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WEB DESIGN
ITE302 Web Design & Implementation
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
What is web design?
- is a process of conceptualization,
planning, modeling, and execution of
electronic media content delivery via
Internet in the form of technologies
(such as markup languages) suitable
for interpretation and display by a web
browser or other web-based graphical
user interfaces (GUIs).
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
What is web design?
- The intent of web design is to
create a web site (a collection of
electronic files residing on one or
more web servers) that presents
content (including interactive
features or interfaces) to the end
user in the form of web pages once
requested.
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Web Page
Typical Classification
1) Static
2) Dynamic
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Static Web Page
Typical Classification
- dont change content and
layout with every request
unless a human (web master
or programmer) manually
updates the page.
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Dynamic Web Page
Typical Classification
- pages adapt their content and/or
appearance depending on the end-
users input or interaction or
changes in the computing
environment (user, time, database
modifications, etc.)
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Dynamic Web Page
Typical Classification
- Content can be changed on the client
side (end-user's computer) by using
client-side scripting languages
(JavaScript, JScript, Actionscript, media
players and PDF reader plug-ins, etc.)
to alter DOM elements.
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Dynamic Web Page
Typical Classification
- Dynamic content is often
compiled on the server
utilizing server-side scripting
languages (PHP, ASP, Perl,
Coldfusion, JSP, Python, etc.).
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Web Design
- Designing a web site is
defined as the
arrangement and creation
of web pages that in turn
make up a web site.
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Web Design
- A Web site is a collection
of information about a
particular topic or
subject.
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Aspects of Web Design
1) The content
2) The usability
3) The appearance
4) The visibility
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Aspects of Web Design
1) The content
the substance, and information
on the site should be relevant to
the site and should target the
area of the public that the
website is concerned with.
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Aspects of Web Design
2) The usability
the site should be user-
friendly, with the interface
and navigation simple and
reliable.
IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Aspects of Web Design
3) The appearance
the graphics and text should
include a single style that
flows throughout, to show
consistency. The style should
be professional, appealing
and relevant.
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IT102 Web Design & Web 2.0 Concepts
Aspects of Web Design
4) The visibility
the site must also be easy to
find via most, if not all, major
search engines and
advertisement media.