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Now that uni is over for another while I have been asked to help design a webpage for a company. I've done my fair bit of basic HTML, Javascript etc and I'm quite happy to spend a while learning new things too.
Did a course this year and part of it involved good web design and things to avoid.
All I would like is some pointers, advice as to where to start and what to use and what to stay clear off. I've seen some examples of pages that users on here have created and a good few know exactly what they are doing so if they are around I would be grateful for any URL's that show (In your opinion a well designed site)
I'm not to great at designing images/logos etc so I guess I should maybe consider learning how to do that at some point but at the moment the main structure and design is top of the list.
Thanks if you can offer any help/advice or examples.
Did a course this year and part of it involved good web design and things to avoid.
All I would like is some pointers, advice as to where to start and what to use and what to stay clear off. I've seen some examples of pages that users on here have created and a good few know exactly what they are doing so if they are around I would be grateful for any URL's that show (In your opinion a well designed site)
I'm not to great at designing images/logos etc so I guess I should maybe consider learning how to do that at some point but at the moment the main structure and design is top of the list.
Thanks if you can offer any help/advice or examples.
would that be for free?
:-)
I've been putting my basic ideas down and making a start to the design. Need to get some information to give it a bit of content and work out the easiest way to navigate through the site.
:-)
I've been putting my basic ideas down and making a start to the design. Need to get some information to give it a bit of content and work out the easiest way to navigate through the site.
I'd advise you use fireworks for web graphics (Adobe Photoshop is better for textures for games and Photo Editing rather than web graphics), as you can add slices and html to you images which is very useful.
AliBoy wrote:
> It would be from the information I have at the moment (Its a friend of
> the family so they shouldn't be wanting too much too quickly I hope)
> just a purely information based site. Not selling anything.
>
> Just telling about the company, the type of work they do, contact
> information, probably pictures.
>
> I'll post more info as I get it.
Hi,
Ok, then you just really need to concentrate on making the whole thing look pretty. In this case, maybe you should look to see if you can do anything with Flash, Shockwave or something like VRML to make it look nice. I use Fireworks from Macromedia for all my web graphics if its any help.
> It would be from the information I have at the moment (Its a friend of
> the family so they shouldn't be wanting too much too quickly I hope)
> just a purely information based site. Not selling anything.
>
> Just telling about the company, the type of work they do, contact
> information, probably pictures.
>
> I'll post more info as I get it.
Hi,
Ok, then you just really need to concentrate on making the whole thing look pretty. In this case, maybe you should look to see if you can do anything with Flash, Shockwave or something like VRML to make it look nice. I use Fireworks from Macromedia for all my web graphics if its any help.
It would be from the information I have at the moment (Its a friend of the family so they shouldn't be wanting too much too quickly I hope)
just a purely information based site. Not selling anything.
Just telling about the company, the type of work they do, contact information, probably pictures.
I'll post more info as I get it.
just a purely information based site. Not selling anything.
Just telling about the company, the type of work they do, contact information, probably pictures.
I'll post more info as I get it.
Wha sort of site will it be that you are trying to design? If it is database supported site, maybe you should try focussing on Apache/PHP/MySQL for a soloution. They are all free technology and very good at what they can do, SR's web site runs on PHP and MySQL for example.
Try to stay away from CGI if you can, its old technology and most things it can do can be accomplished through server side scripting languages such as ASP or PHP.
Dont confuse the Java based tools. Java, ECMScript(javascript) and JSP are all seperate things and I dont believe there is much open source support for JSP on the internet.
If your site is running on a database then you are looking at two roots, windows, IIS, asp and SQL Sever or Apache, PHP and MySQL. Apache (as you probably already know) is quite good and is highly configurable. I havent worked too much with the latest MS stuff, but it is just as good lately.
For your images all I can suggest is looking into the Adobe or Macromedia products. im not so hot with images either, but I tend to publish only .PNG's, which is supported by PHP.
Can you tell us more about your site?
Try to stay away from CGI if you can, its old technology and most things it can do can be accomplished through server side scripting languages such as ASP or PHP.
Dont confuse the Java based tools. Java, ECMScript(javascript) and JSP are all seperate things and I dont believe there is much open source support for JSP on the internet.
If your site is running on a database then you are looking at two roots, windows, IIS, asp and SQL Sever or Apache, PHP and MySQL. Apache (as you probably already know) is quite good and is highly configurable. I havent worked too much with the latest MS stuff, but it is just as good lately.
For your images all I can suggest is looking into the Adobe or Macromedia products. im not so hot with images either, but I tend to publish only .PNG's, which is supported by PHP.
Can you tell us more about your site?
Any of the following may help:
HTML, DHTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, Javascript, Flash, PHP, ASP, JSP, CGI, MySQL, PERL, Python, Java, SVG, ODBC...
I can only be more specific when you start being more specific. If you want some examples of good website design, try:
www.the-whole-entire-internet.com
Sorry for being flippant, but if you ask a stupid question..
HTML, DHTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, Javascript, Flash, PHP, ASP, JSP, CGI, MySQL, PERL, Python, Java, SVG, ODBC...
I can only be more specific when you start being more specific. If you want some examples of good website design, try:
www.the-whole-entire-internet.com
Sorry for being flippant, but if you ask a stupid question..
Now that uni is over for another while I have been asked to help design a webpage for a company. I've done my fair bit of basic HTML, Javascript etc and I'm quite happy to spend a while learning new things too.
Did a course this year and part of it involved good web design and things to avoid.
All I would like is some pointers, advice as to where to start and what to use and what to stay clear off. I've seen some examples of pages that users on here have created and a good few know exactly what they are doing so if they are around I would be grateful for any URL's that show (In your opinion a well designed site)
I'm not to great at designing images/logos etc so I guess I should maybe consider learning how to do that at some point but at the moment the main structure and design is top of the list.
Thanks if you can offer any help/advice or examples.
Did a course this year and part of it involved good web design and things to avoid.
All I would like is some pointers, advice as to where to start and what to use and what to stay clear off. I've seen some examples of pages that users on here have created and a good few know exactly what they are doing so if they are around I would be grateful for any URL's that show (In your opinion a well designed site)
I'm not to great at designing images/logos etc so I guess I should maybe consider learning how to do that at some point but at the moment the main structure and design is top of the list.
Thanks if you can offer any help/advice or examples.