Simple design rules for web developers

Designers. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. More often then not, developers will have to work together with designers to create a website. Which most of the time means the designer will create a design and some HTML & CSS. Which the developer will then integrate and adapt to fit into his software to actually make the site work. The problem however is; Developers normally didn’t go to design school and many of them have the artistic ability of your average garden rock. I’m certainly no exception to that. However, if you learn a few basic guidelines and rules, you can make the life of your designer buddy a lot happier by not screwing up his design. So here are just a few general hints and tips to explain what is important when adding something to an existing design or when integrating it into the actual software of the site. Aligning stuff Stuff needs to be aligned,…

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