How To Use This Web Site
First, select a topic of interest from the selection available above...
...then choose from the options on the right to view "real world" examples of your chosen topics
Overview
What exactly is "Web Design" anyway?
Creating successful web sites demands experience in a broad range of skills and fields. Encompassing elements of graphic design, typography, user interface design, programming, information architecture, psychology and marketing, the role of the web designer is a multi-faceted one. Strong presentational skills and a keen business sense always come in handy, especially in the case of the freelancing designer.
This web site is by no means a comprehensive "how to" of web site design, but rather provides an essential overview of the most important aspects of the web design field.
Discovering how and why successful web sites work is an invaluable skill for any designer or developer, regardless of experience. Here real web sites (right) have been assessed in order to provide tangible examples of the topics explored throughout the site.
Happy learning!
Main Issues that make web sites different:
- Functione.g. Information, education, entertainment, commercial sales
- Sizee.g. Total content or number of pages
- Designe.g. Plain text based, highly stylised multimedia
- Form of Informatione.g. Text, graphics, animation, video, audio
- Intended Audiencee.g. General public, hackers, hobbyists, technical experts
- Securitye.g. Open access sites, partially open sites, secure sites
- Relationship with the real worlde.g. Television listings sites, web search sites
- Legalitye.g. Peer-to-peer related music download sites, government sites
Example Web Sites
