Web Workshop - Design and Layout

Updated February 16, 1999

Articles and references discussing pre-production, layout, and design using tables, frames, style sheets, and more.

Nadja Vol Ochs examines ways to improve navigation on your Web site with some simple techniques.

Graphic Remedies for Those Download-Bloat Blues

Nadja Vol Ochs details the symptoms of having too many graphics, and offers a solution for when you don't have enough.

Nadja Vol Ochs talks about para-sites, how to avoid being pulled into one, and how to prevent inadvertently becoming one.

Make That Text Dance!

Mike Gordon, Executive Editor at Sidewalk, talks about how you can make your content easier to use -- and keep your users coming back.

See Nothing. Hear Nothing. Browse Nothing.

Nancy Cluts discusses how you can make your Web sites more accessible for everyone browsing the Internet.

East Meets Web: The Art of Virtual Feng Shui

Nadja Vol Ochs suggests a philosophy for Web design.

Common Sense and Sensibility

Robert Hess's rules for Web design.

Worship Me, I'm a Web Designer

Since the burgeoning of the Web, the definition of the term "designer" has undergone some curious twists and turns -- and now, it seems, everybody wants to be one.

Style: It Don't Come Easy

Robert Hess talks about developing site-wide style guides for your Web empire.

Web Ugly

Robert Hess discusses how a little bit can go a long way in Web design.

Design Tips: Using the Flash Palette

Tips on using Macromedia Flash when creating animated GIFs.

CSS: A Designer's Dream ...?

A quick look at the prizes and pitfalls of converting a site to use Cascading Style Sheets.

Big Is Beautiful

When it comes to Web sites, size doesn't have to be intimidating, as Allan Rasmussen explains.

Just the Facts #1 -- Advanced Page Layout with Tables and Frames

Craig Kosak, art director of the MSDN Online Web Workshop, answers designers' questions about creating Web sites. This first article focuses on page design with tables and frames.

Just the Facts #2 -- More Layout Tips

Craig gets into solving some frame and table layout problems, including a tip on how to properly target links made with ActiveX™ controls in a frames-based layout.

Style Sheets: A Brief Overview for Designers

Descriptions and examples of layout and formatting enhancements you can add to your pages using style sheets.

On the Road to Good Web Design

If taking a client out onto the Web is a new experience for you, take a look at how one nationally known firm, Tim Girvin Design, developed a Web site for The Nature Conservancy of Washington.

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