Comments on: The Dos and Don’ts Guide to Great Web Design http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/ Professional web design and creative company CHROMATIC's blog. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:26:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lee (Rusty) Mothes http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-9031 Lee (Rusty) Mothes Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:50:48 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-9031 Your article has helped me get started with a website layout for my New Island site. Thanks Matt! Your article has helped me get started with a website layout for my New Island site.
Thanks Matt!

]]> By: Wilde http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-9000 Wilde Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:27:25 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-9000 Hi, Great read! Only thing I have a question about is your advice on drop down menus. You suggest having them as they essentially creates a site map on every page (sounds like good reasoning to me). Yet you don't use it on your website. Any reason why? Hi,
Great read! Only thing I have a question about is your advice on drop down menus. You suggest having them as they essentially creates a site map on every page (sounds like good reasoning to me). Yet you don’t use it on your website. Any reason why?

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]]> By: Katrina http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-8562 Katrina Fri, 01 May 2009 11:39:03 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-8562 This article is a great help for me and inspired me to grab a pen and a paper already. The process makes a lot of sense and requires a lot of muscle. Thanks for this and I hope that you can discuss more things about this subject as the business world becomes "webwide". This article is a great help for me and inspired me to grab a pen and a paper already. The process makes a lot of sense and requires a lot of muscle. Thanks for this and I hope that you can discuss more things about this subject as the business world becomes “webwide”.

]]> By: De Dana Dan http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7966 De Dana Dan Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:48:21 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7966 Very useful process...thank you... Very useful process…thank you…

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]]> By: Ovi Dogar http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7964 Ovi Dogar Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:51:47 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7964 Great article! I really enjoyed reading your post! Ovi Dogar Great article! I really enjoyed reading your post!

Ovi Dogar

]]> By: Blog Chamber » 12 Steps to Creating a Professional Web Design http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7963 Blog Chamber » 12 Steps to Creating a Professional Web Design Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:32:51 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7963 [...] already written an extensive article on the basics of a professional web design process, so we’re just going to list some of the [...] [...] already written an extensive article on the basics of a professional web design process, so we’re just going to list some of the [...]

]]> By: jonnie » Blog Archive » 5 Things To Hate About Web Design (and how to fix them) http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7962 jonnie » Blog Archive » 5 Things To Hate About Web Design (and how to fix them) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:15:46 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7962 [...] on the topic and the industry; however, all websites should contain these 6 elements. Developing a navigation and layout strategy before building a website is essential in guaranteeing that your website doesn’t suffer from [...] [...] on the topic and the industry; however, all websites should contain these 6 elements. Developing a navigation and layout strategy before building a website is essential in guaranteeing that your website doesn’t suffer from [...]

]]> By: decimus http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7961 decimus Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:23:35 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7961 very nice and simple article. its worth to print this out and hang near the table ;-) thx! very nice and simple article. its worth to print this out and hang near the table ;-)
thx!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7960 Daniel Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:03 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7960 hi... now is clear as water :-) thanks... and keep doing this great job. best regards, Daniel hi…
now is clear as water :-)
thanks… and keep doing this great job.

best regards,
Daniel

]]> By: Matt http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7959 Matt Fri, 16 May 2008 02:28:41 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7959 <a href="http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7958" rel="nofollow">@Daniel</a> - Thank you for the compliment, it is much appreciated and we're glad you found this article useful. The difference between a mockup and a wireframe is the following: A wireframe is a bare-bones, visual representation of how the elements of the website will be organized and laid out. A wireframe is normally created without graphics, images, or even colors, but instead, solid vector shapes such as squares, rectangles, and circles. A wireframe simply illustrates the placement of elements. A mockup is a term used to describe the design itself. A mockup builds upon a wireframe by using graphics, images, colors, text, and more to create the design of the website. Hope this helps. @Daniel – Thank you for the compliment, it is much appreciated and we’re glad you found this article useful.

The difference between a mockup and a wireframe is the following:

A wireframe is a bare-bones, visual representation of how the elements of the website will be organized and laid out. A wireframe is normally created without graphics, images, or even colors, but instead, solid vector shapes such as squares, rectangles, and circles. A wireframe simply illustrates the placement of elements.

A mockup is a term used to describe the design itself. A mockup builds upon a wireframe by using graphics, images, colors, text, and more to create the design of the website.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7958 Daniel Fri, 16 May 2008 02:20:32 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7958 First, congratulations for this article... excellent. Looking more about design process, I got a doubt in my mind. I saw a lot of peoples and references saying a lot of things about mockup and wireframe (i saw a lot people using this terms as the final art). I am actually still don't know what is the difference between both and what mockup and wireframe are suppose to be? Can you clear this ? Thank you very much. First, congratulations for this article… excellent.

Looking more about design process, I got a doubt in my mind. I saw a lot of peoples and references saying a lot of things about mockup and wireframe (i saw a lot people using this terms as the final art). I am actually still don’t know what is the difference between both and what mockup and wireframe are suppose to be? Can you clear this ?

Thank you very much.

]]> By: Matt http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7957 Matt Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:51:11 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7957 @ Thiago Menezes - No, absolutely not. You can talk about whatever you want on your website. Some websites stick to the main theme throughout all of their content, while others mix in other topics. It all depends on what the point of your website is. Search engines certainly won't penalize you for doing this. Just don't throw in spammy words and you'll be fine. Thanks for stopping by! @ Thiago Menezes – No, absolutely not. You can talk about whatever you want on your website. Some websites stick to the main theme throughout all of their content, while others mix in other topics. It all depends on what the point of your website is.

Search engines certainly won’t penalize you for doing this. Just don’t throw in spammy words and you’ll be fine.

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Thiago Menezes http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7956 Thiago Menezes Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:45:32 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/dos-and-donts-guide-to-great-web-design/#comment-7956 I think I've added this comment somewhere else, but it seems it's not poping up on any of your articles :( so, here it goes, again: Is it wrong to put a link about a subject A within a page talking about subject B, though either subjects are related to the main website theme? Example: I have this page about a school's structure. And then I include a little ads so the user can advance to the next subject, let's say school's projects... really bad? Thank you I think I’ve added this comment somewhere else, but it seems it’s not poping up on any of your articles :( so, here it goes, again:

Is it wrong to put a link about a subject A within a page talking about subject B, though either subjects are related to the main website theme?

Example: I have this page about a school’s structure. And then I include a little ads so the user can advance to the next subject, let’s say school’s projects… really bad?

Thank you

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