Website Design
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Website design (also called website planning) is the process of planning, designing, and building web pages for the internet. It combines two aspects: the visual and information management side, and the technical code side. The overall purpose is to enable users to easily find information or access the service offered by the page.
Websites operate using common standards shared across the internet. A browser (the software used to view pages, such as Chrome or Firefox) reads HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files downloaded from a server, then displays them on the screen. For this reason, website design depends on how browsers interpret that code.
Core Tools
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) defines the structure of a page: headings, paragraphs, images, and links. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) defines the appearance: colors, fonts, sizes, and layout. JavaScript is a programming language that makes a page interactive—for example, validating forms or expanding menus without reloading the entire page.
User Design
The design phase considers how information is organized (information architecture), the flow of user interactions (user flow), and the visual presentation. It is common to create a wireframe beforehand—a simple sketch showing where sections will be placed—before writing code. Accessibility design ensures that people with visual or mobility limitations can use the page; for example, text descriptions for images.
Design for Different Devices
Many users access pages on mobile phones. Responsive design uses CSS rules that adjust the layout based on screen size: multiple columns on a computer, a single column on a phone. File size optimization also affects load speed when internet connection is slow.
Building and Management Methods
Some pages are coded by hand (static), while others pull information from a database using server-side software (dynamic). Content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress allow people who do not write code to publish articles. After building, the site requires hosting—a server where the page lives—and a domain name for users to access it.