Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/ycademy/build-your-flash-website-step-3/.Build your Flash Website Step 3 Following some basic branding yesterday, and last night’s Ycademy call, the journey continues today with the choice of colors and fonts. In order to choose a color scheme it is important to see how the site script will render fonts and ...
March 24, 2010
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/ycademy/build-your-flash-website-step-3/.Build your Flash Website Step 3 Following some basic branding yesterday, and last night’s Ycademy call, the journey continues today with the choice of colors and fonts. In order to choose a color scheme it is important to see how the site script will render fonts and ...
February 9, 2010
By Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Yorgo Nestoridis New Semiomantics Website 1.1 The Look of Semiomantics 1.2 The Fonts and Colors Yorgo Nestoridis New Semiomantics Website You may wonder why I change my website … again. As my site serves as a prototype and sandbox for new Semiomantics developments, I need to adjust some design features to anticipate [...]
February 9, 2010
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis/yorgo-nestoridis-new-semiomantics-website/. Contents [ hide ] 1 Yorgo Nestoridis New Semiomantics Website 1.1 The Look of Semiomantics 1.2 The Fonts and Colors Yorgo Nestoridis New Semiomantics Website You may wonder why I change my website … again. As my site serves as a prototype and sandbox for new Semiomantics developments, I ...
October 15, 2009
By Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Calibrate Colors with Windows 7 1.1 1. Calibrate Colors from Control Panel 1.2 2. Run dccw.exe from the Start Menu Search Box Calibrate Colors with Windows 7 If you work with colors or if you are an artist working on digital graphics, you may want to calibrate your Color Display to see [...]
September 29, 2009
Design Branding To brand my site “Design” I start by applying a color scheme. Design Colors Here are the color codes for Design: Blue #000125 White #ffffff Red #b30000 Design Colors output Here the visual representation of the above colors on the site:
September 21, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Colors and Culture 1.1 Red 1.2 Orange 1.3 Yellow 1.4 Green 1.5 Blue 1.6 Purple 1.7 White 1.8 Black 1.9 Other Considerations 1.10 More about this Topic Web Design Colors and Culture Beyond personal preferences, colors need to be selected in function of the target audience of a web site. Market assessment will imply cultural elements which will [...]
September 20, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Elegant Web Design 1.1 Elegant Web Design Colors 1.2 Elegant Fonts 1.3 Elegant Layout 1.4 The Most Important Element of Elegance 1.5 Sketches for a Web Design Workshop 1.6 More about this Topic Elegant Web Design Elegant Web Design is a matter of taste, culture and perception. Based on western concepts of aesthetics we perceive simple, [...]
September 19, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 How to use the Color Tool 1.1 Using the Color Tool 1.2 Selecting the Base Color 1.3 Setting Color Variations 1.4 Color Schemes 1.5 Other functions 1.6 More about this Topic How to use the Color Tool Selecting a color scheme is a delicate affair. To help with the choice and to associate color tones which [...]
September 19, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Colors Harmony 1.1 Combining Colors – Theory 1.2 Analogous Colors 1.3 Complementary Colors 1.4 Color Triads 1.5 Color Tetrads 2 How to Choose a Color Scheme 2.1 More about this Topic Web Design Colors Harmony How to choose a color scheme for our website? One of the basic principles is the principle of harmony. The [...]
September 19, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Color Theory 1.1 Primary Colors 1.2 Secondary Colors 1.3 Tertiary Colors 1.4 Artists vs. Computers 1.5 More about this Topic Web Design Color Theory The color wheel set up by Isaac Newton in 1666 is still a good point to start learning abut colors and color theory. Primary Colors Primary Colors are colors which [...]
September 19, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Colors 1.1 Web Design Colors and CSS 1.2 What are Color Keywords 1.3 Numerical Color Values 1.4 Opacity – RGBA Values 1.5 More about this Topic Web Design Colors Colors are an important element to improve Web Design. To use colors efficiently it it recommended to get familiar with Color Charts and the [...]
September 18, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Backgrounds 1.1 Body Backgrounds 1.2 Content Backgrounds 1.3 Web Design and Backgrounds 1.4 Background Web Design 1.5 How to design good backgrounds 1.6 How to use Images as Body Background 2 Background CSS 2.1 Background 2.2 Background Color 2.3 Background Image 2.4 Background Position 2.5 Background Repeat 2.6 Background Attachment 2.7 More about this Topic Web Design Backgrounds Web Site Backgrounds are [...]
September 13, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Workshop 11 Background 1.1 The Background 1.2 The Image 1.3 The Background Image Fading 1.4 The Background Style 1.5 More about this Topic Web Design Workshop 11 Background Now that we have formatted about all the content of our page, let’s add a background. The Style-sheet allows for adding a background color and [...]
September 13, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Web Design Workshop 7 Sidebar 1.1 Semiomantics XO Sidebar 1.2 The Sidebar 1.3 The second Sidebar 1.4 Sidebar Fonts 1.5 Sidebar Widgets 1.6 More about this Topic Web Design Workshop 7 Sidebar Editing the sidebar style will depend on the content and purpose of the bar. If the sidebar serves mainly to display ads, then the [...]
September 12, 2009
by Yorgo NestoridisWeb Design Workshop 6 Main Wrapper The Main Wrapper is styled in function of the content you plan to put on display. The choice of the layout layout depends of your site width, the position of the sidebar and the content. The markup will influence whatever you put into that wrapper subsequently. Main Wrapper The main [...]
September 9, 2009
by Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Is Bill Gates doing your Web Design? 1.1 Internet Explorer and Firefox 1.2 Web Design Fonts 1.3 More about this Topic Is Bill Gates doing your Web Design? Funny question you may think, however it’s a real question for a Web Design Workshop. Browser Defaults decide on how we see web pages unless [...]
September 3, 2009
by Yorgo NestoridisWeb Design by Yorgo Nestoridis The present website is devoted to Web Design Basics. The content is designed to help beginners to find an entry point into the world of Web Design starting from scratch. The site will tempt to answer questions you may not have wanted to ask. The site will deal with technical [...]
March 24, 2010
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