Theme Crazy This Week

Well this week if you visit my site daily you would of noticed all the blog designs I’ve come up with and I’m having loads of fun and I doubt I’m going to stop at this rate.

Why am I doing this though it’s a simple answer really trying to learn some more, its amazing what you can do if you set your mind to it now my current theme I think has been a massive improvement considering all the themes I’ve been through.

My secret is start from the base build a very basic theme no color no pictures nothing, and work you’re way up from that, draw it on paper what you want then get ready to rumble in the Photoshop ring.

If you’re interested in any themes or would like me to design one you can always contact me at Markie Designs.

Website Designing Fun or What!

Now if you’re like me you love to experiment with Photoshop, now I’ve done posters to website designing and one of my favorite is web designing, its not just seeing it in Photoshop its so much more first you have to plan it out either on paper or just a quick sketch in Photoshop then its making each individual part header, sidebar and footer.

Then you need to decide what’s best for the client for an example I’m going to use my personal site Typer Tappers now one of my designs uses a lot of transparency and what’s the best format to use for that PNG, but the biggest problem here is Internet Explorer 6 now I know for a fact it doesn’t support transparency which is a major bummer because its one of my favorite formats but I thought I should make it then check it out in IE.
So I did that and it doesn’t look that bad and considering the IE users don’t stay on my site very long I think I’m in the clear.
You also need to consider the fact that version 6 is outdated we now have version 7 of internet explorer which supports transparency in PNG files.

What do I want to be when I grow up

Well Kian Ann tagged me on what I want to be when I grow up, and it’s the perfect time to be asked that I’ve been trying to think of a career for months while still being in college I have many options and not sure in what direction I want to choose

Website Designer.
This has been my biggest hobby in my life and this is something I know most about I have already started a website advertising my service and hoping I can get started in the web designing community, but the main reason is so I can get some experience in the area as I would like to know whether to take a course to get some qualifications for it.

Computer Maintenance.
This is something I know a lot about and for me is very simple and boring which to me isn’t something I would like to choose a career for its nice to be able to fix friends computers or build your own fixing problems on it the whole lot without calling someone to help me out and end up spending £10 over the phone.

Fixed Website Layout Plus Side?

Well I got thinking today all about full layout’s Vs 800 pixels width, and thinking about it their are good things about both layouts.

Full Layout Designs.

1. They fit a wide variety of screen resolutions.
2. Allows you too add more content with out getting the cluttered feeling.
3. More complex to make a CSS layout using a full layout.

800 by 600 Layout Designs.

1. Its a fixed layout meaning it isn’t resized when the viewer changes the size of the browser.
2. You can create images easier for the layout as you would be using a fixed size for example I design with a image of 750px by 50px for the top curb of my site.
3. Faster to design, you can put a simple 800 by 600 layout in a couple of hours using a CSS layout.

My method of designing websites is to always use 800 by 600 layouts mainly as no one any more uses under that layout size as a screen resolution their for allowing me to build a fixed layout and that allows me to see what it will look like on everyone’s computer instead of having a full layout which could look really awful on a 1600 by 1200 screen resolution.