useful Web Design Tools ~

As first I want to find some web site which mentions that font can affect the web design, finally I find this web site which mentions web design tools and i think it is useful for us to design our web site easily.

Because font is an important part of Web design, the message want to bring out to the visitors is presented by texts, if the font is attractive, clear, and in suitable size. Also you will attach image or icons to the web site to make it more attractive to the visitors. And there are some useful web sites which can help you to design the web site easier.

Font:
1.) http://typetester.maratz.com/

In this web site, you can choose which size, color, alignment, word space, decoration....of the font, also choose the background color, after you choose it, then it will generate many combination of the font once time. I think it is easier for you to choose which combination is better and then follow the style to act on your web site.

2.) http://www.creamundo.com/index.php?lang=en

There are many fonts for you to download for your website. such as if your web site is for children, then using cute font will more attractive to them.

Icon:
1.) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Clear

some useful icon for you to use at your web site.

Color:

1.) http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/index.php

This is a Color Palette Generator. For a specified image, the site will suggest ten colors which match the colors in the image. If you want to upload the image on your web site, and need to add some description of the image, you and use this function to generate some colors which match with the color in your image, then the visitors visit your web site will feel more comfortable.

HTML:
1.) http://vzone.virgin.net/sizzling.jalfrezi/iniframe.htm

It allows you to use the tools they provide to help you get started. This site helps anyone whom is just starting to learn about HTML.

I hope these web site is useful to all of you~

well-designed sites criteria~

I have read a web which is talk about how to have a good web design.
http://blog.siterevamp.com/2007/06/good-web-design.html

This articles mentions that the biggest problem that Web sites have these days is navigation. As sites get bigger and more complex, they have much more value, but it's harder to have people get to what they want.

I like the point which the article has mentioned, "It is very important to keep in mind that your website ISN'T about what you like. It is about what your customers like!". For many web designes, they design the web site mainly make design decisions in a committee, and a VP of marketing but lacking a focus on customers. The purpose of a web site is to provide valuable information to its visitors and give them what they are looking for but not based on some business owners' personal preferences. So the article mentions a few things that a business owner could do to facilitate the design of a visitor-friendly website and then they can improve their website.

~~The Importance of Color in Web Designing~~

I have found a funny website to talk about the importance of color in web designing. In this website, there are 3 things attract me to read it. Firstly it explains why the color in real life is different from the website. Secondly, it tells us color is very important to attract visitors to stay in the website longer and become your customers, because we can use color to make the users feel confortable and continuously read the information in the website. Finally, it also tells us that different colors have different meanings, such as green color represents nature, health, good luck...............

If you want to read more detail, you can visit this website: http://www.webdesign.org/web/web-design-basics/color-theory/the-importance-of-color-in-web-designing.12490.html
hope it is useful for you^^