BUILD WEBSITES EASIER WITH PREMADE TEMPLATES

BUILD WEBSITES EASIER WITH PREMADE TEMPLATES
BY: ALEXANDRU MARIAS
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 part 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.

about the author:
ALEXANDRU MARIAS IS AN IT STUDENT MENTAINING
software sites like: www.amicutilities.com,
[2]www.downloadsplaza.com [3],
WWW.FUNGAMESPLAZA.COM [4], WWW.BLUEDOWNLOADS.COM
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