A student asked the design question, “Why is hypertext blue?” I was able to speculate why as a designer I might have chosen the color blue over another; like red. Red indicates alarm where blue is less intimidating yet still provides a strong contrast with surrounding black text and a white background. However, I could […]
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I thought you would enjoy this video from http://www.aiga.org. The video is Understanding Web Design with Jeffery Zeldman. As you may know Zeldman is the founder of A List Apart, one of the oldest and most successful Webzines on Web design. Enjoy the video. You will be taken to the aiga web site for viewing.
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Many of my students don’t see the need or pay much attention to naming conventions; especially in the beginning stages of learning web design. The subject of naming conventions is a big one and there are several articles that deal with it well. Brielfly, understand that how you name your file does matter for several
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