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hai iam new to website designing i to know how to start.i tried to download a template and design it but i couldnt do it .plz help me
Hey.
Do you know html? If not here is a good place to start learning it.
My tutorial on how to customize a Zymic template and upload it to Zymic's hosting may be of use to you too. http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2033&hl=
Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask, there's plenty of people here who can help.
Do you know html? If not here is a good place to start learning it.
My tutorial on how to customize a Zymic template and upload it to Zymic's hosting may be of use to you too. http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2033&hl=
Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask, there's plenty of people here who can help.
Take a deep breath and read some practical tips for professional looking websites.
1. Select a colour scheme and stick to it.
If your company has a logo or preferred colours on its stationery that’s a good start. For those of you starting from scratch, choose two or three complementary colours and stick with them – don’t change colours on every page.
The most common colour schemes include:
- Red, yellow and white
- Blue and white
- Red, grey and white
- Blue, orange and white
- Yellow, grey and white.
If you’re not sure what colour scheme to choose, surf the internet and find a website that you like. You can then model your colour scheme on what already exists.
2. Use templates.
Can’t find a website you really like? Another option is to choose a template. There are many templates or pre-set designs. These come as part of your web design software (such as FrontPage) or you can check out some websites that specialise in designing templates.
3. Provide an easy to use navigation system.
This is one of the most important issues to consider when designing a website. You need to ensure your visitors can find what they are looking for easily. Most websites either display their navigation bar on the left or at the top. And since most people are used to this type of navigation, it’s best to stick with it.
It also helps to include your navigation bar at the bottom of each page to save your visitors from having to scroll back to the top.
4. Don’t go overboard on special effects
Whilst it is ok to have one or two special effects to jazz up your website, spinning graphics and logos often distract your visitor from the content, not to mention they can take too long to download. Your visitors may click away even before your spinning logo finishes loading.
5. Backgrounds
Ensure your visitors can read the text on the background, ie. no black writing on dark blue background or yellow on white. Also be careful that your links are visible before and after being visited. The default for links in most programs is blue (before being visited) and burgundy (after being visited), so if you have a dark background, ensure your links are light.
6. External Links
It is a good idea to open links to other websites in a new window. That way your visitors can easily return to your site when they are finished browsing the external link
7. Site Map & Search Feature
If you website is more than 15 pages, it is useful to have a site map or a “Search” feature to ensure your visitors can easily find what they’re looking for.
8. Content is King
While it is important that your website looks clean and professional, it is far more important that you concentrate your efforts on the content and promotion.
If you want a professional website, things to stay away from include:
1. Flash intros, revolving globes, bevelled line separators, animated mail boxes
2. Loads of pop up or pop under boxes
3. Autoplay music. Allow your customer to play music only if they choose.
4. Hit counters of the free variety, which say “you are 27th visitor”
5. Date and time stamps, unless your website is updated daily or weekly
6. Busy backgrounds.
1. Select a colour scheme and stick to it.
If your company has a logo or preferred colours on its stationery that’s a good start. For those of you starting from scratch, choose two or three complementary colours and stick with them – don’t change colours on every page.
The most common colour schemes include:
- Red, yellow and white
- Blue and white
- Red, grey and white
- Blue, orange and white
- Yellow, grey and white.
If you’re not sure what colour scheme to choose, surf the internet and find a website that you like. You can then model your colour scheme on what already exists.
2. Use templates.
Can’t find a website you really like? Another option is to choose a template. There are many templates or pre-set designs. These come as part of your web design software (such as FrontPage) or you can check out some websites that specialise in designing templates.
3. Provide an easy to use navigation system.
This is one of the most important issues to consider when designing a website. You need to ensure your visitors can find what they are looking for easily. Most websites either display their navigation bar on the left or at the top. And since most people are used to this type of navigation, it’s best to stick with it.
It also helps to include your navigation bar at the bottom of each page to save your visitors from having to scroll back to the top.
4. Don’t go overboard on special effects
Whilst it is ok to have one or two special effects to jazz up your website, spinning graphics and logos often distract your visitor from the content, not to mention they can take too long to download. Your visitors may click away even before your spinning logo finishes loading.
5. Backgrounds
Ensure your visitors can read the text on the background, ie. no black writing on dark blue background or yellow on white. Also be careful that your links are visible before and after being visited. The default for links in most programs is blue (before being visited) and burgundy (after being visited), so if you have a dark background, ensure your links are light.
6. External Links
It is a good idea to open links to other websites in a new window. That way your visitors can easily return to your site when they are finished browsing the external link
7. Site Map & Search Feature
If you website is more than 15 pages, it is useful to have a site map or a “Search” feature to ensure your visitors can easily find what they’re looking for.
8. Content is King
While it is important that your website looks clean and professional, it is far more important that you concentrate your efforts on the content and promotion.
If you want a professional website, things to stay away from include:
1. Flash intros, revolving globes, bevelled line separators, animated mail boxes
2. Loads of pop up or pop under boxes
3. Autoplay music. Allow your customer to play music only if they choose.
4. Hit counters of the free variety, which say “you are 27th visitor”
5. Date and time stamps, unless your website is updated daily or weekly
6. Busy backgrounds.
When you download a template, they are mostly self explanatory. You just need to tweak a few things here and there. Just read more about the template your downloaded and see what settings you need to make.
Internetimm dont copy and paste. How would you like if somone stole all your work. Just post the link in future. The link you copied from is http://www.discountdomainsuk.com/articles/9/638/1
Wow, you are definitely going to need a lot of help. Listen to the other responses and good luck!
QUOTE(Colin @ Sep 23 2009, 12:54 PM) 
Hey.
Do you know html? If not here is a good place to start learning it.
My tutorial on how to customize a Zymic template and upload it to Zymic's hosting may be of use to you too. http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2033&hl=
Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask, there's plenty of people here who can help.
Do you know html? If not here is a good place to start learning it.
My tutorial on how to customize a Zymic template and upload it to Zymic's hosting may be of use to you too. http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2033&hl=
Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask, there's plenty of people here who can help.
Yes you are right that you should start by going to wsschools.com but i find that if you have never tried HTML before then go to here. I found it very easy to understand and it teaches you the basics instead of all the things at once.
it also teaches you css again teaching you basic stuff for it and slowly progressing as the tutorial goes on. I was to in your spot knowing pretty much nothing about html then i looked at the site and understood and memorized all of the stuff (basics) then i went to w3schools.com.
Well goodluck
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