Erluvi - Web Design

Don’t expect the client to keep the documentation…

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:47:34 +0000

Whenever I finish a web design job I supply the client with a "technical information" document. It includes complete documentation: eveything from where the domain is registered to dns numbers.

It comes in handy. Got an email today from an I-finished-their-website-four-years-ago-client. It was titled 'HELP!" and the message just said "urgent...call me". I checked to see whether or not the website was still online (it was), then called. They'd just changed several computers, somehow losing access to email. Other clients have had difficulty with automatic website renewal that couldn't happen because credit card info had changed. Logins and passwords to the account are needed in order to update payment info.

Clients likely have the "technical info" document - somewhere - but I've learned it's better to make sure that I keep my copies accessible. It's a simple way to provide a value-added customer service that clients truly appreciate.

Reebok Mock Website

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:43:46 +0000

Few days back I posted 4 design comps for Reebok website which I'm doing as part of our end-term assignment (ETA). As the assignment deadline approaches, I finished building the website and I parked it on my personal site. Click here to visit the site.

Disclaimer: I'm not concerned with Reebok in any way. This site has been created as part of a college assignment. All the trademarks are reserved with their owners.

Come progettare dei siti web con gimp

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:52:56 +0000

La progettazione di un sito web prevede diverse fasi: la raccolta del materiale, la visione di altri siti web concorrenti ecc.

Poi è buona norma, prima di mettersi a scrivere codice html e css, "disegnare" con un programma di grafica come dovrebbe venire il sito web.

Ecco, a tal proposito, una raccolta di template costruiti con gimp, con il relativo link al tutorial dove è spiegato passo passo come sono stati costruiti e il sorgente xcf.

Per il primo e terzo template sono presenti i passi su come costruirli con gimp, mentre per il secondo e il quarto è anche spiegato come realizzare il sito in html e css.

Template n°1

Segui i passi per costruirlo.

Scarica il template

Template n°2

Segui i passi per costruirlo (prima parte)
Segui i passi per costruirlo (seconda parte)

Template n° 3

Segui i passi per costruirlo

Scarica il template

Template n°4

Segui i passi per costruirlo (prima parte)
Segui i passi per costruirlo (seconda parte)
Segui i passi per costruirlo (terza parte)
Segui i passi per costruirlo (quarta parte)

Scarica il template (con html e css)

Inoltre vi segnalo una raccolta più ampia di template per phototoshop, anch'essi con la spiegazione di come sono stati realizzati.

thisissand.com

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:58:51 +0000

thisissand.com is an impressive bit of flash that "changes pixels on the screen into digital sand." And it's strangely zenlike. Just try it, it's like a virtual zen garden. You click the grey square to get directions to begin. (I would wish the menu would be there initially, without having to be cutesy to discover it, but site's fun enough to overlook it.)

Ecommerce Development

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:58:47 +0000

E-commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. A customer can order items from a vendor's Web site, paying with a credit card (the customer enters account information via the computer) or with a previously established “cybercash” account. The transaction information is transmitted (usually by modem) to a financial institution for payment clearance and to the vendor for order fulfillment. Personal and account information is kept confidential through the use of “secured transactions” that use encryption technology.

In an effort to further the development of e-commerce, the federal Electronic Signatures Act (2000) established uniform national standards for determining the circumstances under which contracts and notifications in electronic form are legally valid. Legal standards were also specified regarding the use of an electronic signature (“an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record”), but the law did not specify technological standards for implementing the act. The act gave electronic signatures a legal standing similar to that of paper signatures, allowing contracts and other agreements, such as those establishing a loan or brokerage account, to be signed on line.

Once consumers' worries eased about on-line credit card purchases, e-commerce grew rapidly in the late 1990s. In 1998 on-line retail (“e-tail”) sales were $7.2 billion, double the amount in 1997. On-line retail ordering represented 15% of nonstore sales (which included catalogs, television sales, and direct sales) in 1998, but this constituted only 1% of total retail revenues that year. Books are the most popular on-line product order—with over half of Web shoppers ordering books (one on-line bookseller, Amazon.com, which started in 1995, had revenues of $610 million in 1998)—followed by software, audio compact discs, and personal computers. Other on-line commerce includes trading of stocks, purchases of airline tickets and groceries, and participation in auctions.

Web Development

Reference: Answers.com

ASSA Ingeniería

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:22:53 +0000

Client: Assa Ingeniería Santiago de Chile / Web design: Carlos Senzacqua Munizaga / Copywriting: Carlos Senzacqua Munizaga

Imaginative at harrow: Presidential has-been tracker

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:32:41 +0000

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Upgrading

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:47:46 +0000

To add to all the excitement that's been going on around here lately, I've finally finished updating to XHTML. Granted, not ALL of my past work has been updated yet, but from here on out all web design will comply with W3C XHTML standards.

Sejam Bem Vindos!!!

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:59:54 +0000

E ae galera!!!

É com muito prazer que venho lhes informar que a partir de agora utilizarei este blog como fonte de divulgação do meu trabalho, mas não desejo que fique limitado a só isso, quero que seja utilizado também como fonte de conhecimento para outros webmasters que desejam trocar ideias. Postarei desde cartões de visitas, folders, banners, como também sites e links de download de apostilas e programas para a área de desenvolvimento web.

Espero que vocês gostem!!!

Catching up on reading

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:51:14 +0000

The Graphic Mac is a rediscovery of a site I used to visit regularly. It covers Mac or design related tips, tricks, and software reviews. There is a heap of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign tips on the site. James Dempsey was formally author of "Creative Guy Blog"

These web based favicon generators and resources are handy tools

The 10 Commandments of Web Design distills a list of key points to consider when designing a site.