| What is design? |
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Examples of good and bad design
Questions to ask before you design anything
Defining your audience
Maintaining a consistent brand identity
Good navigation |
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| Key design elements |
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A guide to: relevance, contrast,
proportion,
consistency, restraint and detail
The essential building blocks of web design
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| Shortcuts to good design |
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Maintaining a swipe file
Good information architecture
Laying out a web page
Using web applications such as Dreamweaver
Organisational tools
Using white space
Rules, borders, boxes and drop shadows
Maintaining online and offline consistency |
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| The power of type |
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Constraints of type on the web
Text legibility
Text hyperlinks
Special type effects
Less is more |
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| Working with colour |
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Choosing colours
Developing a colour theme
Using Hexidecimal colour
Understanding RGB
Websafe colours |
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| Effective use of images |
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Using images for maximum impact
Optimising images
Using images as navigation aids |
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| Solving common design problems |
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Minimising text
How fonts work on the web
Browser and plug-in compatibility
Cross platform issues |
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