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Web Design Without Coding
For some web designers, the idea of creating a site without the direct use of coding languages may seem like an entirely foreign, or even impossible, prospect. Since the earliest days of website creation, putting up even the simplest of pages has involved breaking out a bit of HTML and describing a site in words and symbols rather than with the eyes. Yet a growing number of designers are choosing to craft their projects with entirely visual programs and content management systems that require little to no coding effort –or knowledge. Visual web design is facilitated through a number of advanced utilities and can help other online professionals such as SEO gurus and marketers make their own pages and sites without hiring an additional designer.
The basic tags and functions used in HTML code are familiar to most modern web users, as working with images and links tends to teach users how to describe these elements for use on the web over time. But such basic aspects of coding are far upstaged by the complexities of modern languages, from PHP to Flash and well beyond. While these languages can prove a great asset for designers, especially in the creation of entirely original web projects, they can require extensive study and time commitments that simply don’t fit into the schedules of some people who remain intent on bringing their ideas online.
Some programs, such as the popular Dreamweaver application, allow users to create sites from the ground up in a “visual mode,” which stores the code for introduced elements in a separate area, while offering a completely spatial interface. Using these programs, search engine optimization experts and other newcomers to web design, as well as talented artists who aren’t interested in the more technical aspects of site creation can dig into the design process without becoming befuddled in confusing or unfamiliar languages.
In addition to dedicated programs, content management systems are offering designers many new ways to fashion hosted sites and embedded features that make use of some of the most advanced code in use today but which do not require a single typed-in line, nor any time spent de-bugging. Able to create visually impressive and balanced pages and sites in a short matter of time, whether incorporating standard graphics and elements or providing the option to upload original artwork, these systems help those with an eye for style translate their ideas to the web without having to first learn a coding language –or a few.
Designing websites without coding is a great modern feature of the artistic web, bringing more creative talents from art school students in Austin Texas to hobby enthusiasts in Honolulu to the internet with accurate representation of visual taste and sensibility. While many designers are likely to remain steadfastly committed to hand-coding their creations –whether they’ve also pursued art degrees in Austin Tx or have never been avid artists–, the internet-wide relaxation of the need to know complex code to put up pages has helped to expand the worldwide audience, and continues to create a more diverse collection of sites.
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