Web Designing
Fundamentals of Web Design
Purpose of Web Design
Influences on Web Design
• Inform or Educate
• Technology used by both target audience
and designer
• Amount and type of visuals included
• Nature of the content
• Economy
Making Of Good Design
Content is Important, but content alone will not make
your site work
Good Design is
• Understandable
• Uniform in look and feel
• Interesting
• Easy to use
• Done from a visitor's point of view
Process of Web Design
General methods for web design
• Ad-hoc process (seat of the pants).
• A methodical(well-thought process includes).
• Sites that will have a short lifespan
Benefits of Ad-hoc process
• Sometimes “quick and dirty” is not only good
enough, it’s the best way
It’s useable for:
• Sites designed for a very specific purpose (a
single survey, a single class, a specific event,
etc.).
• Very small web sites
• Has fewer problems
• Is more understandable
• Is more effective
• Is easier to navigate
• And may end up taking less time overall to create and
maintain.
Why take the time to design and test before launching?
Although it takes a lot more time up front, a well-thought-out web site:
Pre-Design work
Consider your organization’s mission
• Immediate
• Long-term
Define the target audience
Set goals for the web site
Gather content
• Organize and establish hierarchy of content
Accessibility Issues
Accessibility in web design
• Make the navigation clear and simple
• Use descriptive link texts (avoid using “click here”
without more information)
• Provide text equivalents for non-text elements
• Don’t rely solely on color to indicate
links
• Don’t make the screen flicker
• Use a clean visual layout with ample white space
• Use plain, understandable English
• Use markup and style sheets -- HTML for structure and CSS for presentation. Don’t use
visual markup (for example, to make text bold, use strong instead of b; to italicize, use em
instead of I )
• Don’t use header tags for visual formatting
• Add "skip to" links to main navigation and page content
• If PDF files are used, provide alternate formats for the information
• Don’t rely completely on high-tech solutions
Maintenance/Improvement
Schedule a quarterly review of the site.
• Who will do the maintenance?
• What to do if emergency problems occur?
• Where will backup copies of the site be
located?
• Does the content need updating?
• Is the design still working?
• Are there newer, cutting-edge tools we should be
using?
Set a maintenance schedule for the site.
For more information visit our site
www.zebacreations.com

Web Designing Services

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  • 2.
    Fundamentals of WebDesign Purpose of Web Design Influences on Web Design • Inform or Educate • Technology used by both target audience and designer • Amount and type of visuals included • Nature of the content • Economy
  • 3.
    Making Of GoodDesign Content is Important, but content alone will not make your site work Good Design is • Understandable • Uniform in look and feel • Interesting • Easy to use • Done from a visitor's point of view
  • 4.
    Process of WebDesign General methods for web design • Ad-hoc process (seat of the pants). • A methodical(well-thought process includes). • Sites that will have a short lifespan Benefits of Ad-hoc process • Sometimes “quick and dirty” is not only good enough, it’s the best way It’s useable for: • Sites designed for a very specific purpose (a single survey, a single class, a specific event, etc.). • Very small web sites
  • 5.
    • Has fewerproblems • Is more understandable • Is more effective • Is easier to navigate • And may end up taking less time overall to create and maintain. Why take the time to design and test before launching? Although it takes a lot more time up front, a well-thought-out web site:
  • 6.
    Pre-Design work Consider yourorganization’s mission • Immediate • Long-term Define the target audience Set goals for the web site Gather content • Organize and establish hierarchy of content
  • 7.
    Accessibility Issues Accessibility inweb design • Make the navigation clear and simple • Use descriptive link texts (avoid using “click here” without more information) • Provide text equivalents for non-text elements • Don’t rely solely on color to indicate links • Don’t make the screen flicker • Use a clean visual layout with ample white space
  • 8.
    • Use plain,understandable English • Use markup and style sheets -- HTML for structure and CSS for presentation. Don’t use visual markup (for example, to make text bold, use strong instead of b; to italicize, use em instead of I ) • Don’t use header tags for visual formatting • Add "skip to" links to main navigation and page content • If PDF files are used, provide alternate formats for the information • Don’t rely completely on high-tech solutions
  • 9.
    Maintenance/Improvement Schedule a quarterlyreview of the site. • Who will do the maintenance? • What to do if emergency problems occur? • Where will backup copies of the site be located? • Does the content need updating? • Is the design still working? • Are there newer, cutting-edge tools we should be using? Set a maintenance schedule for the site.
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    For more informationvisit our site www.zebacreations.com