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June 18, 2010

How to Select/shortlist a Web Designer?

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“First impression is the last impression”, and if your website fails to make the coveted first impression than it is doomed. You are entrusting the job of creating your first impression to a web designer, so you need the best qualified web designer. Select a web designer based on the following guidelines;

Portfolio

Refer the portfolio of the websites developed by the web designer in the past. A satisfied customer count of 15 – 20 should be OK and preferably talk personally with a few of them to get a clear idea on the designing capabilities of the web designer.

Expertise

Expertise in any field is a must, if the web designer is not an expert at web designing than you had it. In the web designing, knowing just web designing is not enough, the web designer should have creativity and an aesthetic approach towards your products/services. Also the web designer should be fully aware of your target audience and should use the technology according in the development of the website.

Communication

Pay attention, to the time taken by the web designer to respond to your queries, because if the designer takes a lot of time to respond to you now than what will the guy do after 4 months ? Also make note of the communication channels through which the web designer can be reached. Basically, the web designer should be reachable by telephone, email & cell phone.

Cost

Never go for the cheapest web designer, since this is a question of creating your First Impression, wouldn’t you like to go for better quality ? Consider the cost of web designing as an investment. Instead, go for the webd esigners who offers the most features with the package and on the website. Also take a note of the hidden costs [if any].

Professional outlook

You should always hire a professional web designer, who has worked on corporate projects prior to your project. A professional web designer will have a professional approach, attention for details and creative solutions for your web designing requirement.

After considering all the above points provided by the web designer you will be able to make the right choice about the web designers who will design your website.

Web Design Temple is a web design company which understands your requirement & purpose of having a website. We have the passion & expertise to create a website that you will match your corporate identity.

Akash Mehra is a famous web

designer, designing websites since the last 12 years. He has been working for
Web Design Temple

May 31, 2010

Basic Types and Requirements for Web Designing: Given by Pseudo Technology

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Web site design crosses multiple disciplines of information systems, information technology and communication design. The web site is an information system whose components are sometimes classified as front-end and back-end. The observable content (e.g. page layout, user interface, graphics, text and audio) is known as the front-end. The back-end comprises the organization and efficiency of the source code, invisible scripted functions, and the server-side components that process the output from the front-end. Depending on the size of a Web development project, it may be carried out by a multi-skilled individual (sometimes called a web master), or a project manager may oversee collaborative design between group members with specialized skills.

Multidisciplinary requirements:

Issues: As in collaborative designs, there are conflicts between differing goals and methods of web site designs. These are a few of the ongoing ones.

1. Lack of collaboration in designIn the early stages of the web, there wasn’t as much collaboration between web designing and larger advertising campaigns, customer transactions, social networking, intranets and extranets as there is now. Web pages were mainly static online brochures disconnected from the larger projects. Many web pages are still disconnected from larger projects. Special design considerations are necessary for use within these larger projects. These design considerations are often overlooked, especially in cases where there is a lack of leadership, lack of understanding of why and technical knowledge of how to integrate, or lack of concern for the larger project in order to facilitate collaboration. This often results in unhealthy competition or compromise between departments, and less than optimal use of web pages.

2. Liquid versus fixed layoutsOn the web the designer has no control over several factors, including the size of the browser window, the web browser used, the input devices used (mouse, touch screen, voice command, text, cell phone number pad, etc.) and the size and characteristics of available fonts. Some designers choose to control the appearance of the elements on the screen by using specific width designations. This control may be achieved through the use of a HTML table-based design or a more semantic div-based design through the use of CSS. Whenever the text, images, and layout of a design do not change as the browser changes, this is referred to as a fixed width design. Proponents of fixed width design prefer precise control over the layout of a site and the precision placement of objects on the page. Other designers choose a liquid design. A liquid design is one where the web designing moves to flow content into the whole screen, or a portion of the screen, no matter what the size of the browser window. Proponents of liquid design prefe greater compatibility and using the screen space available. Liquid design can be achieved through the use of CSS, by avoiding styling the page altogether, or by using HTML tables (or more semantic divs) set to a percentage of the page. Both liquid and fixed design developers must make decisions about how the design should degrade on higher and lower screen resolutions. Sometimes the pragmatic choice is made to flow the web designing between a minimum and a maximum width. This allows the designer to avoid coding for the browser choices making up The Long Tail, while still using all available screen space. Depending on the purpose of the content, a web designer may decide to use either fixed or liquid layouts on a case-by-case basis. Similar to liquid layout is the optional fit to window feature with Adobe Flash content. This is a fixed layout that optimally scales the content of the page without changing the arrangement or text wrapping when the browser is resized.

3. Flash.Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a proprietary, robust graphics animation or application development program used to create and deliver dynamic content, media (such as sound and video), and interactive applications over the web via the browser. Adobe Flash is today widely used in Web Designing. Flash is not a standard produced by a vendor-neutral standards organization like most of the core protocols and formats on the Internet. Flash is much more restrictive than the open HTML format, though, requiring a proprietary plug-in to be seen, and it does not integrate with most web browser UI features like the “Back” button.According to a study, [1] 98% of US Web users have the Flash Player installed. [2] Numbers vary depending on the detection scheme and research demographics. [3] Many graphic artists use Flash because it gives them exact control over every part of the design, and anything can be animated and generally “jazzed up”. Some application designers enjoy Flash because it lets them create applications that do not have to be refreshed or go to a new web page every time an action occurs.

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May 25, 2010

Mistakes to Avoid While Web Designing

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Till date, we have had many articles ranging from the best ways to design a website to website checklist, including guidelines on how tro design a good website. We have also discussed the guidelines provided by google for web designing. Now, let’s take a path crossed not so often. Let us see what mistakes the web designers usually make and the mistakes that should be avoided while web designing.

1. Unplanned website
A mistake in the foundation, and the structure you build on it is bound to fall. Planning your website is the most important factor in the success of your website. If you ignore this, your website is going to fail. Even before you have your website, you should have clear idea on the focus of the webiste. Why do you need a website ? Your plans , your goals ? Think over the information that you want to provide, also give a thought to what pages would you like to have on your website. In short, get clear with the idea about the purpose and focus of your web design.

2. No contact information or concealing contact information.
Why do people visit your website — for information ! and eventually contact you if they are interested in your products. But if you do not provide any contact information or conceal the correct information, you are making the prospective customer frustrated. Have a contact us page on your website displayed prominently, provide all the relevant and correct contact information. Better, provide them with a link to your email on each page in the footer. While forms do look pretty and professional, they irritate the customer. If possible, do not use forms.

3. Dead links or broken links.
People come to your site for information about your company, products or services. But what if, you do not provide the information. You lose them ! Imagine, going to a multiplex to catch the latest movie and being told that movie print has not yet been delivered ? Same happens when, there is a dead link or a broken link on your website. If you are luring people to your website with information, than make sure that you do provide what they want.

4. Old or Outdated Information
How much shall we stress the importance of this point. Well, at the risk of sounding repititive let me tell that people come to your site for information, but if you provide old, stale or outdated information than you had it. People are always looking the information that is new and fresh. Make sure that you provide the latest information — this will earn credibility for your website.

5. No Uniformity
I wonder why people always like to use as many fonts and colors in a single website. This is not the coloring book of a child, or you are not out creating a rainbow. Make sure that there is uniformity in your web design. Recently I was reviewing a website and I was horrified to see that it was made in 7 different fonts and as many colors. Induce uniformity in fonts, font size and colors. It’s not to say that you should not use different colors, but keep it uniformed.

6. No Heirarchy – No Sitemap
Each and every web design should follow a structure, it is like every tree has a stem, a bark, branches, flowers & fruits. Web site designing should follow the same, every website should have its home page and every major page should be linked from the home page. Every page should be linked from atleast one other page. In short, every page should have a parent page linking to it. Create a sitemap which will show the structure of your website, so that it becomes easier for the visitors to surf your website.

7. Using Frames
Stop using frames. They are out. Period !

8. Blocking visitors mobility.
There are many web designers who like to show off their newly acquired skills, by using small codes, which are available freely, on your website. Like disabling the BACK button, or opening too many pop up windows, or disabling the right click button. Beware, this might be disastrous for your website. Do not block the mobility of website visitors, let them do what they want to and eventualyy you will see that they like your website or atleast they will hold it in good stead.

9. Slow website – Slow downloading.
If in an attempt to dazzle your web visitor you make use of excessive flash and graphic effects, than most probably the size of the web page will increase many folds, and the web visitor does not like waiting for it get displayed. Make sure that you make minimum use of graphics & flash, and use more of text instead which will enable your web page to load faster and the web viistor will be intrigued and attached to your website if it loads at a faster rate. Also consider that web page loading time is dependent on your web host. Rely on a good web hosting company to provide you with the best web hosting plans.

10. Plugins and font downloads.
You may be excited to use the latest cutting edge technology on your web design. But beware, before you do so. Since the latest cutting edge technology might need some plugins to be dispolayed correctly which you might have on your computer but the chances are that the potential customer visiting your website might not have the plug ins. Asking the web visitors to download something to view your website is incredulously stupid. No one has the time for that. So keept it simple !

If you avoid the above mistakes, rest be assured your website is in the right direction of being a successful website. Web Design Temple, designs state of the art websites. Creative and visually appealing websites are our forte.

Akash Mehra is a famous web

designer, designing websites since the last 12 years. He has been working for
Web Design Temple

May 19, 2010

8 Proven to Tips to Outsource Web Design From India

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Over the past few years, companies and organizations from the West, both big and small, have been exploring opportunities to outsource their web design work to India, since Indian outsourcing companies have been able to carve out a niche with superior quality products and services at competitive costs.

All companies now recognize the fact that a well-made website with a good layout and simple, smooth navigation structure can hugely enhance the company’s brand identity on the web and establish its corporate presence firmly amongst its target audience within a short span of time.

Question is, how to get a good web site up and running while keeping costs low. Or rather, how to select a web services provider who has the required expertise and knowhow to do the needful.

While selecting an efficient web designing company, especially from amidst the hordes of outsourcing companies vying to catch your attention, keep the following checklist in hand:

1. Check previous work

The company’s competency can be gauged by looking at its previous work. Always check the company’s portfolio of web sites, scan for spelling errors, broken links, unopened images, etc. Also find out whether the webpages are search engine friendly or not and how fast the sites are able to download.

Check further how the products and various services are presented on the web site, paying attention to the layout and the finesse in the production quality.

2. Cross-check with former clients

Read the online testimonials of the former clients and contact them directly to enquire about the quality of services provided by the web design company.

3. Infrastructure and the team

The company you plan to handover your work to should have the necessary infrastructure complete with latest, sophisticated software and equipments.

The web designing company should have a team of talented web designers who are proficient in animation, Flash, HTML Photoshop, Dream weaver, CSS etc. Find out about the team composition of the company, the number of members and their areas of expertise. Not only should they be skilled but also innovative enough to come up with fresh ideas.

4. Understanding your needs

It is essential that the web designers make the web site keeping in mind your particular requirements and needs. A professional web design company will not hand you a gimmick-laden Flash-enabled design just because it is hip and trendy if it does not suit your specific purpose.

For example, if the main purpose of your site is to sell products, then a smart team of web designers would ensure that the product showcase is well laid out with each product getting ample window space, complete with user-friendly shopping carts and other features.

5. Communication

Find out whether the company responds quickly to your queries or complaints. It is important that you deal with a company which communicates with the clients on a regular basis and updates them about any changes or developments made in their web site.

This is all the more crucial if you are say, a US company outsourcing web design services from a country halfway across the globe such as India and depend wholly on emails and phone calls for communication rather than face-to-face interactions.

6. Ensures search engine friendly website

What is the point of spending hours in making a design if your target audience can’t find it? A good web designer is one who not only creates impressive web site design but also makes sure that the web site is high on web usability and is search engine friendly.

7. On-time delivery

What is the use of appealing web design or layout, if the web design company doesn’t deliver work on time? A good web design company must commit to a deadline and finish the assigned task within a fixed time period while maintaining quality standards.

8. Why Outsource to India?

A growing number of companies are out sourcing web design work to India as companies here have skilled manpower at competitive billing rates and provide innovative and cost-effective web designing solutions ensuring high return on investment (ROI).

Moreover, the professionals working in the outsourcing companies here are proficient in English which gives them an edge over other outsourcing destinations. In addition India has the world renowned technology institutes and IT minds.

A top-notch website design company does more than just develop your web site. It makes a web site design which helps you establish a strong online presence, attract new customers and achieve your business objectives.

Keep all the above mentioned points in mind and then outsource your web design work to a professional and experienced company in India which can best fulfil your requirements.

Partho Mondal is a highly experienced web developer who runs web design outsourcing firm

- Wisitech InfoSolutions in New Delhi, India. He has a sizeable client base of US and European companies which outsource web design and development

Work to India.

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