The Website Weaver - Design Basics

You know that you want a website, but you don't know what it should look like.

The most important element of website design is content  -  your content  -  the things you have to say or sell!

The second most important element of website design is organization  -  The Website Weaver will help you organize the content on your site and provide an intuitive navigational structure for your visitors.

The third most important element of website design is design  -  putting it all together in an manner that is pleasing to the eye and projects the personality and image appropriate to you and your enterprise.

Design is what this page is about.

Design?Color?Shape?Style?Font?Line?Texture?

You know what you like!

Take this test to explore and discover which design elements are most pleasing to you.

Color:  A cohesive website color scheme will tie your web pages together and make your visitors feel comfortable and oriented to your site.  

There are 216 colors in the webmaster's palette, not as many as mother nature provides , but still a big box of crayons. 

Rate the color groups  that you like 1 (best) through 9 (least), or pick your top three favorites.  

primary.gif (1649 bytes)

pastel.gif (1494 bytes)

water.gif (1565 bytes)

                     1                       2                        3

sky.gif (1609 bytes)

Spring.gif (1490 bytes)

fire.gif (1566 bytes)

                      4                     5                       6

earth.gif (1628 bytes)

winter.gif (1449 bytes)

metal.gif (1538 bytes)

                        7                       8                           9

The same colors look very different on a dark back ground.  Here are the same color groups with a black background.   Rate these groups too.

pastel2.gif (1624 bytes)

water2.gif (1559 bytes)

                      1                        2                         3

sky2.gif (1599 bytes)

spring2.gif (1500 bytes)

fire2.gif (1558 bytes)

                        4                       5                          6

earth2.gif (1590 bytes)

winter2.gif (1365 bytes)

metal2.gif (1405 bytes)

                        7                      8                            9

Look back over the two tables.  Which is background is your favorite?

I like the dark background

I like the light background

 

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