On Wednesday, 19 October 2016 at 20:46:08 UTC, Karabuta wrote:
On Wednesday, 19 October 2016 at 09:28:28 UTC, Benjiro wrote:
On Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at 20:51:24 UTC, Karabuta wrote:
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True. Anybody can make a website. A website that is efficient, takes time. A stupid travel booking website took over a year with constant meeting to design around here. The result is a efficient design but it takes time.

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On Wednesday, 19 October 2016 at 09:28:28 UTC, Benjiro wrote:

I like this guy :) (You are the first person I ever liked here)

I.e. "He agrees with me, therefore I like him!" One year of meetings to design a website does not necessarily mean the site's good or that it has to take at least a year until you have a presentable website. Designing a website for a company means that the marketing knobs feel they have to throw in their 2 cents and want them acted upon or they block the whole process - then at the end, all of a sudden the boss - who never cared for the website - wants to have a look too and here we go again... We're talking about font-sizes, gradient colors, button 2px to the left, company logo bigger/smaller etc, not about the page logic. Of course, because they know nothing about programming they go by what they see and try to make a contribution there, just for the sake of it.

Unfortunately, it is often forgotten that each website needs a different, unique approach. Getting inspiration from other websites is good, trying to copy them is not a good idea, because it will never serve your purpose optimally.

The real craftsmanship behind a website is mastering the various technologies that don't work smoothly together (HTML, JS, PHP, forms, requests, server side stuff, browsers, data bases). Web design is 90% page logic, 10% inspiration.

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