Archive for March, 2008

Web Design

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

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Macromedia Flash 8 Bible (Bible)

Flash Offers Unique Advantages in Web Design.

 One of the most useful programs that Macromedia offers is Flash. Some people use it to create highly professional animations and some use it for web design. In the area of web design, it is already taking the place of Javascript. While web designers were creating cool drop-down menus with lines and lines of Javascript some years ago, now it is as easy as a click in Flash.

The biggest advantage of Flash is the great user friendly interface that solves the most complicated issues with either using the modules that are included in the package or the simple programming language that it uses. Together with Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver, it takes less than a day for an average coder to create professional looking web pages.
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Making the Best Use of Web Site Graphics

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates (Internet Series) (Internet Series)

When used correctly, graphics add to the attractiveness of a web site and contribute positively to a visitor’s first impression of the site. However, the reverse is also true. If a web site is unattractive, a visitor will be negatively affected and may click away from the site, never to return.

Use common sense when including any graphics on your web pages. More is NOT better! Don’t plaster your site with graphics, clip art, and animated gifs. An excessive number of graphics makes for slow page loading times, clutters the web page, annoys visitors, and makes it difficult for a potential customer to read a sales message.
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