Re: FN-FORUM: site check 2

date posted 30th January 2004 18:12

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:37:43 +0000, Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:

>
>>>> changed the colors - what do these say?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.matrius.net

> My best advice would be that you'd really save time if you designed your
> site in Photoshop or whatever graphics app you use. Get feedback on
> that and at least decide things like the colour scheme before writing
> your HTML. I'd never design a site without working from an image of how
> it will precisely look. You can also plan how best to structure your
> nested tables (joke!). You'll also be able to get 'sign-off' from your
> client rather than them saying there's something not quite right.
> Saying that it looks good.

This might seem odd, but I never design a site in a graphics application.

(go on, say it, you can tell....)

Because a lot of the design is driven by CSS I find it easier to do a
rough sketch and then build up from there.

Colors can be changed by editing the values in the CSS file and if adding
something breaks the layout I can see why and when and what broke it.

I also find working from a fixed design, when I want a fluid end result is
much harder than tinkering with the CSS.

Normally I pay an artist to do photoshop page layouts and then chop them
up - this one is a favour for a sister company, a portfolio builder, so no
spare cash for designers.

I'm hoping that slowly, as I get more out of the CSS, I can get some
ground breaking stuff together, instead of being years behind in style
terms.

;o)

thanks

Tony