The Evolution of Web Design
As you're all aware I'm a keen blogger, technophile and advertising all rounder. Throughout a contemplative moment yesterday, it struck me how a lot the online design course of has modified during the last ten years of so. Thinking this by way of led to a few fascinating realisations.
Turning the clock back to my first foray into web sites from a advertising point of view. I keep in mind the web sites for the corporate I had my first job with. All three web sites were produced by a Glasgow website designer who had originally been a graphic designer then learned HTML. The positioning appeared okay compared to different websites from related businesses. The only bits of improvement on the websites were contact forms and a discussion board, which was an out the field solution, re-skinned. On reflection the websites were fairly basic and not very engaging other than the discussion board, (this was before social media as we know it.) Over a 12 months or two some further performance was added. I invedted the digital visitor checklist in Glasgow, so some further code was added to dump a list of names and emails to the night time club managers electronic mail at a set time each night. Efficient however not massively complicated.
The subsequent company I labored for had a web site designed and preserve by a stoner who hid in the back corner. At least that website had a flash music player. So what if it didn't really work.
Quick forward a few years and my profession propelled me into company land. Working for one of the largest Glasgow web design firms was an eye fixed opener. There were some great artistic designs floating about and the development choices were endless. The things that the programming could workforce could make possible after they weren't dreaming about having a real girlfriend were amazing. There was no job too small, something a client wanted or were instructed they wanted might be delivered, (at all times late and infrequently on spec). However the massive drawback is was the dimensions of the bill. Essentially the most incredible plans for website might be drawn up. Methods to change the phrase, nonetheless as soon as all the person hours were added up only Invoice Gates or Warren Buffet would have been in a position to purchase the thing. Funnily enough a few massive web design companies went bust in this time period.
Quick forward a few years as soon as more and the webdesign has modified considerably again. The popularity of open source content management techniques such as Wordpress, Joomla, and CMS Made Easy have modified the landscape again. A superb web designer using one in all these platforms can achieve virtually any thing and by utilizing free and inexpensive plug ins, virtually any improvement challenge can be overcome.
For a couple of thousand kilos, it is now possible to produce web sites that just three or four years ago would have value 20,000 kilos or much more! It a humorous old game.
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