How should I design my website?

Question

I have learned some technologies for web development. I think I can program a good website now and I want to make one. But I am not getting what should I learn to design my website? Why so many people use Photoshop or Fireworks to do that? Can't it be designed on a paper with a pencil? What would a good web designed go for?

Answer 1

Paper and Pencil? Do these still exist?



Some folks use a graphics program to design their site, then code it.



But you can design a fine site without it - this is how it was done years ago - I have never used a graphics program to design a site. No need to. And, some folks sketched up a mockup with pen and pad.



Do whatever you feel comfortable with. Don't worry about what others think or say.

Answer 2

you can't design web graphics with a paper and pencil - you might be able to draw up a sketch of what you intend to do, as a rough guide, but that's all.



If you need any photographic images on your site - paper and pencil won't cut the mustard.



People use Photoshop or image editors to design the graphical elements (like backgrounds, buttons, edit photos, resize them, and so on), not necessarily to design the website.



To design websites you need to learn HTML and CSS at the very least. Start here: http://www.w3schools.com/

Answer 3

For good web design along with HTML, CSS, Photoshop is must that would help easy, fast, high quality web site design creation, updation. Designing on a paper is a raw data but for website, web graphics is must and you need to learn to use different web editing software and applications, tools.

Answer 4

'Can't it be designed on a paper with a pencil?'

I use a marker and paper.



'What would a good web designed go for?'

I think it would be hard to sell a design. but you may use the design to help you win a bid to create a working web-page for someone.



I find your question a bit difficult to read, and as such it is a bit difficult to answer. Im sorry if i did not help.

Answer 5

It doesn't look very professional to use paper and pencil, besides it's easy to move stuff around in Photoshop

Answer 6

grasp Adobe Dreamweaver first, and use it to design web sites.