The terms web designer and web developer are used interchangeably in the media and advertisements. But, they are not the same thing. Design involves what the visitor sees on your website, development involves the site’s functionality. This article explores the difference between these two disciplines.

A website contains several distinct aspects:

  • Look and feel – primarily the graphics, color scheme, navigation elements, etc.
  • Content – information, products, etc available on the site.
  • Functionality – functionality includes interactive features that the web site provides to the visitors and the required infrastructure needed to provide them.
  • Usability – the site from a visitor’s perspective and includes things like program interactions, navigation and usefulness.

Look And Feel

Look and feel includes overall appearance of the website. A Graphic designer decides on what colors and fonts to use and how to layout each of the sites pages.

The graphic designer needs to have a good appreciation for aesthetics and feeling for what combinations of colors and imagery will project the image that the website owner Continue Reading...