Planning Your Website
What you’ll learn in this lesson: • Defining the goals of web design • Defining the user experience • Understanding the difference between wireframes, prototypes, and mockups. The goals of web design To understand how to create well designed websites, it is worth understanding the fundamentals of design. Good design creates experiences that makes people’s lives easier, and is also aesthetically pleasing. Here are some examples: a well-designed store makes it easy for customers to fi nd products they are looking for, or maybe even products they never knew i The goals of web design they wanted. Drivers can see well-designed road signs from a distance and the message of the sign can be immediately understood, even at a high rate of speed while driving. A welldesigned chair is comfortable to sit in and also fi ts in with the style of the room. In all these cases, the designer took time to plan the outcome using their skill and experience, as well as resources such as materials ...
