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In
a Photo-editing software the homepage occupies a lot of space
and stores the file in its native format, which is not web-compatible.
The homepage must be saved in web formats like, .GIF
or .JPEG. One simple way is to save the full
layout in a single image as .GIF, this will make image web-compatible,
but when it loads - it will load from top to bottom slowly
depending upon the modem speed. In such case, a visitor might
not wait & he will turn back as he fails to see anything
for few seconds.
To avoid this the home page should be sliced into small images
& then save it as .GIF or .JPEG depending on the image
color requirement. This enables the page to download in parts
and the visitor can view the layout being downloaded in parts
and will wait for the full page to load.
Photo Editing softwares has in-built 'optimize &
save as HTML' facility. Optimization will reduce
the home page size between 50 KB - 80
KB, which enables fast downloading of the page on
an ordinary telephone line connection.
Web
design softwares :
There are different Photo Editing
softwares available. The most popular one is Adobe Photoshop*,
Adobe ImageReady*. Others are Macromedia Fireworks*, Corel
Photo Paint,* and Jasc's Paintshop Pro*.
Photo Editing software which gives the facility to Design,
Optimize, Save image as .GIF or .JPEG and Save the layout
as HTML can be used for designing.
For creating and editing HTML pages Macromedia Dreamweaver*
is a very user friendly software.
Adobe
Phtoshop* is the best photo editing software used globally
by web designers.
Macromedia Fireworks*, Corel Photopaint*, Jasc's Paintshop
Pro* any of these software can be used for designing and they
have their own advantages & disadvantages.
Adobe ImageReady* is part of Adobe PhotoShop* and very useful
to dice & optimize a layout to make it lighter in size
& convert graphic work into HTML format for the web.
After
conversion of the layout into HTML, web authoring software
like Macromedia Dreamweaver* is required to insert text content
and for providing links to other pages on the site.
Microsoft
FrontPage* can also be used instead of Maromedia Dreamweaver*
as it serves the same purpose.
In
the next
newsletter series of Firewire Professional
Steps of Web Designing
is focused on providing practical designing techniques of
Home page and Inside page designing in a very simplified method.
Regards,
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