XHTML is the best markup language to make websites. It’s easy to learn, clean and powerful.
Now that you have a global understanding of web design, and that you possess all the tools you need to make a website, I’ll teach you the basics of XHTML.
You don’t need many tools to be a great web designer. Only 8 awesome tools are necessary. With these tools, you’ll be able to design, code, upload and debug any website!
Unlike many unorganized and unhelpful huge lists of tools, here is a special list for beginners, with only the best tools chosen!
When Jeffrey Zeldman was asked to define web design, he answered:
“Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.”
These are beautiful words, don’t you think so? They are also difficult words that won’t help you to understand web design nor develop the corresponding skills (wikipedia’s definition is even worse).
Thus it’s important to start by giving a definition that works i.e. a definition which will help you to be a great web designer.
Web Design Project Preparation is all about gathering, understanding and using information effectively. I had written this article’s initial introduction, but then I found this awesome, if not perfect quotation from Paul Boag:
Whatever [your methodology] is like, make sure to include a big section on ‘information gathering’. So we’re talking about things like; success criteria, business objectives, competitive analysis, priorities, mood boards, user personas and user expectations. The reason why this information is so important is not only so that you can deliver a better solution but it’s immensely important when it comes to justifying why you have done something a certain way.
Paul Boag (quoted by carsonified.com)
With that said, we now know that information gathering is crucial to your Web Design Project Preparation. So let’s start!
Having a keen understanding of Web Design Project Planning Process is invaluable. With a clear organization, you’ll be able to work better and more efficiently. Moreover, with this document you’ll be able to show your clients what they are paying for.
Here are the different steps of Web Design Project Planning Process.
In the last lesson, we saw how to create your first Web page and how to add raw text. Today, I’ll teach you how to properly organize and style your text (ie following Web standards and SEO) best practices.
Creating your first Web page can seem very difficult. In fact, it is rather easy with a little of method.
Let’s be clear, however, I am not here to teach you how to use a word-processor software or how to master the basic functions of your computer. In short, I will not take you for dummies and I will focus only on the Web Design.
That being said… let’s work !
