Web Design Blog – HTML 5 Tag Changes
March 4th, 2010
Nick and James from the Creare Group explain the new tags of HTML 5 and the discontinued tags from HTML 4.
ECommerce Home Shopping – 6 Business Web Design SEO Tips
February 27th, 2010
www.gsinc.co.uk 6 mistakes ecommerce businesses make and how to fix them. SEO Internet Marketing tutorial by Gareth Davies GSINC Ltd. For more ecommerce tips and videos visit www.gsinc.co.uk
Web Design After WebApps
February 17th, 2010
Miko Coffey presented at the January 2010 London Net Tuesday event. This is the second half of her presentation, discussing web design after the introduction of web applications. Learn more about netsquared and the London group at: netsquared.org
Web Design using a Content Management System (part 1 of 6)
February 2nd, 2010
Making a web site using a Content Management System. A step-by-step web design tutorial using the worlds favorite database driven web design system, Joomla! [Original Video created by National web design]
Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong – SXSWi 2009
January 23rd, 2010
Just as early filmmakers struggled to break free from the conventions of live theater, after 10+ years web designers are still trapped in the structures of the past. Forget pages, linear text and other archaic vestiges of design’s print ancestry; the separation of content from presentation has already changed everything.
Fireworks CS4 New Features: Prototying a Web Design (lynda.com)
January 18th, 2010
www.lynda.com www.lynda.com Fireworks can play an important role in website production. In this movie, Jim Babbage explores new layout feature enhancements added to Fireworks CS4, including pixel-precise guides, the new smart guides, tooltips, which contain X and Y coordinates to help you place elements in your design. He also reviews changes to the Pages panel, the new ability to wrap text using the Text In Path feature and lastly, using symbols and nested symbols in your web design….
Typography in Web Design:
January 13th, 2010
Typography in Web Design:
A very important but often underplayed element in website design is web typography. Typography itself is as old as the earliest writing systems and has since developed into a very specialised field.
Typography originated after the invention of printing from movable type in the mid 15th century and has come along way since then. Today we find a large number of typefaces on the web.
How you approach typeface in your design, will either enhance or diminish the visual impact of your website. Function and aesthetics are intrinsic in web design and how well your design works is just as important as how it looks.
New liberty in web design: sIFR Text
Creative uses for typeface in web design were limited until recently. Today’s new operating systems have made it possible for website designers to move away from the limitations of using standard system fonts.
Scalable Inman Flash Replacement, better known as sIFR text are giving many website designers creative leeway. In simple terms, sIFR text is a flash rendering technique whereby designers can replace on-screen text elements with flash equivalents. In order to display correctly on someone’s web browser, sIFR requires the following: JavaScript and a Flash plug-in.
sIFR allows website headings, pull-quotes and other elements to be styled in whatever font the designer chooses. It is Search engine friendly and will display the website content as text and not an image.
Important Typeface Tips:
The web is saturated with tips on website design and typography. Here are a few tips that can help you with the choice and placement of your typeface in web design.
Space:
Take note of the line spacing/ leading that you give your text. The space between your words will impact the readability of your copy.
Colour
Consider the colour of your design and choose the colour of your text accordingly. The colour of your text should neither overpower your design nor be consumed by it.
Font Size:
Consider the theme and style of your web design and choose the font size accordingly. Certain typefaces have been designed as small fonts and will therefore not have the same effect if it is too big.
Take into account that your text size should be readable to different users who are making using different browsers and technologies. Don’t make your text too small or too large.
Legibility
Take your user into account. The emphasis in web design today is on user-centric design. Remember that your website is there to communicate information. The objective is to encourage people to read the information on your site.
Too many fonts
Don’t use too many fonts throughout your website, rather make small adjustments to the existing font. This will help you to maintain a sense of continuity throughout your design. We suggest you use two types of font at most.
Font-smoothing
Any windows operating system lower than vista, does not apply “font-smoothing” as a default setting. This could radically change how the viewers see your text.
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Web Design Behind the Scenes – TemplateMonster
January 8th, 2010
www.templatemonster.com A video that captures a miracle – the whole process of how the best design products are done, everything AZ!
How can I become a web design teacher in a community college?
December 29th, 2009
I want to teach web design in a local community college. So far I have my associated degree. I am also in the web design business and have been for years. What do I need to do to become a web design teacher?
web design?
December 24th, 2009
I would like to know where i can find a good and cost effective web design company to design my business website? thank you.