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		<title>Website Design in Sydney – Moving Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding yourself that agency that provides the services you need as far as website design in Sydney is concerned is obviously a key to surviving the harsh competition that accompanies online presence these days. Website design definitely puts you ahead of the competition but it isn’t a complete package if that’s all you’re relying on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finding yourself that agency that provides the services you need as far as <b>website design in Sydney</b> is concerned is obviously a key to surviving the harsh competition that accompanies online presence these days. Website design definitely puts you ahead of the competition but it isn’t a complete package if that’s all you’re relying on to charge you ahead. SEO is an example of these activities. This is part of the reason why plenty of first time website owners decide to employ SEO services. This is obviously the right thing to do, especially since the process takes up such a huge amount of time and effort, time and effort that could be spent on improving the business and on other marketing strategies. So what can you do moving forward?</p>
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<p>Well, unbeknownst to quite a number of people there are simpler ways of getting your website seen and heard that go beyond the SEO realm. SEO is something that should be left to the SEO professionals but you can definitely undertake some activities that can take you an hour or maybe two, which will still help the visibility of the website that your web designer has just created.</p>
<p>For one you can add your website to your calling card. This may seem like a pretty simple thing to remember but a ton of people forget to do it. Even with the amount of press being to <i>website design in Sydney</i> there are some basic rules you will have to remember and nothing is more basic than getting your name on something.</p>
<p>Another action you can take is to make sure that you send out emails or letters publicizing the release of your website. Alternatively what you could also do is send them an email talking about a personalized message and then also announce your website. Focus on the benefits of your company services being online so that your customers better understand the implications of online shopping. It also helps to relate why your website is a good thing for them.</p>
<p>At the same time you can also pass the news by word of mouth or through social media. Share the experience with your friends, and ask them to pass it along. Talk to satisfied clients and ask them to add your website on a shout out. You should also add your website URL to your online resume.</p>
<p>As you can see there are plenty of things you can do that are simple and easy to manage. Getting a service that provides <u>website design in Sydney</u> shouldn’t be an end point, it should be a starting point for all these activities to take place.</p>
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		<title>Choosing Between Agencies Offering Website Design in Sydney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agencies that offer services for website design in Sydney aren’t hard to find. There are a dim a dozen whether you look online or whether you actually head on over to a physical location to find yourself a good web designer or web design agency.  With the huge number of companies offering to fix up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agencies that offer services for <b>website design in Sydney</b> aren’t hard to find. There are a dim a dozen whether you look online or whether you actually head on over to a physical location to find yourself a good web designer or web design agency.  With the huge number of companies offering to fix up your website, you should really take the time to choose a good web design agency that will truly incorporate all of your needs and expectations. If you don’t know what comes first you should follow the following steps.</p>
<p>Step # 1 – Remember that you have to make sure your company has a solid message that you are gearing towards. This may not sound like something you would need for a web designer but it actually is. This is because web designers are supposed to use that information and that goal to come up with a way for it to be represented in a visual format to your customers. As they say so fervently, art does to a certain extent obviously imitate life. That means if you want your website design to actually be any good, you’re going to have to be able to say what type of message you want to be portrayed.</p>
<p>Step # 2 – Ask around. If you have friends, colleagues and resources within the same or a similar industry ask them how they chose the agency that would provide them <i>website design in Sydney</i>. Of course it’s ideal that you actually take a look at their website and figure out whether you actually like the design, but you should also as them what it was like working with the design company and any suggestions they have for you.</p>
<p>Step # 3 – Look at the design company’s website. You can get a ton of information from the website, not just in terms of what they do but also see how they represent themselves. At the same time, they should have links, samples and information about the company that they’ve worked for. This makes their website the best resource that you can have when it comes down to actually seeing the work that they do.</p>
<p>Step # 4 – Talk to someone. See whether or not you jive with how they think since this will also define how well you work together. Make sure you don’t find it difficult to communicate and make sure you are on the same page as far as moving towards your goal.</p>
<p>From then on the important thing is keeping constant and clear communication. If you want to find an agency that truly provides good <u>website design in Sydney</u> then these are the steps to follow.</p>
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		<title>Choosing a Web Designer Sydney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>user</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/?p=636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are about to hire a web designer Sydney then you should give yourself a pat on the back. Plenty of people try to create their own websites, regardless of whether they rally know what they’re doing or not. If you want to make your business succeed then it’s important that you understand whether [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are about to hire a <b>web designer Sydney</b> then you should give yourself a pat on the back. Plenty of people try to create their own websites, regardless of whether they rally know what they’re doing or not. If you want to make your business succeed then it’s important that you understand whether or not you have the expertise needed to ensure that your website design is perfectly suited for the type of branding that you want to do.</p>
<p>Creating a website and selling it isn’t the same as traditional advertising. Whereas traditional advertising was mostly one sided; internet advertising and internet marketing relies on the principle that you have various types of medium available to you. You also have to remember that a great deal of internet marketing is interactive, especially with the social media explosion and shared applications.</p>
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<p>All of these components play into the creation of a successful website. This successful website is measured based on your ability to target your audience, which is what a <i>web designer Sydney</i> is going to ensure is done for you. Of course when you choose the person to do your marketing you should make sure you choose the right person or agency to work with.</p>
<p>Make sure that you get a chance to talk to the web designer personally. Even if you are hiring the services of an agency you should still make an effort to talk to your web designer, or if they are a team perhaps get a chance to talk to the lead web designer. This way you will get a feel for how they think and you will understand the flow of communication between the two of you.</p>
<p>When choosing a web designer it is also important to understand the type of work they do. Check their portfolio and make sure you see whether or not their designs are pretty much the same or are dynamic for each website. Do they adjust their technique to their client perhaps or do they stick to one type of element.</p>
<p>Lastly, check to see how the communication flow will go. Will you be working with the designers directly or will there be a middle man? Also, how will you approve designs and so on.</p>
<p>Understanding these two things will help you come up with a decision that will transition the process much faster and much easier. If you are thinking of hiring a <u>web designer Sydney</u> then choosing properly is definitely the only way to start.</p>
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		<title>Working with a Web Designer Sydney</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing a web designer Sydney isn’t always an easy task. In fact, it can be quite daunting to find someone to work with, regardless of whether this happens to be a web designer or not. There are various ways to work with a web designer but if you want to make it a fruitful relationship [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Choosing a <b>web designer Sydney</b> isn’t always an easy task. In fact, it can be quite daunting to find someone to work with, regardless of whether this happens to be a web designer or not. There are various ways to work with a web designer but if you want to make it a fruitful relationship then you must be pretty familiar with how to communicate and share ideas with your web designer.</p>
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<p>When working with a web designer it is essential that you understand a couple of items. Most technical people will know that there is generally a way to communicate with other technical people. At the same time most artistic people will also note that there are quite a number of artistic people who have their own sense of communication. As far as web designers go, most are a mixture of the two, which means that you are dealing with both an artistic and a technical personality. Understanding these two concepts and the means of communicating with these personalities will help make your relationship a much more fruitful and easy endeavour.</p>
<p>When dealing with artistic personalities it is important that you understand the importance of individuality. Although this does not mean that you will do all the adjusting when communicating with your <i>web designer Sydney</i> it does mean that both of you will have to do some adjusting. Individuality allows an artistic personality to garner more ideas and piece them together. It also allows them to come up with more imaginative and creative ways to represent the branding on your website. Don’t treat your web designer merely like he is an employee to boss around. Help them see what you want to portray but don’t tie them down completely. It is always easier to work with a vast number of ideas and then narrow them down rather than setting restrictions of the bat.</p>
<p>You should also remember when working with web designers to look at the technical aspect of things. A lot of web designers do code development but even more have a pretty good working background when it comes to the web. This means that if you aren’t that technical a person you have to do a little bit of work, just to understand some concepts. It is also important for you to make sure that if you don’t understand something, you ask the right questions. This will also be something that they’ll appreciate so they understand where you’re coming from.</p>
<p>At the end of the day a marriage between the two personalities can be difficult to work with but at the end of the day adjustments on both ends, yours and your <u>web designer Sydney</u>, will make the process much more fruitful.</p>
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		<title>3 Rarely-Remembered Elements to Discuss with Your Web Design Sydney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>user</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After hiring your web design Sydney service your next couple of steps go into setting up the website, approving the designs and ultimately typing up the code. These aspects usually take up most of the time allotted to web designs. Since most people look at the aesthetics or “look”, most of the focus in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After hiring your <b>web design Sydney</b> service your next couple of steps go into setting up the website, approving the designs and ultimately typing up the code. These aspects usually take up most of the time allotted to web designs. Since most people look at the aesthetics or “look”, most of the focus in the design and development stages goes into the overall feel of the site. There are plenty of items to look into though, especially as you start polishing up your website and you start to look at the items on your website which don’t truly represent you or your business. Some of these often ignored elements are listed below for you. You can use them as a guide for items that need to be brought up with your web design agency.</p>
<p>Login screens – If you’ve got a login screen on your website you might as well make sure that it actually looks like the rest of your website theme. Just because your login screen seems like a relatively small item on your website, it pays to have uniformity in your web pages, regardless of whether or not this is on your main website on even or your web login page. It just shows professionalism and attention to detail to have a uniform web login page.</p>
<p>Links – When using your <i>web design Sydney</i> service you have to make sure to confirm how links look on a page. For example, most links appear in blue because this is the default colour of links, but it doesn’t really have to be. Also you have to think about what colour the link becomes after it has been clicked on. You will also want to make sure that whatever colour scheme has been used in the webpage is also used when it comes to the links. The proper contrast has to also be considered when creating links so that the links also contrast the colour of the page.</p>
<p>Forms – Unfortunately forms are typically overlooked by most website owners. In fact some web designers themselves forget to put additional elements into web forms. Web forms are your real link to the customers that visit your page. Your forms shouldn’t just ask for basic information but specific information. You may want to also have dropdowns added to your form to make it easier for your customers to fill or might even use this information yourself so that you can sort out inquiries.<a href="http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/inggei2432.jpg?9d7bd4"><img class="size-medium wp-image-633 aligncenter" title="Web Design Sydney" src="http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/inggei2432-300x300.jpg?9d7bd4" alt="Web Design Sydney" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Your whole website should have the right aesthetic and theme in order to make the site uniform and correctly represent who you are as a company your customers trust. Make sure you don’t forget these design elements when working with your <u>web design Sydney</u>.</p>
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		<title>Sydney Web Design Basics – Aesthetics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to make the most of your Sydney web design agency you have to be aware of some of the basic concepts that come with design. This doesn’t mean that you have to be an expert on design, rather it is always best to know a little bit about the subject matter that you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In order to make the most of your <b>Sydney web design</b> agency you have to be aware of some of the basic concepts that come with design. This doesn’t mean that you have to be an expert on design, rather it is always best to know a little bit about the subject matter that you are working with. Understanding the basic concepts allows you to give more suggestions while understanding the suggestions given to you. You should of course also listen to your web designers and it’s much easier to do that when you know what it is they’re actually talking about.</p>
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Colour – Colour is an extremely important part of design. The contrasting colours of a website are envisioned in complementary colours although there are some cases, especially when you are after harmony that contrast is toned own. Even when you look at a black and white screen or something that is monochromatic you are still essentially looking at some colour or the other. Colours differentiate how people see your site and whether or not it stands out for them. Make sure you tell your <i>Sydney web design</i> agency about this since they need to plan out their colour scheme as well.</p>
<p>Lines – The more lines you have the more solid your website looks. Take a look at cars for example. Older cars were typically more masculine and hard core which is why their lines were defined and straight. Nowadays cars have a sleeker look, not just because they are more aerodynamic but also because they are meant to appeal to both genders and be more fluid. The straighter the lines on your website are the more you evoke masculinity or technology. On the other hand curves can represent softness and fluidity. Most designers create a balancing act between the lines and will use a mixture of the two types of lines. Which line overpowers the other however will be defined by what your company needs in terms of branding.</p>
<p>Font – If you think fonts are immaterial to design then you’re wrong. Fonts are meant to follow the theme of your website and thus be based on both the colours as well as the lines which are visible on your page. Just like colours, certain fonts evoke certain feelings and also evoke a sense of masculinity or femininity. Fonts can also be chosen based on the type of industry that you’re in or the feel of what you want your company to be.</p>
<p>Plenty of other elements are involved in design but these are some of the most basic and essential for you to know in order to work well with your <u>Sydney web design</u> agency.</p>
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		<title>Web Design Sydney Essentials</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you decide to hire a web design Sydney service you must have an idea of what it is that you want to achieve first. Understanding what your company needs, or the direction it is going in will not only help you, but will also help the web designer and developer in figuring out what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you decide to hire a <b>web design Sydney</b> service you must have an idea of what it is that you want to achieve first. Understanding what your company needs, or the direction it is going in will not only help you, but will also help the web designer and developer in figuring out what to provide. When talking about web design you pretty much think of three things; function, look and navigability.</p>
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<p>Function – When talking about function you have to think about what it is that your website should be able to do. Think about it this way. What good is a website that just looks good? Sure it may be pretty, which will be great for your designer from a visual perspective but what about you? In order to truly be able to get a website to function well, it’s important that you know what the function of the website is going to be.</p>
<p>Depending on your audience and goal in creating the website, your functions should follow these goals. If you are creating a website to get more information from your customers for example, you’ve got to have a form or discussion board for them to use. On the other hand if you are hiring and want to use your website as an application area then that should be a part of the design. You can have multiple functions of course but you need to make sure your <i>web design Sydney</i> provider knows your needs in order to incorporate these functions.</p>
<p>Look – Of course web design just wouldn’t be called web design if it didn’t think about the look and feel for the website. The look of your website has to be able to do two things; attract your customers and reflect you brand. If you are able to visually do this then you are definitely on your way to a better website. Make sure your web designer understands this concept completely because it will allow him to give a much better representation of your company as well.</p>
<p>Navigability – You probably don’t have the time to sit around and go through what seem like never ending pages. One of the biggest problems in web design is that some pages are so complicated no one knows where to go anymore. Make sure your customers know exactly where to go by making the site easy to browse.</p>
<p>These three things are the most basic and fundamental concepts in the design of your website. Make sure you consider all of them before hiring your <u>web design Sydney</u> service.</p>
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		<title>Why You Need to Get a Good Sydney Web Design Service for Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re thinking about setting up a website for your company the first and most crucial step is to get a Sydney web design company that can actually meet your needs and requirements. If this is the first time you’ve ever gotten a website done for yourself then you’ll definitely do well to get yourself [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’re thinking about setting up a website for your company the first and most crucial step is to get a <b>Sydney web design</b> company that can actually meet your needs and requirements. If this is the first time you’ve ever gotten a website done for yourself then you’ll definitely do well to get yourself a web design service. A web design agency doesn’t just help you figure out a look for the website that you want are going to get created, rather the web design service can also give you valuable advice as to how to make your website even more captivating.<a href="http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BY5RA7.jpg?9d7bd4"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-598" title="Sydney web design" src="http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BY5RA7.jpg?9d7bd4" alt="Sydney web design" width="450" height="274" /></a></p>
<p>According to most advertising and marketing campaigns your first goal is to make sure that you are seen. What that means for your website is that you have to provide enough oomph and aesthetic for your website to be visually captivating and have that wow factor.</p>
<p>One of the important items that your web design company needs to look at when it comes to your aesthetic appeal is the layout of your website. A lot of people forget this fact, but layout is an extremely important factor is aesthetic appeal.</p>
<p>All the beautiful graphics and pictures in the world aren’t going to be able to make a badly laid out website look good and your <i>Sydney web design</i> agency will be able to tell you this. If you’ve ever gone to a website completely scattered with ads or one that is messy the likelihood of you staying on that site is minimal. This is because our brains can only process so much information so the look of a cluttered site is rejected by the way our brains work.</p>
<p>Other than being able to grab the attention of your customers your website also has to be able to keep their attention and that’s going to be your second goal for the website. In order to get people to stay, your website has to be beautiful and functional at the same time. Your website has to be easy to navigate otherwise people will give up trying to go though the site. That’s why you’ve got to make sure that give function to back up your form. In fact according to the concept of design your function comes first.</p>
<p>So basically you have two things to really make sure your website is able to do and that’s to grab attention and retain it. Your <u>Sydney web design</u> company will be able to do this for you provided you choose one and make sure it’s a good one.</p>
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		<title>Sourcing Good Web Designers in Sydney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re looking for web designers in Sydney then you’re in luck. Sydney is not just a cosmopolitan melting pot of different people from different cultural backgrounds; it is a place where technology isn’t a choice it’s a way of life. This is evident not just from the number of schools that offer web technology [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’re looking for <b>web designers in Sydney</b> then you’re in luck. Sydney is not just a cosmopolitan melting pot of different people from different cultural backgrounds; it is a place where technology isn’t a choice it’s a way of life. This is evident not just from the number of schools that offer web technology and multimedia design but also from the number of people who work in the web design field. That being said, even though you are in a location that has an abundance of web designers, you should be able to choose the one who will bring the most benefit to your business. Here are a few ways that you can do that.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Web-Designers-Sydney.jpg?9d7bd4"><img src="http://www.shiftedpixels.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Web-Designers-Sydney-300x225.jpg?9d7bd4" alt="Web Designers Sydney" title="Web-Designers-Sydney" width="300" height="225" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-585" /></a>First of all pay close attention to how much they talk about themselves or how little they talk about you. Just like any service provider their goal should be getting your business to the next level. It’s a given of course that they will make an effort to win over your business but they should be finding out a little more about your business before trying to sell you the marketing spiel.</p>
<p>Secondly you have to make sure they know what they’re doing. You can ask if they know how to write code and what languages they write their code in. Even though you may not be adept at code it helps to ask them this question. That way if things go wrong moving forward you have their word to go on.</p>
<p>When choosing <i>web designers in Sydney</i> you should also make the effort to find out who they are as a person. People who work together on a team need to know and understand each other’s personalities. This way you will understand whether or not you will be able to work together or not. You may have gotten a great web designer for example, but if the two of you don’t get along then you aren’t going to get the work you expect.</p>
<p>Remember to look at their portfolio. Different web designers have their own styles. Unfortunately some are not as flexible as others. The more flexible they are the better because it means they can make you stand out.</p>
<p>Ultimately your web designer must be able to incorporate the things you need with their own talent. This fusion of artistic and business between you and the <u>web designers in Sydney</u> will get you the best results.</p>
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		<title>Sydney Website Designer Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a Sydney website designer then chances are you’re pretty busy. Web designing is probably one of the biggest growing industries in the market today and with good reason. Where architects plan the look and feel of a building, web designers plan the look and feel of a website. It is also highly possible [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’re a <b>Sydney website designer</b> then chances are you’re pretty busy. Web designing is probably one of the biggest growing industries in the market today and with good reason. Where architects plan the look and feel of a building, web designers plan the look and feel of a website. It is also highly possible that you are a coder as well as a designer, in which case you could also compare yourself to an engineer.</p>
<p>As a web designer there are a couple of things that are important for you to know and if you’re starting out you can find a couple of good tips here:</p>
<p>1)	Have a good planning process for your clients – You may know what’s going on in your head but your clients don’t. Use a wireframe program to make sure your client understands what their website is going to look like.<br />
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2)	Learn how to code – Alright, there’s obviously been some controversy around this topic and there has been a lot of back and forth from different web personalities. The bottom line is that it is going to be hard for you to truly be able to understand how your website should work without a coding background. As a designer it will be easier for you to understand the restrictions that your developers work with if you don’t know code</p>
<p>3)	Invest in good software – There are plenty of open source programs for all kinds of stuff nowadays but you have to choose the one that works well for you. If you code Dreamweaver is a great example of good software; however you could also do just as well with Aptana Studio.</p>
<p>4)	Learn how to charge for your services – Don’t be afraid to charge your clients for the work you do. You have to consider how much time it takes for you to put something together and get it running. If a particular design a client wants you to work on takes a lot of work, charge for that work</p>
<p>5)	Learn to copyright-In general when a client approaches you to get something done they will ask to have your design become their intellectual property. So, you can say no or say yes and add it to the price you are charging them<br />
There are plenty of ways to go about with your designs and coding. You have to remember though that you also have to stay in tune with the business and process outside of designing. On the flip side you could also be a middle man and pay for another <i>Sydney website designer</i> to get the work done for you.</p>
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