Some Final Thoughts~Will Rowe

For my last post I just wanted to share a couple of things I learned that are related to good website designed.

•Color-As Shannon said in the post before this, color schemes are key to making a website look right. I purchased a book called Color Index by Jim Krause, which is full of color combinations; it even includes a section specifically for web safe colors. Another way to build good combos is to use Adobe Kuler, which works with all their products, check it out: http://kuler.adobe.com/

•Simpler is better-This has been my motto for a long time, in regards to most everything for design. The cleaner a webpage is, the less clutter, even a lesser amount of colors makes for a good design. Also if something can be accomplished with, Photoshop, HTML, or CSS; this is always better than using JavaScript or Flash. They will run faster, be easier to code, and work almost 100% of the time.

•If all else fails, try Google (or rethink it)-If you can't find the solution to a problem or how to accomplish something with any piece of software, just Google it in a question form. "How do I make tables in Dreamweaver CS3?" Be as specific as possible with the software version etc. Chances are that someone else asked the same question already. Finally, if you can not possibly find the answer on Google, it may not be possible, so rethink what you want to do and try to come up with a simpler (yes I said simpler) way to accomplish it. You will save time and get more done in the end.

Well I can not wait to see everyone's projects and what they've been working on this semester. Its been great Web Art Fall 2009!