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Definition
When speaking of web design, it is engaged with the structures in relation to website which may include the information architecture such as navigation schemes and naming, layout or pages and conceptual design with branding. It is a kind of graphic design which is made to develop and put style on objects of the information of the internet so as to give high-end consumer features as well as artistic qualities. History
It was Time Berners Lee who first published website in 1991. He was the first to make combination of the internet communication carrying email and usenet with hypertext. However, the first website made has limited to browsing information which is stores on a single computer. HTML is the markup language of websites and the first version of this HTML only provide the basic structures like for example the headings and paragraphs of the website. It also has the capability to link using hypertext.
As time passes by and the technology becomes more advance, the markup language become more complex and flexible which able it to add images, tables and other objects to the page. These new added objects like tables were intended basically to display tabular information but were soon used as layout devices. However with the advent of CSS layout which are based on table is disregarded and considered obsolete. Server side scripting and design standard which are database integration technologies were transformed and improved the web is made. As years pass, all the codes both on the inside as well as the visual design outside are changed.
Planning Process
Indeed, website is very essential since it is the first steps in the planning process of web designing. There is a need to state the main purpose of creating such website. Moreover, the purpose statement should focus on what the website will provide to users and what can users get from the website. With a clear definition of the purpose during the planning process, the website would help the rest of planning process. Website programmer should set either long or short objective which would track the progress of the site. With such objective the purpose of having such website would be clear and would help for future plans like for example expansion, modification and more.
Classification of Web Pages
Web pages are classified into static and dynamic. When speaking of static, this kind of web pages doesn’t change the content and layout with on every request. This can only be change and updated if manually done by web programmer. A very good example of static content is a simple HTML page. On the other hand, dynamic is a kind of web pages which adapt the content and appearance depending on what has been inputted or changed by the end-user. It would adapt everything that has been changed in its computing environment which included the user, time, database and more. The content of such is often compiled on the server utilizing side scripting languages such as Perl, PHP and more.
