| Website Design is the art of delivering a message, | | | | change content a person manually physically makes |
| which is usually done in hypermedia or hypertext to a | | | | changes to a page. Simple HTML pages are examples |
| consumer through the Internet. The reader of the | | | | of static content. |
| information on the website would need a browser in | | | | There has been such advancement within the |
| order to access the website. | | | | computer world that there is now a clear distinction |
| It is web design's goal to collate electronic information | | | | between web development and web design. |
| that will be hosted on a website which will give users | | | | Graphic design for the purposes of developing and |
| the ability to read and interact with the information | | | | styling of objects is how one would describe web |
| on the website. | | | | design. Web programming on the other hand is more |
| The advancements that have been made in respect | | | | to do with the functionality of web sites. |
| of web browsers has caused and allowed the use of | | | | Designing of websites, web applications or web |
| XHTML / XML as well as cascading sheets (CUSS) to | | | | pages involves many disciplines such as: computer |
| manipulate and position web page objects and | | | | interaction, design marketing, photography, search |
| elements. The latest browsers now permit viewing of | | | | engine optimization, authoring, as animation and many |
| these web pages without the use of plug-ins. | | | | others. |
| Web pages are either dynamic or static. Dynamic | | | | Computer language involves languages such as: XML, |
| web pages have the ability to adapt both appearance | | | | XHTML, and HTML, also known as mark up |
| and content and this is linked to the end users | | | | languages. Then there is style sheet languages such |
| interaction and input as well as changes within the | | | | as: XSL and CSS. This is just the tip of the iceberg |
| environment of PCs. | | | | when it comes to Website Design. |
| Static pages however do not have the ability to | | | | |