Website design is the process of planning and creating websites that can be read/viewed by web browsers

learn more… | top users | synonyms

3
votes
1answer
76 views

Pre-defined (canned) contact form messages on your website

I want to know what you guys think of having a contact form on your website with a few pre-defines (canned) messages on your website. I am talking here about a personal website, like a portfolio ...
2
votes
1answer
228 views

Why my new web design increased in 20% my bounce rate?

I do need your help and opinions. Last August, 1st, I have relaunched my website with a completely new design. As I have also moved it from Dreamweaver and .html format to Wordpress, the new website ...
6
votes
1answer
173 views

Where do you draw the line with the new html5 elements

I have read this article http://diveintohtml5.org/semantics.html#new-elements on the different new elements in html5. Now I want to create my new portfolio with the this new markup. It is quite ...
0
votes
1answer
36 views

Please recommend a good web designer/web developer web dictionary? [closed]

Please recommend a good web designer/web developer dictionary?
1
vote
3answers
120 views

Please recommend an one stop popular website for inspirational web design interfaces/ design snippet

Please recommend an one stop popular website for inspirational web design interfaces/ design snippet.
0
votes
1answer
33 views

which css techniques should be used keeping an eye on browser compatibly and trend? [closed]

which css techniques should be used keeping an eye on browser compatibly and trend? Please answer this question. Thanks :)
0
votes
1answer
45 views

What are the things to keep in mind for a junior web designer/web developer to choose his first company to work? [closed]

What are the things to keep in mind for a junior web designer/web developer to choose his first company to work? For me, the choosen first company a fresher in web design/web development is more ...
0
votes
1answer
177 views

Can I get JSP/ JSF hosting in shared hosting plans?

I want to use JSF with Facelets/JSP in my website. Can I get Java hosting in shared hosting plans ? I want to re-develop a company website for my client. Currently the website uses PHP & is ...
2
votes
1answer
291 views

Background image strategies for a curved background

How would you handle a background image for a web page with a curve like the one below? Normally, I take a thin image and repeat it along the x-axis, but the curve negates that strategy as one side is ...
0
votes
0answers
42 views

Website asthetics [closed]

I have recently just designed a basic website for a pc repairs company I am wanting to set up and was wondering if you could give me some feedback on it mainly negative so I can improve it. Here is a ...
0
votes
1answer
63 views

Pairing teams up for competition [closed]

So i visited this site http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ and in this when i go to the fixtures, i was thinking, how did the developer designed this so that the new fixtures get generated on its own? ...
0
votes
3answers
62 views

recommend strategy to implement this design

I'm trying to build a website (html only) for a design studio and I am trying to figure out what is the best way to go about it. Layour of a webpage is like this: A page is divided into two spaces ...
1
vote
5answers
105 views

dynamic website development help

I am wondering is there such thing as a WYSIWYG / graphical editor for PHP based website such as Drupal and Joomla? I am from the print world, working with code and database just driving me nuts! ...
0
votes
0answers
36 views

newbie in web designing [closed]

I want to create a personal web many parts should have it like: 0.Home 1.search input text 2.contacts 3.CV 4.portfolio 5.coding I have eager to know if you have idea about extra part that still I ...
4
votes
1answer
72 views

What should you do differently when designing websites for an embedded web server

When designing a website to be accessed from an embedded webserver such as KLone, what do you need to do differently compared to a 'standard' web server. I'm talking about considerations at the front ...
1
vote
2answers
134 views

How to collect articles for my new Article Directory

I've an idea and just want suggestions and comments about it. I'm launching an free article directory, which as usual will allow to have author's dofollow backlinks. How do I get good articles? Can ...
-1
votes
1answer
165 views

Best Web designing Software with realtime online editing supported by Explicit FTP OVER TLS?

i have found out that Adobe Dreamveiwer CS5 doesn't supoort FTP server which has Explicit FTP OVER TLS Type Connection . and searched Adobe Forum and Confirmed that the feature yet to Implement in ...
0
votes
0answers
24 views

What could be done to improve the presentation? [closed]

Being more of a developper I'm not always sure what is suitable in terms of design. Rather than going into details I have provided the links below (will be removed once there are answers) as an ...
0
votes
3answers
81 views

Step by step website developent [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: When designing a website, how do you usually start? What sequence shall one follow when he is developing a website. For e.g. shall i first finish all the basic structure ...
2
votes
2answers
82 views

What emails should I create for a web services company? [closed]

I am building a software and web services company and want to create different email account to use them in contacting my team, customers "which i do for them websites for example", users of the ...
1
vote
1answer
129 views

Ruby on Rails and HTML created websites

My question is simply this: If I use Dreamweaver to create the website layout, but I need to use Ruby on Rails software to create a webservice (SSH included) will the HTML and Ruby conflict with each ...
3
votes
3answers
493 views

Working environment for web designer - editing files, version control, auto backups (Mac)

I've tried several times to get my head around this but failed everytime!! I want to setup a working environment for creating websites that is efficient and straight forward to use. It needs to ...
5
votes
4answers
876 views

Any tool to sketch layout?

Is there any kind of tool to sketch the layout of website roughly? For example just to draw a basic sketch of the design to show others? Thanks
1
vote
4answers
387 views

Best Option for Creating A Small Church Website

I've been asked to create a website for a very small church. Given the limited budget and lack of technical staff, what is the best option for building a site that is low-cost (or preferably free) ...
5
votes
2answers
168 views

Green Website Design

This is kindove a strange question, but... There was a site called Blackle ( http://www.blackle.com/) which "claimed" to save energy by using a black background (it doesn't: see here: ...
2
votes
1answer
54 views

Product application - is it a product or product variation

I'm dealing with a lot of vehicle specific products, and I've been trying to determine whether to convert the variants/fit option into individual products. I currently put the vehicle specific items ...
1
vote
1answer
50 views

What must be on my landing page?

What should I include on my landing page to invite users to "come on in"? I'm creating an website with these features: Regularly (several times/month) updated content, always available to everyone ...
0
votes
1answer
45 views

What are the top companies that provide total online solutions? [closed]

Please i am looking for the top companies that provide total online solutions. In other words, companies that take care of: Website Design. E-commerce. Development Search Engine. Optimization ...
0
votes
1answer
173 views

AdSense related website design / Ad Blending

I'm reading websites like websitepublisher and seen sites like environmentalchemistry. They all have those adsense in them, but the ads seem like perfectly blended. I want to earn money from a ...
1
vote
4answers
2k views

Good free CSS Sprite for icons

I am working on a small project where I need some of the basic icons: edit, favorite, delete. You know them. Now i can download them all seperate, and put them together in a sprite, but I was ...
2
votes
3answers
231 views

How to design a slogan

Which tools and techniques do you use for designing slogans on website? I tried this one but I wasn't satisfied with it. There is little choice of usable designs and it is aliased in firefox (in ...
3
votes
2answers
95 views

How to best understand website design for those with a background in graphic design?

What are the best resources (i.e. tutorials, video keynotes, blog posts, etc) that best assist graphic designers understand the paradigm of website design? As a web designer, I'm really interested in ...
2
votes
2answers
121 views

Is it possible to code in such a way that Dreamweaver will display it same as the browser?

Some background: I work in an internet marketing firm. My manager and I were just talking, and he brought up that some of our clients have complained that my web pages don't display "correctly" in ...
2
votes
1answer
146 views

What should I do if I have 2 UI tabs with content that allows the user to access the same page?

I created an employee review application that has top-level stateful tabs just like the ones on this site. There is a tab called "My Employees" and a tab called "Employee Management" (used by HR ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views

When creating a website, what permissions and directory structure?

I'm posing this question because I still haven't found a uniform method that I'm particularly fond of. Ideally, this combination of directory structure and permissions should suit any web server ...
0
votes
1answer
34 views

How to use google adsense and google analytics for my site

Hi i've got a site serving content to Brazil http://montao.com.br via google app engine getting comfortable with updating it with new function now also adding google adsense and analytics to the site. ...
2
votes
1answer
116 views

is there a standard template for a website proposal

i am putting together a website for someone and i wanted to see if there is a standard template to use that includes: pricing (by hour, page or project) expected bug fixes costs for hosting and ...
4
votes
3answers
173 views

Why do many websites have so many javascript includes?

I notice this is the case mainly for rather sophisticated pages. However, why don't developers simply combine the JS files and condense it all together? Is it not a more efficient method, in terms of ...
1
vote
3answers
410 views

Can you make total height for a 3-div-sandwhich equal 100% if top & bottom divs are in pixels? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Any problems with DIVs inside a table cell? Ok so I've got a header and a footer with absolute positioning and heights of 144px. The content div in the middle area needs ...
1
vote
1answer
63 views

Diary view- user interface

I need to design a user inteface which shows the user his/her list of appointments. Ideally it needs to show today, tomorrow, this week, this month as view options for filtering, user can choose ...
4
votes
1answer
415 views

How to show content for logged-in vs logged-out users?

We have a set of pages with the following urls: www.mysite.com/info/page1.html www.mysite.com/info/page2.html www.mysite.com/info/page3.html Each has a structure as follows: ---------------------- ...
1
vote
1answer
37 views

When should I ask a purchaser about subscription plans related to a retail product?

I am currently working on the design for a product detail page with a few other people. The product is a piece of software that has an outright purchase component as well as a subscription plan ...
1
vote
3answers
117 views

What are the best resources for a graphic designer looking to get into web design?

A friend of mine is a very competent graphic designer who wants to expand their skills and get into web design (just the visual design, no coding). While some skills certainly transfer over, web ...
0
votes
1answer
43 views

Should a webmaster use a design document?

Hey what do you think of IEEE publishing a standard called IEEE 1016–1998 "Recommendendations for Software Design - I think it's a good idea to follow that guideline and keep a "design document" that ...
1
vote
3answers
139 views

Tools for designing CSS layouts

Could you please advise me the tools that can draw images like this or this serving as a design for CSS layout?
7
votes
5answers
338 views

How do I get my users to love the intranet?

When designing an intranet for corporate use, what design practices should I follow that are different from those targeted to the internet/customer world? What kind of questions should I be asking ...
1
vote
0answers
103 views

Dynamic and Fixed Layout

When should I use a dynamic layout? And when the fixed one? Thank you!
0
votes
1answer
66 views

Design Techniques to represent a series of photos in a website

An important part of our site will be the photo part in which we'll have artistic photos (no snapshots, no stock). We'll have different areas there like 'Recent additions', 'Popular' etc. For these ...
2
votes
4answers
792 views

Text files vs. text in database

I'm designing a new site, deciding whether to keep the bulk of the content for each page in a text file, with just the file name in a database record for that page, or to keep the entire text in the ...
1
vote
4answers
904 views

design website using header and footer template approach

I am trying to re-do my portfolio website since its a pain to maintain it. Everytime I have to add a new item to it, it just takes forever and kills me. I'd like to redesign in a way that makes the ...

1 2 3 4 5 7