot actually understand the definition and purpose of W3C. And when they do not have any idea about it, it follows that they wouldn't be able to relate it w... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Richard Cagney @ Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 @ 6:28 PM

You need a website and you just found a company advertising the cheapest rates around. This is a no-brainer, right? You're going to save a boatload, right? Unfortunately, more and more disaster stories like this one are surfacing: "I hired one of those $500 companies to build my website, but they did a horrible job, they never finished, nothing works properly, and now they don't return my calls!" If you're thinking of cutting corners, be warned! Here's ... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Tony Colon @ Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 @ 10:58 AM

The aim of a website's navigation is simply to allow users to get to the content they require. For sites that have a large number of sections and web pages (and information sites can be one of these) the navigation plan has to be properly researched and designed. You have to consider different types of visitors and simulate the most common steps they would take to find what they want on your site, and the navigation plan has to optimize this movement. For example, the steps required... more...

Internet » Web Design | By John Hartley @ Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 @ 6:41 AM

There are various schools of thought on website design, but there is agreement on one thing: Your website, whether a normal site or a blog, should look different from others and should help you establish your business as a brand. This is equally important whether you are an offline business, getting a website, or an internet marketer. HTML or PHP sites A conventional website, designed in either HTML or PHP is the best way to go, especially if you have an online business wher... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Sameep Shah @ Tuesday, 1st April 2008 @ 5:33 PM

Who doesn't want a website. But before you get started on your website make sure you ask these question to help you decide whether a website design firm is right for you. Here a few questions that you can ask to ensure they're right for you. Is the website design quote guaranteed? Most web design include an option that allows you to request a free quote. If you do request a free quote from a firm then make sure to ask them whether this quote is guaranteed or if the final ... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Jo Han Mok @ Tuesday, 1st April 2008 @ 1:08 AM

The Internet is what it is because of connections, bridging one computer to a host of others. Because of this we are able to access information at a click of a button. The things we click are called links, and they can be likened to the synapses of a brain - connecting the user from one document to another. One of the main tenets of website design is that a page must be able to link to another page. Failure to do so renders the page dead - and is a lot like crashing into a brick w... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Tony Colon @ Monday, 31st March 2008 @ 1:59 PM

A usable site will: Help users achieve a goal, usually to find something, such as information, or obtain something, such as an article; Make it easy for them to achieve that goal; Make it possible to achieve the goal quickly; Make achieving that goal a pleasant experience. Good Content is Critical - A site with good content, regardless of its subject, is one that provides products or information that is useful or beneficial to users. A good usable site will make it clear what information ... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Jo Han Mok @ Friday, 28th March 2008 @ 1:24 AM

The Internet is home to various artists, web artists, and designers both professional and amateur. It can afford to provide individuals with opportunities to freely explore their artistic capabilities and publish content to a borderless audience. However, unluckily, alongside this freedom of expression afforded to everyone is the capacity to offend sensibilities. Some website provide great utility and aesthetic pleasure others are bound to get annoying. There are ways and means in... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Kristine Wirth @ Thursday, 27th March 2008 @ 10:02 PM

As a website owner, you know that getting people to your website is an absolute must. Once they are there however, it is your job as a website owner to keep them there. Too often website owners fail in this regard, so focused on getting the traffic that they need, they fail to take into account the importance of keeping these highly sought after visitors on their website. In order to sell customers on the benefits of your product or service, you need a website that offers up a lot of go... more...

Internet » Web Design | By Craig Summer @ Thursday, 27th March 2008 @ 10:23 AM

This article explains why building your own websites s far easier than you think, in fact anyone who can use a simple word processor and the Internet can do it, and why you don't need to pay for expensive software. Most people think that building multiple page websites requires professional training and expertise. May would not know where to start and expect to be able to produce only very amateur looking pages. Not only that, but the software required costs hundreds of dollars. Far... more...