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| Step 4: Development If you've finalized your design (either to yourself or with your client, then you can begin developing the site. Depending on how you want the site to work, this could involve such complexities as PHP and MySQL backend programming, or it could just be as simple as some basic HTML and CSS or FrontPage. Either way, this step involves the actual coding of the site. Some designers are solely designers and deal with only the basics of HTML and CSS, opting to work with a partner or hire someone to do the coding of a site. Other designers know the development and coding side just as well as the design side, but these designers aren't altogether too common. Either way, we won't go into the development of the site here. For the purposes of this article, it's enough to say that this is the final step, after the design is done, in the creation of a Website. Failing Designs As a designer, do you know where your work really fits in the process of design We all love Web design. Looking at a blank white box on a computer screen and using only your mind's eye, a mouse, and a keyboard to transform it into a living, breathing Website is no minor feat, and there is undoubtedly a creative rush when it comes to doing something like this. Web design can be a strong artistic outlet and it inevitably brings with it the joy that comes with looking at your finished work and presenting it to others. Failing design is not necessarily poor design. This means that a "failing design" is not necessarily an ugly Website. Rather, a failing design is one that fails to function properly for the site where it's used. A design can be very beautiful, but be terrible for its purpose. If your (or your clients) goal with a Website is to sell something or generate excitement over a specific idea or campaign, you'll want to design accordingly. Fora site like this, you don't want to use a calm ocean picture as your header with deep ocean blues and blacks in TYPE THE DOCUMENT TITLE 25 your design. Sure, you maybe able to make a very pretty design this way, but it's a failing design because it doesn't supplement the site's goal or message. The above example is a gross exaggeration, but it serves to show why so many designs fail. The problem lies in the misunderstanding of the process of design. Download 2.8 Mb. Share with your friends:
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