These tips are designed to help you to prove both your ability and worth as a designer. If you already have a portfolio it’s worth going over these tips at the side of what you have, if you are yet to develop one then keep them in mind for when you plan the project.
The most suitable file formats for a web site are JPEG and GIF. Using these file formats is not as easy, as it seems. And the usual question is JPEG or GIF – what file format to use?
At one point it was thought that designers simply had creative input into the online look and feel or ‘brand’ of an online project, whilst more ‘technical’ developers, or html coders would build the actual site.
But this has certainly changed and, whilst not all graphic designers are involved in website design – many preferring to stay in the print design world – those that do venture into online design have swiftly taken on many new skills.