1. Web Design
Workshop
Laeeq Khan
Monday, July 29th, 2013

2. What is web design?
 "Web design encompasses many different skills and
disciplines in the production and maintenance of
websites. The different areas of web design include
web graphic design; interface design; authoring,
including standardised code and proprietary
software; user experience design; and search
engine optimization.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_design

3. What determines website
success?
 Usability
 Aesthetics

4. Needs Assessment
 Why have an online presence?
 How will the profile be maintained?
 Who is your audience?

5. User-Centric Design
 Quality & Credibility
 Skim versus Read
 Control
 Content is King!
 Simplicity

6. Aesthetics
 Funky or Decent?
 Natural Colors
 Pictures speak a thousand words, videos speak a
million!

7. Designing your online
portfolio
1. Choose your design & keep it simple
2. Keep your content ready & organized
3. Page layout & navigational structure

8. Dont’s of Web Design
 Bad color choice
 Overly animated
 Incomplete pages
 Audio that plays
automatically
 Advertising banners
 Slow page loads
 Grammatical & spelling
errors
 Unnecessary
information
 Text & page formatting

9. Do’s of Web Design
 Quality Content
 Good Image choice
 Simplicity
 Credibility
 Social Media Integration
 Creativity

10. Recommendations
 It’s about you!
 Be natural and realistic
 Your online branding is as important as your offline
presence

11. Web Platforms
 Buying space & domain name
 Free Web Design Websites
 http://www.wix.com/
 http://wordpress.com
 http://weebly.com