What is Accessibility? Accessibility is treating everyone, no matter what their ability, the same. Most discussions of accessibility first talk about disability. This implies that people with a disability deserve special treatment. This isn’t what accessibility is about—it’s actually a symptom of the way people have traditionally built buildings, web [...]

Jason Santa Maria explains why things on the Web look the way that they do. This is a “must watch” video. SVA Dot Dot Dot Lectures: Jason Santa Maria from MFA Interaction Design on Vimeo.

There is a definite process for designing websites that is different than designing for any other medium. Organizing and designing navigation for a website is one of the main differences between designing print and designing for web. As a designer you need to be aware of user experience and design [...]

Your website will be displayed on screens with a variety of resolutions — from mobile devices with small screen dimensions to large desktop monitors set to 1024 x 768 and beyond. As a designer, you need to be sure your pages will look fine when displayed in the different circumstances [...]

From AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2011   Print, web and interactive career descriptions Senior Designer, print and web/interactive A senior designer, print and web/interactive is a designer whose work is about equally split between print and web/interactive mediums. They are responsible for conceptualization and design of solutions to their [...]

If you’re interested in working with clients and designing websites professionally, in addition to securing a domain name, you’ll need to purchase a web hosting plan so you’ll have your own server space. A domain name and a basic hosting package is normally all you’ll need. Rarely will you need [...]

The first step to creating a website is to choose a domain name (www.domainname.com) for your site. Before you start working on a website, be sure to check if a particular domain name is available. Use a “Find a Domain” feature on a website like Network Solutions. Here you can [...]