Articles about Web Design

Step one in starting a website is purchasing your domain name and server space. It's important that you take charge of this task yourself rather than leaving it up to a 3rd party website company or designer.

And what kind of website do you need?

235 million people in North America use the internet today - 70.2% of the total population.

If a person doesn't have a computer or internet access, they can visit the public library, the local hot spot, bus depot or recreation centre and spend a few hours online for just a few dollars.

Buyer Beware - Be sure to read the fine print and before you sign, ask around, get a second opinion.

For many people, websites and their design construction and maintenance is a bit mysterious. In this day and age, with all the different things we have to learn, all the manuals we need to read (even the kids toys come with manuals now), all the updates on nutrition, parenting, and health we have to stay on top of, it makes sense that there are some areas we'd really like to be able to leave to the experts.

Many people find this subject confusing. You purchase your domain name and then the web designer says you'll need to purchase hosting space. Why do you need two things?

There are many differences between using CMS or traditional website construction methods. However, the difference that may be of interest to a non-webmaster is this:

Some webpages are designed with a menu that can tolerate lots of pages, the kind that grows downward for example, as it gets bigger. The menu on whistlerglass.com for example is this kind of menu. The client is able to add as many pages as he wants and it doesn’t interfere with his overall design.

Websites vary so much in scope and feature, it is difficult to give you a straight answer to this question. However ...

Of course, once you have your website launched, you want to be in the top five when potential clients search for your services using Google or Yahoo.