Category Archives: Web design

Colours and names in CSS style sheets

One of the easiest things to do in a CSS style sheet is to assign colours to elements. You have just 2 properties to play with, background colour and colour (in style sheets, of course, both properties have to be … Continue reading

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Website design rule 9: put Web page elements in expected places

This is the ninth in a series of rules for website design, which I began writing in June 2008. I have so far covered basic topics such as website size, website backgrounds, website colours (including link colours), website layout, and—in … Continue reading

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Another ‘iceberg’ Web site

A couple of weeks ago, I completed another ‘iceberg’ Web site, in which most of the site is restricted. As part of the process, I learned how to create a complete WordPress theme (about time I got round to properly … Continue reading

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Web site design portfolio: a new addition

Recently, I have been doing a lot of Web design and development work “behind the scenes.” There hasn’t been much that I could share with readers of this blog. But around Christmas I did create a Web site that you … Continue reading

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Moving a Web site based on a proprietary CMS (part 1)

Can you move a Web site based on a proprietary Content Management System to which you have only a customer’s access? The short answer would seem to be ‘no’. One UK Web company includes this question among its FAQs: “Can … Continue reading

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One-page Web sites

How do people feel about one-page Web sites? For myself, I think they are pretty important, while a real Web site is being developed behind the scenes. I have a couple of Web sites in this position right now. One … Continue reading

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3 wishes for a successful Web site

The Web Fairy is hovering over the cradle of your new Web site. She has granted you three wishes. What do you wish for? What does every Web site need? The Web site has got to be found. The Web … Continue reading

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What’s wrong with website templates?

Lots of Web sites are based upon pre-designed templates, with placeholders which a website owner or website designer can fill in: “Company name,” “Your tag line here!” Some Web design companies on the Costa Blanca even publish portfolios of sites … Continue reading

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Website design rule 8: be 100% obvious

As website designers, our first job is to work out why people will visit the Web site we are designing. The second is to work out how their experience can be made so positive, even enjoyable, that they do what … Continue reading

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Web design is like kitchen design

Earlier this week I was asked to look at the design for a new Web site. Since the designer was only asking for the views of established website designers, I won’t add a link here. The site was lovely to look … Continue reading

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