Thursday, 3 February 2011

| Web Design |

Web design is a broad term used to encompass the way that content (usually hypertext or hypermedia) is delivered to an end-user through the World Wide Web, using a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari) or other web-enabled software to display the content. The intent of web design is to create a website—a collection of online content including documents and applications that reside on a web server/servers. A website may include text, images, sounds and other content, and may be interactive.

What is the purpose of Web Design ?

  • To inform or to persuade users.
  • This is accomplished by:

- delivering content

- presenting the content in a way that benefits the user

Four primary aspects influence web design:

  • Content
  • Technology
  • Visuals
  • Economics

Three parts of web design:

  • Information Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Interface Design (Visual or Presentation Design)


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