Archive for the 'Web Design' Category

The Ideal Web Design is a Simple Design

If you are planning something sophisticated as far as web design is concerned, you better think twice this time around. Web surfers today have gone beyond the impressive graphics and design concepts and have concentrated more on how a website can help them and provide the necessary information and service today. Content and keywords are […]

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Web Design Basics and Total Quality Management

We have all been briefed that the key strategy towards web design lies largely on the content that it contains. In essence, this is something that is indeed a reality considering that search terms are often typed in. But always remember, a sight will lose its attractiveness if people mainly put up a site that […]

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

What Makes A Good Website?

A pretty website is great. But even more important than pretty design is a website that gets results. But what does that mean? Consider this:

A good website looks great
An effective website is designed according to the latest design standards
It is functional and easy to use
It’s also easy to develop as your business grows
A great website […]

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Good Web Design Is The Secret

There’s a lot more to web design, effective web design that is, than throwing up a few pages and slapping in some AdSense code and hoping. That used to work, but no longer does. These days your web design has to have real substance or it will get nowhere.
Web Design, strictly speaking, is the design […]

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Web Design - The Good, The Bad And The Really, Really Bad.

Web design is not all about asthetics. There needs to be an underlying architecture that aids good navigation and makes it easy for site visitors to find their way around as well as just looking good.
But looks do matter. Poor web design that looks like something that the cat dragged in will get the “Back” […]

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Web Design - The Basics Are Not Really New

Web design is all about the design of web sites, of course, That much is obvious. Even if you prefer to buy a good template, rather than bother with the expense of hiring a designer, someone still had to design the template in the first place. Wikipedia describes web design as being:
“Web design is a […]

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Web Design - The Good, The Bad And The Truly Awful

Web design is one of those things that everyone and his dog seems to think they can do. OK, there are many people who don’t know the first thing about it, but there are way too many who think they do. Some of them genuinely can turn out excellently designed web sites. But all too […]

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

The Evolution of Web Design

Web design has come a long way since the early days of the World Wide Web. Anyone who can remember Netscape 1.0 and its limitations can attest to that. When frames started to become popular in the mid 1990s, Netscape 1.0 keeled over whenever it encountered a framed site - it couldn’t cope.
Today, framed sites […]

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Web Design and Illuminated Manuscripts

Have you ever seen medieval illuminated manuscripts? Or at least, a reproduction of one? That, for me at least, is the beginnings of information design. It led to books, which led to all kinds of design layout - web design included.
OK, a medieval monk painstakingly painting a religious manuscript is not the same thing as […]

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Get Your Very Own Wedding Website

Have you thought about using a wedding website to share your wedding photos with your friends? It’s a novel idea whose time has come. Here are a few tips to help make your wedding website a cool place to visit:

Choose a domain name that is easy to remember and utilizes proper SEO techniques
Include a map […]

Monday, July 9th, 2007