Fundamentals of Web Design

What is web design?

Web design is about creating a website. There are 2 main areas to think about when creating a web design, these are:

• How the website looks (The Design)
• How the website is created (The Build)

The Design

This is where you create how you want your website to look. The best way to do this is to use a design based program like photoshop or illustrator. Once you know how you want the design to look you need to break that design down and get it ready for the build process.

The Build

There are many different way to build a website. All websites have to run on HTML. There are different languages that can be plugged into a website such as CSS, Javascript or PHP to make the website look more interesting and have more functions.

When is a good time to get a website?

When ever you are ready to start looking for a website is the best time to get started. The sooner you get your website off the ground and onto search engines, the sooner you start to rank in the search engines for the key words that you want your website to be found for.

Why do you need a website?

Every company should really have a website. A website is a great way to do some advertising about your company and sell your goods or services to your potential clients. As more and more people are using the web it is also a great way to have more potential clients find your company and learn what you can offer them.

How can you go about getting a website?

There are 2 real ways of getting your company a website, Do it yourself or find a web design agency to produce the website for you.

If you are happy to DIY your website then by all means, a DIY website tends to be a template or from a free web place that sticks unwanted advertising onto your website, so you never really get what you truly want with a DIY website.

If you want a company to build you a website then you have to find a company that you can trust to do the job that you are looking for, go prepared into the meeting and ask plenty of questions so that you can get a good feel for the company. A very low priced company will tend to give you a DIY looking website.

Where is the best place to start with web design?

Know what type of website that you are looking for, look around at other websites and create a list of website that you like and hate and say why you like or hate the website. If you have already created a brand design then make sure you create a website that stays true to your brand.

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