Web Designing Tips

More and more people are getting fond of web design. Whether for work related purposes or for personal-use purposes. Some people get short courses to study web designing and some rely on e-learning and get web designing tutorials on-line. For people who works as a web designer, they know the do's and dont's of web designing, for most of them at least. For those who don't, especially those who are new in the field, here are some basic tips that would help in enhancing your web designing skills.

Keep your index page short

For the convenience of your visitor, don't place all your content on the index page. Remember that you can use several pages on making a web site. Having a single-page site with all the contents there will make a visitor dizzy and confused.

Create a toolbar or menus easy navigation

This will make your visitors stay in your site longer. After reading the content of your page, it is more likely that your visitor will look for other pages on your site that would interest him. Using short, clear and precise words will also help the visitor know the content of the page where your link is going. I suggest to place the navigation menu on top and the other main links on the right hand side menu. You can also use a drop-down menus if you have many links.

Clean layout design

Align the contents of the page properly. You can use as many tables as you need to be able to insert the images or whatever you need for the page. Beginners tend to put as much images as they can, thinking it would be nice to look at, but it is advisable to put minimal photos. For a safer design, you can also use templates.

Use uniform fonts

As much as possible, use only two to three kinds of font face and the suggested sizes are ten to fourteen points. Just use different font styles, italics for instance, to emphasize keywords. Also, use a font that is available on all computers to prevent having a messed up design.

Cross browser compatible

Keep in mind that there are other internet browsers other than what you are using. At least make sure that your codes and design are compatible to the major browsers like Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, Opera 7.0 and Netscape Navigator 6+ .

These are just basic tips and suggestions on web designing but are guaranteed useful. These can be used as guide on building your own site but still the overall design is in your hands.

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Graphics design is presenting information visually with images and text. It involves a wide range of cognitive skills, aesthetics and crafts. It is used from the simple traffic road signs to the logos of company we are working or dealing with.

True that graphics design evolves as fast as technology. From the paintings in the caves of Lascaux around 14,000 BC to the numerous use of it not only to attract the eyes of people but also to bring information and to communicate visually. Here are several uses graphics design:

• In Advertising

Graphics design plays a big part in advertising. In order to draw attention from potential customers, they use aesthetic and emotional appeal to their products. This includes the company logo which is considered in corporate identity and branding.

• In Entertainment

From the backdrop, to the posters, to the visual story telling, graphics design is always being used. This helps bring in the interest of viewers or readers to intended mood. For film, it is used in opening and closing credit. For theater plays, it is used props, backdrops and posters. For books, it is used in covers and in the content itself.

• In Journalism

Graphics design helps in presenting the author's opinion or even on giving facts in writing news, articles, blogs and journals. It is not necessary but it will be an improvement on the visual information.

• On our Ancestors

It was used by our ancestors to communicate. It serves as “words” during the prehistoric periods. Anthropologists now studies the signs and symbols painted on the cave and caverns to learn more about them.

• In Education

Graphics are used mostly in education. In science,one example of which is human anatomy. Teachers use a picture of a human to point exactly which part of the human body they are talking about. In geography, it is used in maps and other graphic materials to illustrate or describe the earth. In Math, different kinds of graph are being used to make a presentation of data more understandable.

• On the 3w's

Graphics design is very important in e-Commerce. It should be visually appealing enough to attract visitors to browse the site. But it takes visual communication skills and interactive communication skills to do this. It is a combined work of graphics designers and web developers to create a web site that would be pleasing to the visitor's eyes.

We may not be conscious about it but graphics design plays a big role in our everyday lives. It help us communicate visually. It also helps us on deciding which should be checked on first when we have variants to choose from. And it also helps us understand certain things easier.