Web design is much more than just learning the HTML and CSS languages. Learn how to create pages that look good and work!
Free Web templates can be complex and fully fleshed out or they can be bare bones. I provide a number of free bare-bones templates to get you started on your Web page layouts. You supply the images, colors and designs, I supply the layout.
Un Chapiteau Parapluie Website
This is a nice looking site submitted to the HTML5 Designs area of my site by a reader. I like how it looks and the HTML that creates it.
Read More: Un Chapiteau Parapluie
What inspires you? Do you have a favorite site you visit for inspiration? Or are there just designs that you think are particularly good? Are there people you like to read on social media for inspiration?
Screen shot by J Kyrnin courtesy Un Chapiteau Parapluie
Today in my newsletter I said some things that may have seemed controversial to some people. If you haven't read it you can read it here. In brief, I believe that most designers are perfectionists, and they can often let that perfectionism get in the way of moving a site forward. I believe several things:
These thoughts struck a nerve with at least one reader who responded to my newsletter with:
“YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!”
Is Roxana right? Am I an idiot for suggesting that there comes a point where worrying if a button is 2 pixels too far left or 3 pixels too far down is overkill? Am I an idiot for pointing out that sometimes the business needs take precedence over the aesthetics of one designer or an entire design team? Is it idiotic to assume that a site that functions correctly can be aesthetically pleasing, even if the designers still want to futz with it?
Share your thoughts in the comments below. I would like to talk more about this. I think it can open up an interesting discussion on where aesthetics and pragmatism collide. But if all you can do is call me names, please do that via email, as Roxana did. I would like to keep the public discussion civil. Thanks! :-)
Speedy web pages is one of those things that seem to go in and out of fashion. But the reality is that good web designers are always conscious of how fast their pages load. Because customers will always notice when a page is slow. And sad to say, customers are not forgiving. If a page loads slowly most customers will leave even if the page has previously been fast.
Learn to speed up your pages: Speeding Up Your Web Pages
Quoting prices is one of the things that many freelancers have trouble with. There's the fear that they aren't charging what they are worth. Then another fear that they are charging too much. Or just not knowing where to even start with prices. What do you think, is quoting prices hard?
