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New Articles, Fresh Thinking for Web Developers and Designers. Before you dive into building your form, it’s important to do your homework first. Forms are powerful, but without proper planning and design, they can make tasks overbearing or difficult. It’s also good to look around for inspiration, for both the interaction and visual aspects of form design. In Fancy Form Design, we work through the concepts in the book by building a fictional social networking site, Fit and Awesome, for people that are into health and fitness. Members of the Fit and Awesome community will be able to store their statistics and training journals on the site, and share their fitness goals and activities with other members.

Perform a Competitive Audit Take a look at what web sites and applications similar to yours are doing. As you’re looking at competitors, take note of issues you come across as you try to use their product, as well as what works well. Figure 1. Use Software as Inspiration Desktop software can be a worthwhile place to look for inspiration. Figure 2. The Importance Of Wireframes In Web Design And 9 Tools To Create Wireframes. Designing wireframes and prototypes play an important role in every web development project. Whether you’re a creative agency or an individual, wireframing your designs before development is something that can help you save your valuable time and money. “Good design must necessarily, in my opinion, have an impact on people’s lives, no matter how seemingly small.

Good design changes things.” – Garr Reynolds Web Prototyping saves the costs of any marketing communication that may be necessary to undo brand damage resulting from a poorly functioning website and a frustrating user experience. Expensive site redesigns are often undertaken to correct those kinds of problems. Of course, a designer doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel with each new wireframe diagram. These common elements are the must-have items, which, if absent, can cause visitors to experience frustration and resentment that may linger long after they’ve moved on to other sites. What Is A Wireframe? Why? Note for Visual Designers. Wireframing | Carsonified. Hi, I’m Grace Smith » Get Wireframing: The All-In-One Guide. Wireframing is a great tool to incorporate into your projects as it allows for rapid prototyping and helps to pinpoint any potential problems.

I personally find it invaluable on projects to have a visual representation of content, hierarchy and layout. Overall it’s an excellent step to incorporate into your project before the design process begins for both you and your clients. I am continually intrigued about how other firms and individuals incorporate the wireframing stage into their process. I know i’m not the only one, so this list aims to group together some of the best techniques, tools and resources to help you create effective wireframes. Techniques Building a Wireframe in Illustrator – From AiBurn – a step by step tutorial. Tools Omnigraffle – Create diagrams, process charts, quick page layouts and website mockups Visio – Visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Wireframe Examples Wireframing Articles of Interest Paper Prototyping Useful Wireframing Resources. New Articles, Fresh Thinking for Web Developers and Designers.

We’ve all heard it time and time again: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". In the world of designing and creating Websites, if you fail to plan, you plan to have a lot of headaches, late nights and missed deadlines while re-designing your site to fit the content. Implementing a few simple steps in carefully planning your site, before you create any graphics, can eliminate a lot of headaches. One method that I find very useful is the creation of a wire frame or "white site" model.

I’ll outline the benefits and process of wire framing in this article. Pin-Point Potential Problems To better understand the world of wire framing a Website, we might consider Shrek. In the world of 3D animation, a wire frame is a working model of a character without color, skin, clothing or hair. This principle can also be very valuable to those building a Website. I find this technique extremely helpful in keeping me focused on the content first and foremost. Let’s get started. Prepare your Site Map.