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Build websites easier with remade templates |
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Written by Briz Mohan
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
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Word Count: 614 To most people the process of building a web site remains somewhat of a
mystery. This confusion probably stems from the fact that there is a cornucopia
of web sites on the Internet. Even with wide variety of sites, every single one
can be divided into two sections: front-end and back-end.
The front-end is the first thing that it is designed. It encompasses the look
and feel of a web site. This is probably the most established part of the web
site production process. Design has been around since Guttenberg printed his
first bible. Much of what has been used in print media (especially art
magazines) has transferred to the web.
Most well thought out web sites start off with sketches on paper. We like using
the big huge box of crayons, the one with the crayon sharpener built in. Most of
the colors in the "big box" are pleasing to the eye and are web friendly. If you
use begin paying attention to sites you'll notice that only a few colors are
actually used, 256 to be exact. Only about 100 of those won't give you a
headache when you look at them. On request we will give these early designs to a
client that wants to control the look and feel of their site. The site, of
course, never ends up looking like the early designs. The same idea and concept
is there but because of restrictions colors and whole images are lost.
This brings us to the next part of the front-end, the actual site creation. This
is what many people view as the most important, which is what separates a
professional looking site from an amateur one.
The images are created using products from across the board. Mainly, designers
stick to industry standards like Photoshop and Illustrator. After getting the
basic image in terms of proportions and size the designer should create the
static HTML page.
. This is the basic page you would see if you viewed the page source. This is
one of the most rewarding, most hated and most tedious parts of the web design
process. Each browser displays a page differently. Since most users either use
Internet Explorer 4+ or Netscape 4.5 we cater to those two. Sometimes we build a
different site for each, trying to maintain the same layout
That concludes the front-end section. Personal sites and some small business
sites stop here. While this maybe acceptable today, tomorrow any web site hoping
to attract and keep visitors is going to have a strong back-end.
There are many sites and website designers that offer premade templates, these
have the entire graphical layout that a page needs.
For those with little or no experience with website design software, templates
have quickly become a practical solution to professional website design. Most of
the top end sites offer a huge selection of very impressive, easy-to-edit
website templates. All you have to do is check your email containing the link to
download the .zip file. The html in these templates is compatible with Adobe
GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Microsoft Frontpage. The major advantage is
the price, they run anywhere from $20 to $70. Another great advantage is you
don't have to hire a web designer, who usually takes 1 to 2 weeks to produce a
page of such high quality. Webmasters, either novice or expert, can easily save
thousands of dollars on design fees by using website templates.
There are also some exception sites, such as
http://www.web-site-templates.org
that provide packages of templates at one price, instead of providing a
different price for each template.
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