Website Design Basics: Essential Knowledge for Beginners
Here are the basic things that those who want to build a website need to know:
Understanding Basic Web Technologies
1. Basic Web Technologies:
HTML (HyperText Markup Language): It is a main coding language for defining the structure of a webpage. Use HTML tags to make text, images, links, forms, etc. are displayed on a web page.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): Things like colors, fonts, layout, and spacing can be adjusted using CSS.
JavaScript: This is the scripting language that gives dynamics to a web page. JavaScript can be used to interact with users, manipulate data, and change the content.
2. Design principles:
Usability: The web page should be easy to navigate and use. A clear layout, simple navigation menu, and easily understandable content are important.
Accessibility: The web page should be designed in a way that can be used by everyone, even those with disabilities. For this, attention should be paid to things like proper HTML structure, captions for images (alt text), and keyboard navigation.
Responsiveness: The web page should be viewed on desktop, tablet, and mobile. For this, responsive design techniques should be used.
Visual appeal: The web page should be beautiful and attractive look.
3. Design tools (optional):
Figma, Adobe XD: These are tools that help you pre-design the layout of a web page and website and create prototypes.
Photoshop, Canva, and GIMP can be used for image editing and converting images to a suitable format
Choosing the Right Platform (WordPress & Elementor)
WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS). It allows you to build websites without knowing any coding. Elementor is a popular “drag and drop” web page builder plugin for WordPress. More information about them is given below:
What is WordPress?
WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world. It is free and open source software. It can be used to build anything from simple blogs to complex e-commerce websites. It has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for even the most non-technical person to use.
Thousands of free and paid themes and plugins are available, which help you customize the look and functionality of your website.
Key features of WordPress:
- WordPress offers one-click installation.
- Ready-made themes that control the look and feel of your website.
- Add-on plugins that help you add new features to your website. (e.g. contact forms, SEO & e-commerce features).
- Search engine friendly SEO-friendly structure.
What is Elementor?
Elementor is a “drag and drop” page builder plugin for WordPress. It helps you easily create web page layouts without knowing how to code. Free and premium versions are available.
Key features of Elementor:
- You can drag and drop text, images, buttons, videos, etc. To organize them on a web page.
- There are many ready-made widgets available to add various types of content and features to a web page.
- You can create pages very quickly using templates.
- Options for designing pages for desktop, mobile, and tablet.
- Easy-to-use interface for beginners and those who are not familiar with web design.
How do they work together?
Those who want to build a website must first install WordPress. After that, they can use Elementor’s visual editor instead of WordPress’s regular editor by installing the Elementor plugin.
Who can use it?
- For those who don’t know how to code in web design.
- For those who want to build websites very quickly.
- For web designers, for more customization and efficiency.
For those who want to build professional-looking websites without knowing how to code, these two tools will be very useful.