Topic: Designer, OMG, what is that?
Okay, I'm going to talk about web design, and about the process of a website creation. Now, everything changed, and, although there are some good examples, the most of them doesn't even know how to match colors and do a tableless layout. There are three common cases of the process of web design:
1. Lazy one
For start, the site maker (not a designer, 'cause he is not a part of the process at all) downloads Joomla! to his computer, downloads a couple of extensions and a suitable css theme, then changes a couple of colors in the theme and uploads to the server. End? I guess so, and the only thing left to do is (you are probably guessing submitting to Google, but it isn't that) to ask a "community", (such as the EliteSecurity.org in Serbia) how the site looks. Comments are all the same:
- "bro, good job, wanna do it for me, too?"
- "hey, that's pretty good!!!"
and so on...
2. Semi-lazy case
The user actually makes a site using HTML. However, these sites are all static, have no SEO, they are not tableless, and you can't find a single line of CSS code. These designs are commonly popular on private pages, but can be found on much bigger locations. Very unprofesional...
3. OMG, a rare example
This is the rarest type of a designer. He has a pall who is a PHP/ASP.NET/ROR/JSP/CF programmer, and they work together. The designer writes/makes a nice GUI, and the buddy makes a backend, or integrates it with finished CMS. Site looks good, works fair enough and it is made to fit the standards.
So, how are sites made in your country?