Web Design Schools
Web Design
Web design is the design of web pages, websites
and web applications using HTML, CSS, images, and other media.
Web design is part of starting a website (web development) which
can include web server configuration, writing web applications and
server security.
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Website design
A website is a collection of information about a particular topic
or subject. Designing a website is defined as the arrangement and
creation of web pages that in turn make up a website. A web page
consists of information for which the website is developed. For
example, a website might be compared to a book, where each page
of the book is a web page.
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Lack of collaboration in design
In the early stages of the web, there wasn't as much collaboration
between web designs and larger advertising campaigns, commerce, social
networking, intranets and extranets as there is now. Web pages were
mainly static online brochures disconnected from the larger projects.
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Liquid versus fixed layouts
Programmers were the original web page designers in the early 1990s.
Currently most web designers come from a graphic artist background in
print, where the artist has absolute control over the size and dimensions
of all aspects of the design. On the web however, the Web designer has
no control over several factors, including the size of the browser window
and the size and characteristics of available fonts.
Many designers compensate for this by wrapping their entire webpage in a
fixed width box, essentially limiting it to an exact pixel-perfect value,
which is a fixed layout. Some create the illusion of liquidity by building
the graphics for their webpage at a size larger than any current standard
monitor size. Other designers say that this is bad because it ignores the
preferences of the user, who might have their browser sized a specific way
that they like best. These people propose a liquid layout, where the size of
the Web page adjusts itself based on the size of the browser window.
There is a usability reason (rather than wanting control) for why a designer
may choose a more fixed layout. Studies have shown that there is usually an
optimal line width in terms of readability. One rule to appear from such
studies is that lines should be between 40-60 characters long, or approximately
11 words per line. But users may choose their windows size and font selection
to optimize other factors more important to them.
In some cases, it is
difficult to create fixed layouts which work well given the amount of content
needed, and the fact that one has to try to cater for the needs of all
prospective users.
Excerpt of "Web design." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
20 Oct 2006, 06:11 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 24 Oct 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Web_design&oldid=82578081
Design Schools
Schools of Art and Design are often a private,
four-year accredited college and further and higher education
courses up to postgraduate level.
Design Schools offering Design Degrees in Computer Animation,
Graphic and Interactive Communication, Fine Art, Illustration,
Interior Design, and Photography and Digital Imaging. Minors and
concentrations include Fine Arts, Photography and Digital Imaging,
Game Design, Visual Development, and Business of Art and Design.
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