The six big heretical that web designer should have

One of the skills that I have in front of plagiarism – a web designer must be a way to improve the design capability of a designer. So, in addition to improving the design ability, want to be a good designer and some aspects need to understand even learning to design a good page. I have to say that a web designer is a handyman. Graphic designers can use a variety of special fonts, irregular typography, and so on, and because of the limitations of the Web page designers need to complete the design under some special restrictions. In addition to understand the design, but also need to understand or even learn some design-related knowledge to do a good job in design.

I've sorted it out before writing this article, but I've found that to enumerate the abilities of web design beyond professionalism, it's true: the Old lady looks at the map – that's it. The area involved is too wide. In addition, as well as my ability is limited, in the continuous writing of the Web designer to find that they need to master the ability is not enough. First of all to list their own people more important 6 of the bar.

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1, Job ability

Because of the limitations of web code, web designers need to know what to do and what not to do before they do design. And not as graphic designers can be arbitrary layout design. Not only that, but also the design of the time to consider how to benefit the SEO, it means that a lot of text can not be a specific font to make pictures to show.

Job ability includes many aspects: HTML code, CSS+DIV, JS, action Script and so on. Here are a few examples of my personal experience:

HTML: This needless to say, even this does not know how to claim to understand the Web page? Specific Google can search the tutorial. Css+div: When I started to learn, I read a few books, and compared down the "CSS Web site layout record: Web-standard Web Design Guide" This book is more authentic. Other such as: "CSS Zen garden" do not look at it. ActionScript: I have to say that after so many years of development flash is a very important part of the Web page. AS2 such as: gotoAndStop (), gotoAndStop (), GetURL () and so on several basic functions or need to master, such as the AS3 are interested in see the black Feather "Flash ActionScript 3 Hall Road" (a bit complicated oh, For designers without programming experience is not a small challenge OH). javascript: There's no way to bother programmers if you're constantly trying to add small JavaScript programs. Don't say to write, at least you can read the code and can modify the existing code. Php,asp,.net: This is also, if you think of yourself as a handsome programmer who can attract your company, then you go to a small change to find someone else. Or think of yourself as a beautiful woman who can attract your company's handsome programmers. If the other person refuses to help, try to be self-reliant. 2, the ability to enhance the user experience

Although the user experience has been a concern in foreign countries since 2000, it has been hot in recent years. After all, the purpose of building a website is not to give users an appreciation of the interface, but to use the site. The website interface design looks good, but the user uses is very not smooth. Then, it is also unable to retain users.

There are many books on the user experience, not one of them listed here. Interested students can see my previous article "read interactive book collation" Inside the detailed list of some of the read about user experience and interactive design books. In addition, the article "How interaction designers improve their ability" should also be helpful to students interested in the user experience.

3, statement Expression Design Ability

It is undeniable that designers rely on their own design works to impress customers. But it still requires the designer to have enough representation to articulate his work. He not only wants to show the design to the client, but also need to use words to persuade the customer to accept the design. To answer such questions as: "Why should I use red instead of black?" "and" Why do you have to ask questions like "Why do you have to put on a layout, rather than having a rival layout"? How to successfully persuade customers is also a technology, in my "translation: How to persuade your users, bosses or customers" mentioned.

4, communicate with customers

After the elaboration of the design works, the next is the need to communicate with customers. Through the full exchange can dig deep into the customer some originally unknown idea. Why do people say that design is so tired? Although the final manuscript is only this one, but repeated communication and modification of the designer for most of the time and effort. Even some were tortured miserably.

I believe that only adequate communication with customers to ensure that the revised design manuscript can be more complex customer's ideas. This way, the customer will dare to let you do, but also to the client to prove your confidence, also means that the amount of modification will not increase so much.

and blindly doing yes-man will only make customers feel that they are a design expert, you are the completion of his design a tool. To remember: In the design you are experts, do not blindly promise not to design experts of the customers in the design of excessive requirements. Otherwise, not only by the client led by the nose, and if done wrong, but also can pig-falsely, said designers do. Think this is also a lot of designers more distressed place, here do not start to say, if interested, please refer to the previous article: "Designer Ability: Full Preparation – Make your design easier to pass".

5, continuous self-learning ability

If you have enough concern about the design industry, you will find that every year the popular design styles are different: In 04, the Korean wind is popular, large solid color block, delicate gradient everywhere visible. From 05 onwards, web2.0 style began to fade, font size and a series of styles began to become popular. Also need designers always concerned about the design of the prevailing wind direction, not follow the design, but from the design trend to draw useful ingredients, improve their design capabilities.

On the other hand, as you can see, Internet technology has been in constant rapid development. A few years ago, when the hot technology was not replenished in time to learn new technologies, the ability to do so in a few years was probably outdated. Therefore, web design not only to understand the existing technology, but also to maintain a full learning mentality to recharge. This is also the previous article said: "Plagiarism – web designers must be one of the necessary skills" reason, through the moment of plagiarism can be with the design of the popular trend of "with the Times", of course, to be kind remember the designer "eight honors and eight disgraces" don't grab a few screen pieces of the outside to It can be said that the earth is very large, but the network is not big. Plagiarism is once by people.

6, Communicative competence

As the saying goes: Three heroes a help.

If the designer does not only do visual design, but also to do with the client website program updates (although there are many free open source CMS system can be used, but the customer is not able to propose a need to change the code requirements). At this point, it is important to have a programmer friend who can help with code changes. Maybe the designer needs to change the code for 2-3 hours, and the others will be done in 10 minutes. Therefore, it is important to have a good partner.

On the other hand, although the peer is a friend. But it does not affect some of the interaction between designers, there are many benefits: Mutual exchange of design experience/team to meet the individual designers can not complete the case and so on ... Plus do design There are many handsome men, beautiful women, if the acquaintance of the after the cooperation in addition to the relationship between what, there is no way. Hum ~ ~

Also say is: Focus on some of the industry's celebrities, through this channel can often learn the latest developments in the industry, or can help to improve their ability faster. Now there are many channels: blog/Weibo and other ways.

The next article, but also I prepared for a long time, "quote the price that matches your ability – how the designer quotes", welcome to read.

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