Design Tips
In order to be a successful website designer, there are a few rules you should follow.
Following web standards is a good practice, always make sure your code validates and is compatible in all browsers and the most commonly used browser versions. Also check for how your site looks in different screen resolutions. Creativity and fresh content is a must! There's nothing worse than a boring and poorly designed website. Keep up with the latest technologies and update any software you use for design. Learn how to use an image manipulation tool such as Photoshop. Make sure all sites are user-friendly and easy to navigate. Make sure all pages are consistant even if the content drastically changes from page to page. These are just a few practices that are good to follow.
If you would like assistance with designing your site, please contact me.
Inspiration
My inspiration comes from many forms of media including novels, music, photographs, commercials, literature, movies, websites, and art. Let some of my favorite websites inspire you.
Resources
Cascading Style Sheets, CSS is my preferred tool for design. It is a coding language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML. CSS is used to control colors, fonts, layout, and other web page properties. It is used mainly to separate website structure from website content. This improves accessibility, flexibility and control of content presentation. Visual presentation information for an entire website can be held in one CSS file, which allows for changes to be made quickly.
FOR WEBSITE DESIGNERS
If you are new to CSS and would like to learn more, please check out the following links: