Web Design

Purposing Web design is a complex, but essential ongoing activity. Before creating and uploading a website, it is important to take the time to plan exactly what is needed in the website. Thoroughly considering the audience or target market, as well as defining the purpose and deciding what content will be developed, are extremely important.

Web design is similar to traditional print publishing. Every website is an information display container, just as a book; and every Web page is like the page in a book. However, web design uses a framework based on digital code and display technology to construct and maintain an environment to distribute information in multiple formats. Taken to its fullest potential, web design is undoubtedly the most sophisticated and increasingly complex method to support communication in today's world.

For the typical web sites, the basic aspects of design are:

• Content - the substance, and information on the site should be relevant to the site and should target the area of the public that the website is concerned with.
• Usability - the site should be user-friendly, with the interface and navigation simple and reliable.
• Appearance - the graphics and text should include a single style that flows throughout, to show consistency. The style should be professional, appealing and relevant.
• Structure - of the web site as a whole.

A web site typically consists of text, images, animation and /or video. Each web page within a web site has its own URL. After each web page is created, they are typically managed by content management system (CMS).

Once a web site is completed, it must be published or uploaded in order to be viewable to the public over the internet.