150 Dreamweaver templates
Monday, February 18th, 2008
I don’t know where I got this file from. If the owner is out there, let me know.
If you’re learning to do web sites, this tool will be your best friend.
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Archive for the ‘Web Design’ Category
How much should I charge for a web site design?
Monday, February 18th, 2008One question posted by many that can have many different answers. It’s true that for this there is no ultimate truth, many countries have different rates.
What I could do for you would be to give you some hints of the points to take in consideration when taking this decision:
Your reputation as designer, we know that if many people have recommended you, the customer will be willing to pay a good amount of money for your design
Remind the customer this is a good investment, some might think you’re charging too much money for it. Remind your customer that this will give his/her company a global presentation, which is really important for international customers.
Take in consideration the time it took you to create the page, every customer is different and they all want something special and different
Stipulate the time it might take you to create the site, some customers are easier than others. Gas is very expensive, so keep in mind all the little things it took you for your design to happen.
Maintenance, maybe the most important thing, don’t be one of those designers that disappears after the design is completed.
Design a Dynamic or Static web site?
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
When we find ourselves dealing with customers, they will ask us sometimes: What do you recommend me, a page with or without motion? Then comes the time when we have to think and give a good answer. Here are some tips for you to get the best answer possible:
Dynamic:
Is the site where motion is added, this motion can interact with the viewer while he/she surfers through the site. The content is most of the time motionless, but the images or scenarios around it will be dynamic. If you want to do a dynamic site, you’ll need Flash. A good example would be a web site where the surfer can interact with the data base. The customer types in what he/she wants and it comes out. This is called a non-linear web page.
The great advantage of these pages is their easy way to administrate. As long as you know the programming language. Some examples of dynamic sites could be: Forums, picture galleries, etc.
Static:
Like the name indicates, there’s no motion in these types of pages. This doesn’t mean it’s a boring site, because it could have a good design and attract a lot of customers. These sites are linear. Because the client can jump from a place to another. Or as the designer wanted it.
Now with this in your head, we can give our customers a clearer idea of what he/she would need for the company.
Webmaster: Focus on purpose and on use, than on the design.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
I couple days ago I was just commenting to one of my friends how we designers can be really picky about certain designs. We use colors that we like, and we don’t think of the physiological impact this color has in a person’s mind. This affects the message we’re trying to convey. For example, do you remember a site that had really awful colors? Now try to remember a website that you don’t normally visit, where you have learned something interesting.
Even if your site has the most amazing design someone can ever create, if the content is poor, the site most-likely will be forgotten. It’s not the design, it’s the message. It’s true that a person that finds a pretty web site will stay there, but within the next couple minutes, due to the lack of content, this person will leave the site. On the other hand, if this person found what he/she was looking for, this new visitor will tell everybody he/she knows about this amazing web site. This is why you need to remind your customer’s, the design really matters, but the content matters the most.
Intros and Banners with Flash
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008If you’re chinese, luck you!… but if you’re not, then chill out, let me explain it to you. I was seen today a site called: Sinker.cn, that contains amazing flash and intros made with Flash. It’s a great site to learn and to watch Flash creations.
Just click on the image you would like to watch. Enjoy!
