Category Archives: Web Design

Why ALT text is important in web design?

User alternate text wherever we have pictures, icons, thumbnails which also helps in SEO and works as image placeholders. Alternatives text is used as a replacement for an image, whenever the image cannot be seen. This can happen, for example, when someone: uses a screen reader (e.g. a visually impaired person) uses a text-only browser…

How to use colors in web design?

The human eye is attracted to color before black and white. Build the interface using black, white, and gray first, then add color only if you have a good reason to do so. Use either white, off-white, light gray, pale blue, or pale yellow for an application’s background, and use black for the text. Always…

Why any business needs website?

If you want to save time and money and want to open your business to new prospects and new opportunities, you need a website. Below are some basic reasons why website is necessary for any business.

GUI guidelines for information presentation

Organize the user interface so that the information flows either vertically or horizontally, with the most important information always located in the upper-left corner of the screen. Group related controls together using either white space or a frame. Place the most commonly used command button first. Assign meaningful captions to command buttons. Place the caption…

Most important elements in web design

It is up-to designer how he perceives the layout, colors and elements which requires in-depth of experience in analytical skills of design which is called aesthetics. A designer himself has to see why the design is good and why the design is bad and when he overcomes this, he will see the difference in quality…

16 web application GUI style guidelines

Most of the guidelines that are specified for Windows GUI applications can also be applied to Web based application’s User Interface. Web applications must try to keep it close to the windows applications or adhere to the UI Style guide.

How to add custom fields in Joomla CMS?

It is easy for every designer to apply design in Joomla CMS but at the same time if they need to add additional fields in the website, it is almost impossible for them due to lack of custom programming language. FieldsAttach is the simple answer for it. It is very easy, simple and powerful to…

5 reasons why one should use Joomla to build the website

There are many Content Management Systems available on the Internet and so sometimes it becomes difficult for one to choose the right one from it. Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online web applications. Ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular and…