Web-Lines Elements of Web Design

Web-Lines Internet Development

" Web pages are your personal window portals to
and from the millions of people who are on the
Internet all around the entire world. "
Anyone can enter or leave your website on any page. Each page
needs to be a doorway into your website and an exit to the web.

The ELEMENTS OF WEB PAGE DESIGN are sequential and systematic. The essentials are securing a good domain name, a host, and creating pages. The underlying construction is methodic and interwoven so that each page links to all your other pages, to other pages outstide your website, and sites outside link to you. We weave you into the internet so that you become a part of the web and use search engine maximized coding to let people find your pages.

THE ESSENTIALS

A Name - A Place - HTML Files

We will help you obtain a Domain Name, or subdomain name, a Web Hosting Service, Design your Web Pages, create your HTML Files, and put them in place via File Transfer Process to get your pages online.

PROGRAMMING

Our programmers use code guidelines so most browsers load your page efficiently. We follow the programming rule KISS - Keep It Simple, Silly and use techniques that insure our end product loads quickly and people viewing your site will not become frustrated by a slow loading website. Using guidelines increase the chances that all your information is read. If people like what they see and you have something they want, they'll come back to your site.

QUALITY TESTING & ASSURANCE

Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Netscape render pages differently. A HTML webpage may look different on either browser. We test pages on several versions of major browsers. If a page is coded and tested on just one browser IE (Internet Explorer), it may not even load at all on Netscape --- and your viewer will see a blank page!

To solve that problem, we code for optimal Browser Compatibility that presents well on most browsers and will load for your viewers. For business or informational personal pages, you will want to reach as many people as possible. You only get one first impression, we do our best to make it a good one.

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

A rule of thumb is to have everything represented on the first page because a web surfer might just go to your first page only. Informational and other pages are within three links from the main page to provide easy access and site navigation. Every page has a link back to the prior page and main homepage.

Website pages will follow a design coordination. They look like 'the same site', or they belong together so people know they are at your site. The page loads quickly, is pleasing to the eye, information is organized well and accessed easily and contact information is provided. Our staff keeps updated on general guidelines for web presentations and coding. We keep up with the times, so you don't have to worry about it.

GRAPHICS

Photographs are converted to .gif or .jpg format and finishing touches such as color pallet loading, special effects, or resizing to fit formatted page completed. We can scan your photographs or drawings, or design artwork for your project. Graphics are: backgrounds, artwork, photographs, logos, animations, specialized effects, image map links, and texts or titles.

New cutting edge web creation technologies come out every day and we keep up with them however, we remind our clients that the newest (usually bold graphical animations and interactive websites) only work on the newest browsers and the newest systems. Some new technologies only work for one type of system. To reach the most people, we keep the bells and whistles to a minimum.

CONSTRUCTING PAGES

We will work with you to prepare all you need to get your pages ready for publication on the Internet. You can type, email, hand write and sketch what you think you'd like to have on your pages, or just tell us and let our staff put it all together.

Your ideas will be transformed into a website. Lists and tables are done with special programming codes for optimum presentations. Forms may be mail in, or on-line email information or orders can be submitted and paid for with a merchant account and shopping cart.

REVIEW & PLACEMENT

After all coding and testing is completed, the final project will be placed on a site for you for review. We will upload your files to your website. If you need help obtaining a site of your own or an Internet website email, our staff can advise and help you obtain what you need. Options for updates of pages are available, monthly, or whatever your needs require. A backup copy of your entire website will be kept at Web-Lines Internet Development.

ADVERTISING

We provide advertising consultation and site maintenance, if required. Registration with the major search engines so people can find your page is part of our package. We have minimal and optimal plans for advertising. We design banners for site advertising on the Internet and supply a list of resources for them to be seen. An outline for local advertising can be provided if you are targeting your own community. We always suggest to include your website URL on advertising, business cards, as a signature on your emails, and promotional material.

Example of an URL:
http://www.web-lines.com/).