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Web Design is not Graphics Design

Many people spend their time concentrating on graphics and aesthetics of the website, some companies even employ graphics designers to design their website to their own detriment.

Website is a combination of application, software engineering process and multimedia. Now multimedia is where a graphic designer may come in but multimedia in itself is a complex subject that requires knowledge of audience, target users and methodologies such as story board

Here are reasons why a graphic designer is not necessarily a web designer

  • Web requires knowledge of Accessibility laws and ability to incorporate them
  • Web requires cascading style sheets
  • Web requires search engine optimization
  • Web requires a methodology
  • Web requires quality assurance
  • Today's websites require content management and database development
  • Web requires knowledge of security
  • Most websites are applications which interact with users
  • Web 2.0 demands knowledge of usability engineering
  • What about when hackers hack your site? you need knowledge of programming and ability to secure your site from remote attacks

Now do you see why some websites are not particularly aesthetic yet their traffics hit millions?
Now do you see why websites are expensive to develop?
Do you see why there is a big difference in pricing between different companies?