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What Is Web Design Really?
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Al Haneson
Al Haneson gives more information about Web Designers in Indiana at his site about website development for small business. 
By Al Haneson
Published on 08/10/2009
 
Here are some very basic facts about websites and development.

The internet is home to a lot of information about almost anything, and is also a means of communicating with people from across the globe. Pretty much anything and anyone you want to get to know about is contained online.

Has anyone ever given serious thought about the web pages we visit and the web design that went with it? Think about what is truly behind the whole web itself: people.

What is Web Design?

Web design is the art and the skill of making sites or places where content is held which is available online or the World Wide Web, and can be viewed through a web browser RSS readers, and other Internet clients.

Simply put, online development is the creation of web pages which can be viewed via the internet through a web browser. The process of web design isn't as easy at is sounds, as skills like graphic design, photography, SEO or search engine optimization, animation, and other skills are needed in the creation of beautiful web pages and sites.

The knowledge of certain applications like HTML, XML, and XHTML or also commonly known as markup languages, is to a web designer's advantage, as well as knowledge in CSS and XSL or commonly known as style sheet languages. Knowledge of JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, PHP, MySQL, as well as Flash and Silverlight is also to a web designer's advantage.

Knowledge of these applications ensures that the web designer has full control of the web design and is free to modify and make changes to it in any way he or she may have the need to do so.

Different Types of Web Pages

When creating a web design, the web designer has the option of creating a design that is called a static page, or a web design that is viewed as it is. Ever encountered a site that displays properly on a certain browser and not on others? This is one sample of static web pages.

A dynamic web page is a web design wherein the site adjusts itself automatically to factors from the end user or additional input from the web designer or the webmaster.

An example of this web design would be websites that can be viewed on any Internet browser without getting distorted or misaligned in any way.

Whatever you think about the sites you visit, the fact is that you need to have a presence online for either you personally, or your business. Being online is not only the future, it soon will be everything!