As the technology moving ahead, Internet has dominated most people’s life. We can view a large number of websites easily, yet some of them are not user friendly design. This is to say, web design is a critical process for developing a website. If you are going to develop your own site, let’s know some basic but pivotal steps and you will know how to organize your own website.
1.What is your purpose?
You have to know the purpose of the website, then you can set goals and determine your target audiences. As you know the goals of your site, you can figure out how to perform and improve it. And knowing your target will help you select the suitable design elements for your targets.
2.Start planning your web content
Don’t jump into your web editor and start building it directly. Start from developing your design plan, including several items:
- Information architecture detail
- Site structure and site map
- Determine whether you need to use scripts or Ajax to provide complex content.
3.Initiate your design
It is the time that you can use editor to design the content; but you better think clearly about wireframes, layouts, color scheme, images and icons.
4.Create your web content
Content is the soul of the website. You can put articles, photos, and some videos on the website. You can prepare some content before you build the website, making the process easier.
5.Build up and test your website
After you develop a design plan and collect some content, you can start building the site. These are common technologies that people use to build site: HTML, CSS, CGI, JavaScript, and PHP.
Remember to preview your pages during your building process. Make sure the web content meets your goals. Besides, you also need to check the design whether it works in different browsers.