Build websites easier with premade templatesBy Alex 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 websites
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