Web design is the most important thing for your new build website.
Every site is different and unique design. So, you have to make a plan first for your own website design.
When you surfing on the internet, you have seen many diferrent type and design websites there.
So, your website should be some different and unique design among others site.
There are many website building software in the market. You can easy create and design your site by using those software.
But before you start your website making,
you must have to learn basic of HTML and CSS otherwise you can build
your site properly. It will help you to control your full page.
So, at first you learn basic of HTML and CSS then you can use Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 or others software for create, edit or maintain your site.
Start Web Designing
You can start design by using free web pre-design template. There are many websites
are offering you ready made free website templates.
You will find them ("free website
templates") by search on search engines, It will come on search result
page. Then enter site one of them and click on download link and save
on your computer. Now open that template with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and start to design.
So, you can download one of them as your choice and start create your own website by edit and modify with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
This will be very helpful for design and create your site.
Learn Basic HTML and CSS
If you want to properly build your
website, you must have to learn basic HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
Its very easy to learn, you can free learn
HTML and CSS tutorials from online. There are many article on HTML and
CSS. Also you can download e-book from online for your study. So,
there are many options to study HTML and CSS.
When you surfing on internet then you can
see your visiting web page "source code" by click right button on that
page and select "source code" and see what code for which object. So,
You can learn like this.
Web Design Software
After complete your study on basic HTML and CSS then you can start your website design by using web designing software.
There are many software in the market for web disign, but I always recommend for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 over anything.
Its very easy to learn, if you learn it
for two or three days then you can build a web page easily by using
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
You can create, edit and maintain your website by using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. This software is very helpful for web disigner.
Introduce with Dreamweaver visual front screen here.
Useful Tips for Web Design
1) Fast Loading web site designs
This is the number 1 tip that every web designer should follow.
You might design a web site that looks
fantastic but few people are going to see it if it
takes a long time to load. Your designs should be
optimized for the web and should not take more than 15
seconds to load.
Remember, you might have a great design
but very few people are going to see it if it takes a
long time to load.
2) Minimize the use of images
I believe that
sometimes simple designs are the most effective for
the web. Keep your site simple but neat. Don't clutter your
page with big, bulky images that take ages to load.
Instead use tables
creatively and design eye - catching icons that will draw
a visitor's attention to a particular section of your site.
Tip - Visitors are usually more interested in content than in design.
3) Use of white space
Try not to clutter up
your page with too many images, backgrounds and
colorful fonts. Again use the Keep It Simple principle by minimizing
the use of graphics and using a lot of white space. White
space gives a sense of spaciousness and overall
neatness to a site. Notice the white space in our
site.
4) All Resolutions
Today, there are
computers with all kinds of resolution. They range from
640 x 480 to 1024 x 768 and go even higher. Your job is to design
your site for all these resolutions. The best way to do
this is to design your site in terms of percentage and
not pixels.
5) Browser Compatibility
Make sure your site is
browser compatible. Your web site should look good in
Netscape as well as in Internet Explorer. Don't stop designing
your site as soon as you find that it looks great on IE.
Usually Netscape gives some problems, especially when
you try doing complicated HTML designs. But don't give
up too soon, usually with patience these problems can
be easily fixed.
6) Check for broken links
Always check for broken
links within a site before uploading it to your web
server. In Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
you can check for broken links by right clicking on
any file in the Site Files Window and then clicking on
Check links - Entire Site. If you don't have this facility
you need to upload your site and then check it using online tools
like Net Mechanic.
Web Graphic Design
If you want create your own graphics or customize images then you should use graphic program like Photoshop CS5 or PaintShopPro are two common ones.
Fireworks is a really
great tool you can use to create unique, attractive and
professional graphics. you can try with using Macromedia Fireworks.
Here's a big favorite of mine. The Paste
Inside property of Fireworks allows you to paste an
image inside an object. You can get really amazing
images in the shape of circles, hearts, ovals, diamonds
etc. here's what you need to do:
PhotoOptics is another
cool tip on designing amazing graphics. You can adjust
the brightness, color, contrast and more, using this
feature. All you need to do is, select the image, go to XTras > PhotoOptics
and play around with the options given. Try changing
the hues, tints and brightness to get unique and attractive
graphics.