Skip to content

Design: Introduction

✌ Makis Tracend edited this page Oct 29, 2013 · 2 revisions

The Purpose

To create a website that is standards compliant, will reach the larger audience possible in any medium and will be easy to update, even by a non-developer.

This design orientation can be analysed to the following generic goals, applicable to any web design project:

Design Outlines

Separation of style and structure

This makes the source more readable and easily editable. For this, the use of CSS style sheets is mandatory.

Following the standards

HTML5 is the dominant format for creating websites these days. We are going to use the "HTML5 doctype" document type for every web page we create unless specified otherwise.

Search engines matter

When viewing the HTML source one should face a plain and simple outline of the content, with as much text content as possible, that helps in the search engine placements.

Mobile devices matter (more)

K&D Interactive, being an application developer, reaches across devices and has mobile users as a significant target group. Although the websites are preferably accessed though a desktop computer, most handheld devices (Android, iPhone etc.) can surf the web with their own web browsers. The sites need to be usable in these devices as well.

The good ol'KISS rule

Contrary to common belief, it is more difficult to construct something that appears to be simple. The websites developed at K&D Interactive will be frequently updated so having that simple nature in their structure will make updates a breeze.

Techniques on ways to achieve these goals are mentioned in the designing tips.

But first be sure to look into the general specifications of any KDI website.

Clone this wiki locally