HTML, XHTML and CSS basics

xhtml css HTML, XHTML and CSS basics

HTML is an abbreviation for Hyper Text Markup Language, it is the code that internet browsers interpret to display a page of information on the screen, HTML is basically the structure and content of a web page. Continue reading

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Website design – Typography

Typography is about choosing the right font, text hierarchy and layout for your web page/site.

Fonts are selected by the browser on a web page with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or by specifying the font in the HTML (deprecated). Continue reading

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Website design – Directory structure and file naming

Usually for a simple website it is recommended to have all the XHTML/HTML and CSS style sheet files in the root folder (top level directory of the website) and any associated images in a separate folder. Continue reading

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Website design – content and navigation.

In the last article Website design – wireframes we covered wireframes and how they can help you plan out a design from an idea to something tangible for a web page design. In this article we will now move onto the next step of planning your website – Content and Navigation. Continue reading

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Website design – wireframes

What is a wireframe? A wireframe is an essential element of web page design. It is like a plan for a construction job, it sets out the layout, the style, typography, the look and feel of the web page you are going to create. Continue reading

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The website design process pt 2

So you want to get a website up on the World Wide Web, either to promote you and or your business, or just for the hell of it, why not everyone nowadays has a web page or “web presence”.

Today there are quite a few options to achieve this. You could contact me and ask me to do it for you – at a cost of course. Or you might be one of these DIY (Do It Yourself) people in which case you want to do the whole lot yourself, or perhaps in part. Either way, if your going to design your own page there a few tips which could make the process all the more simple and logical. Continue reading

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The website design process.

Design can be thought of as a process to solve a problem. The problem to be solved when designing a web page is – how do I get my message across to my audience in the best possible way while representing how I want to express myself and my product. That is the challenge. There are so many possibilities but you have to choose the solution that will best meet your needs and capabilities. Continue reading

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wwweb design geek gets it done!

So what is a web design geek? Or more importantly what is the definition of a geek? The term certainly has changed considerably over time, but now days the term has a certain prowess leading to the assumption that a geek is someone who is passionate about what they do to the extent of almost denying the real world into their “domain”. Although this has some truth the fact of the matter is that a geek is passionate in their realm and reality is purely relative to what their imaginations and perception of the world around them is. Or to put it in simpler terms “your reality is what you think” – literally!
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We are about putting you on the web the way you want to appear.

Web page design can be many different things for many different people. Everybody has a different perspective on what design suits them or their business for the image that they want to present to the www. This website is all about choice and presenting your image through design to the www, We at wwwebdesigngeek are dedicated to get your image out there the way you want to portray what you do.

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