introduction to web design web design concepts joe griffin
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Introduction to Web Design
Web Design Concepts
Joe Griffin
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Design Concepts
Coding HTML & CSS
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Domain Names & Hosting
Wordpress – Not just for blogging
Course Overview
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What forms the Online Presence?
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Online Presence
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Website Frontend: HTML/CSS Backend: Wordpress
Metrics
SEOPPC/CPM
VisualsYouTube, Vimeo,
Pinterest etc
SocialFaceboo
k, Twitter, LinkedIn
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Online Presence
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Website Frontend: HTML/CSS Backend: Wordpress
Metrics
SEOPPC/CPM
VisualsYouTube, Vimeo,
Pinterest etc
SocialFaceboo
k, Twitter, LinkedIn
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Online Presence
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Website Frontend: HTML/CSS Backend: Wordpress
Metrics
SEOPPC/CPM
VisualsYouTube, Vimeo,
Pinterest etc
SocialFaceboo
k, Twitter, LinkedIn
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Online Presence
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Website Frontend: HTML/CSS Backend: Wordpress
Metrics
SEOPPC/CPM
VisualsYouTube, Vimeo,
Pinterest etc
SocialFaceboo
k, Twitter, LinkedIn
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Online Presence
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Website Frontend: HTML/CSS Backend: Wordpress
Metrics
SEOPPC/CPM
VisualsYouTube, Vimeo,
Pinterest etc
SocialFaceboo
k, Twitter, LinkedIn
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Here comes the science bit.....kinda
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How the Web Works - Overview
Server
Client
www.google.com
209.85.154.254
Cloud
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How the Web Works - Browsers
Not all browsers display sites in the same way -Small Differences
Working towards standardisation
Ask about “Cross Browser Compatibility”
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How the Web Works – HTML & CSS
HTML Code that sites are
written in – Structure
CSS Code that sites are
coloured in - Wallpaper
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How the Web Works - Cookies
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Shop Window for products and services 24/7 365 days a year Global Reach Gives credibility Offers online support for customers Provides a way for people to contact you
Why do you need a website?
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Brochure
Blog
E-Commerce
Types of Website
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How long is a piece of string?!
Need to understand what the client wants from the website, do they want a CMS? Do they want e-commerce? What about the promotion of the site?
30:70
30% of costs on site development 70% of costs on related (promotion, metrics etc.)
How much does a website cost?
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Let’s build a website!
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Let’s build a website!
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The Design Team
Front End Designer
Information Architect
Project ManagerProgrammer
Graphic Designer
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Then there’s you!
Front End Developer
Graphic Designer
User Experience (UX)
Information Architect (IA)
Programmer
Project Manager
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Domain/Hosting Bespoke/Theme-based Content Management System (CMS) Information Architecture (IA) User Experience (UX) Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Metrics
Let’s build a website
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In basic terms, a domain name is the name used to find a website online
http://www.mysite.com
.com – Free for anyone to use, worldwide appeal
.ie – Registered with IEDR, used in Ireland
What’s in a name? Domain Name
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Websites do not just float around the ‘cloud’
Websites are files stored on a Web Server
Web Server must be connected to the Internet 24/7
Paid Hosting or Self Hosting?
Getting the site online - Hosting
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Bespoke Design
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Advantages: Easy Setup Good Support System
Disadvantages Similarity with other sites Could a competitor have the same website?
Template Based
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Hire a Web Developer to customise the template to suit your brand.
Hybrid – Edited Template
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A Website requires ongoing work – tweaking etc.
It becomes inefficient to hire a Web Developer to make small changes here and there.
Content should be easily updateable by Site Admins – Content Management System (CMS)
Content Management
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Information Architecture
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User Experience (UX)
What was the first thing that you saw?
F-Pattern – the way users view your site
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The way a person feels about using something
Some Examples:
Hidden Links Complicated Registration Process Popups Content Overlayering
User Experience (UX)
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User Experience (UX)
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User Experience (UX)
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Contact vs. Get in Touch
Home vs. HOME
User Experience (UX)
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SEO is the process of improving a website's visibility in Search Engine result pages
1. Keyword research Synonyms Customer Phrases Qualifiers
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
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2. Search engine friendly site development No duplicate content No flash Sitemap Valid Code Speed
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
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3. On-page SEO Page Titles Page Headings
4. Link Building High & Low Quality Links
5. Analytics What pages are users looking at?
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
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“How many hits has your site had?? ““Ummmm................”
How to determine whether you actually DO have an online PRESENCE
Google Analytics - http://www.google.ie/analytics/
Statcounter – http://www.statcounter.com
Metrics
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Metrics
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So we have a website....
The new website looks great and you’ve clearly spent a lot of time on it.
One question.....how does it look on Android or
iPhone?
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D’oh indeed!
Responsive Design
Websites resize depending on device
Example: http
://www.joegriffin.ie
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http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/
http://www.lingscars.com/
http://www.arngren.net/
http://www.ingenfeld.de/
Lets look @ some BAD sites!
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http://justcreative.com/2014/01/21/2014-web-design-trends/
http://playgroundinc.com/
Let’s look @ Design Trends 2014
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Lets look @ some Modern sites
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Web Design ToolkitSome tools that are handy to have in the armoury!
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Draw a picture…..it’ll last longer!
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Design Toolkit – Text Editor
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Design Toolkit – Graphics Editor
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Design Toolkit - Browsers
Installations of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, allows you to test for cross-browser compatibility
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Design Toolkit – Stock Photos
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Design Toolkit – Design Sites
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http://www.w3schools.com/
Free HTML/CSS/Javascript etc Tutorials
Design Toolkit – W3Schools Tutorials