Principles and Elements of Web Design
Principles and Elements of Web Design
Design
How will you
effectively
communicate
your ideas
through web
design?
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What do you think
makes a good or bad
web design?
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Activity
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Questions
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Questions
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Questions
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What is Web
Design?
Web design is the
process of planning
and creating websites
that are published
and accessed on the
Internet.
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Webpage
A single
document that
contains any
information.
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Website
A collection of
web pages
combined
together to be
published on
the Internet.
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Importance of
Web Design
● Lets any person or
organization to convey
their content to their
target audiences.
● Provides a good
experience to the creator
and audiences.
● Creates an aesthetically
pleasing website.
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Types of Web
Design
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Adaptive Web Design
Displays a specific version of a website that is viewed on different
screen sizes either on desktop or mobile device.
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Responsive Web Design
Displays a customized version of a website that automatically
adjusts the size when viewed on any device.
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Which of these web designs do you
think will help in easily
communicating with your audience?
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What are the
Principles of Web
Design?
Before planning
to create a
website, always
consider its goals
and its target
audience.
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Simplicity
It defines the
clean and fresh
design of your
website that
makes it
visually
appealing.
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Intuitive
Navigation
It lets the
audience
quickly
navigate and
find what
they are
looking for on
a website.
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F-Shaped
Pattern
It helps the
audience to
quickly read or
scan the
contents of a
website.
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Visual
Hierarchy
It describes the
arrangement of
the elements in
order according
to its importance.
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Grid-Based
Layout
It helps users to
arrange the
elements on
every web page
in a block-
shaped
container.
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Loading
Time
The design
should be light
and images are
optimized so that
the website loads
quickly.
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Mobile-
Friendly
A website with a
responsive design
will make the
website adjust to
the screen and
can be viewable
any device.
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Have you observed these principles
present in the websites you have
accessed before?
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What are the
Elements of Web
Design?
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Typography
It describes the
way a text is
properly designed,
organized, and
presented on a
website.
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Space
It is an element
used for dividing
or separating
different contents
of the website.
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Layout
This defines
how the
graphics, texts,
and other
elements are
arranged and
placed on the
web page.
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Color
This is an
element used to
express
meaningful
contents and
catch the
attention of the
audience.
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Graphics
Any graphic
representation
such as clipart,
icons, logos,
infographics, and
images to quickly
represent an idea
or feeling to the
audience.
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Videos
It is often used as
a background
and added in
slideshows or on
the website.
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Animation
This is an effect
seen on various
interactivity, such
as clicking or
hovering different
buttons, images, or
forms.
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Navigation
This refers to
the set of
buttons that let
users to freely
navigate
across the web
pages of the
website.
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User
Interaction
It defines the
different
interactivity of
websites such
as scrolling,
clicking, or
typing.
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Learning Activity 1
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Learning Activity 2
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Answer the following
comprehensively:
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Answer the question
in your own words:
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Web design is the process of planning and creating
visually pleasing and easy to use websites.
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The web design principles include purpose,
simplicity, intuitive navigation f-shaped
pattern, visual hierarchy, grid-based layout,
loading time and mobile-friendly.