Design Tips for the Webmaster (or Webmistress).

Hi! I've decided to offer some design tips because I so often see color schemes that jangle, color schemes that are NO scheme and designs that are a jumble, not a design. I think that many web writers just wing it because they don't really have a knowledge of what it takes to have a pleasing overall look. I hope to cover several main topics on this page. I hope that it truly helps! I won't be talking about Java or frames because they don't figure in this subject. I don't use either because I consider them to be just fancy for the sake of being able to do it. They don't serve any useful purpose as far as I can see. I'm so worn out from the Java flash of many colors before you see the page. And I'm worn out by frames that are more difficult to navigate and get out of than I care to fool with.

Here's a brief outline of what I want to write about.

1. Color Schemes

   1. Complementary color schemes

      Analogous color schemes

      Color harmony (and dischord)

      Visual pleasure and Drama

      Cool and warm colors and their uses on the WWW

2. Placement of Graphics

   Acceptable formats and their uses

   Harmonious placement of graphics

   Preserving the aspect ratio

   How not to place graphics

   How not to link graphics

   Making your own graphics

   Acceptable image formats at this time

   Software needed and where to find it

   Some instructions for Paint Shop Pro 4

   Using the things you've learned in section 1

   Keeping graphics sized down for your web pages

   Pixels and color depth

   Useful knowledge about borders in html

   A discussion of background tiling images and how to code them

   Helpful elements in HTML

   Using a color and a background image for drama

   Using the table element to create a frame

   How not to have graphics which are side by side stuck together