How do you go about developing a good design?
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Try here:\n\nhttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/ET650_online/MAPPS/GDBasics.html
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I assume you want to design your own pages. When you are learning to do this, start with something very simple (perhaps a short piece of text). The practise page can easily be deleted later.\nYou will need to gradually become familiar with the format of a page of HTML - messing about with the HTML of your practise page will help and you can do this directly using the Geocities HTML editor.\n1. Create a VERY simple page with a text editor (perhaps 'Notepad' or 'Word').\n2. From the 'File' menu, choose 'Save As' and select HTML. Give your file a name (e.g. test1) and save it to somewhere you can find it again ('My Documents') perhaps.\n3. Log in to your Geocities website, select the Advanced HTML editor, find the link that asks 'Upload?' and click it.\n4. You will be able to upload five files at a time though of course you have only created one so far. Click where it says 'Browse' at the end of the first box and find the file you have just created.\n5. Upload the file.\n6. You can now use the editor to preview your new page, edit it, and generally mess about with the HTML code.\n7. Try making a page with two similar chunks of text in different formats (colour, size, etc.) and see how the HTML differs.\n8. If you want to use pictures too on a page don't forget to upload the picture to the site! Again use a SIMPLE graphic first. Notice how hyperlinks are used to connect (link) your page with the graphic.\n9. Learn how to use hyperlinks to connect all the pages in you website together.\n10. Experiment, investigate, have fun!
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Download some sample Requirements Specification outline and start filling in each section yourself.\n\nOutline design depends on your software design. These are mostly done out of experience rather than using Yahoo Answers!
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(I assume you mean a BSEE project. Here is how I chose my MSEE project)\n\nRead around the literature, both commercial and academic, and get opininons from as many people as you can (email and professional groups like the IEEE are very helpful), to find something both relevant, non-trivial and tractable where you believe you can achieve something meaningful.\n\n- play to your strengths. Some people are design-oriented, some people are theoreticians, some people want to make incremental improvements and some people want to answer unsolved questions.\n- beware of choosing something for theoretical aesthetics alone\n- don't choose yesterday's fad or pop topic, unless you have something original to contribute, or to do a post-mortem or review\n- ultimately, after you've done due diligence, trust your own instincts and make a decision. You may well have good ideas, and even if you make a mistake, understanding why and clarifying is part of the learning process too.
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Website design process has got two phases.1)Design a website 2) Using some activity with this already designed website.\nFor designing website you should ask yourself, what are you going to do with this website? Is it only a communication medium or should that be a marketing tool to bring business? Accordingly you will have different approach.\n\nFor designing a simple website, you need to know how to use html, or you should have any of the website development tools like microsoft front office or dreamweaver etc. Then design a website. Secondly you need to register a unique domain name representing your business. The name is like your phone number once selected you dont want to change it often. It should be simple and possibly short so that laymen will not make spelling mistakes while typing it in the browser's address bar. Also, if this name reapresents the 'business' you are going to do, then it is better. It should be easy to remember.\nThirdly you need some server space with good security and proper server maintenance. \n\nIf you open any website and click on the "view-source" command  you can see the actual code used inside. This will give you an idea how a website is coded. Please dont violate copyright laws.Or you can buy some already developed templates (eg: http://www.ourwebsitedemos.com  .) and modify it. If you are good in learning, hard code one.Remember, it is better to use html code as search engines do not recognize graphics etc much. One more simple technique I can tell you: create a jpeg page using photoshop.. There is an option under file-save as command which will help you to save as a webpage. But it is better you learn the web designing using a guide book or even better under a tutor. You may search online and find free tutorials.\nAsk the assistance of the server company to upload the pages first time.\n\nOnce you decide the website you should promote that to bring traffic to it.\n1) you can tell all yoru friends 2) You may print and publish in your busienss cards 3) Publish in the forums 4) post ads in the free classified pages etc with the URL. 5) Do an email campaign without spamming. 6)Most importantly do Search Engine Optimization.\nFor doing search Engine Optimization (SEO), you should find out the actual keyword people use to find your or similar business online. There are tools available, but you should have a good logic also. Then you should plant these keywords inside your website pages preferably at the top of the html codes, as part of the meaningful sentences. Never plant only keywords. Build cross links to your page by sending requests to webmasters of other similar websites and also list other websites of same categories in your website. \nRead and observe everyday. Every day search engines are becoming more and more sophisticated. Only if your website improve the quality, it will be visited bye people.
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This may seem like as bit of a non-answer but it is not intended as such.\n\nYou are on the internet, just look at the designs you really like and take ideas from them.\nLearn how each thing is (or can) be made to appear in whatever way.\nEvery design is free, it is just a case of working out how the original designer/devloper made it happen.\n\nAfter a while you will even end up having three or four ways of producing each look (from my own experience) and very often you will see the way it has been done on somebody's site and think to yourself that you would code it differently to achieve the same look.\n\nA prime example is a navigation list on the left of the page . This can be done by putting it as the first piece on a web page or you can put it as the last and style it to appear at the top left. There are times when you may choose one solution over another.\n\nJust take a peek around and study some CSS.
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Check Microsoft Design Gallery Live to see if they have any good templates.  \n\nCongrats!
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I would use a program like digital image suite to edit the photos and word in order to design th elayout.\nI did something simmular (I designed a magazine as well as a book) and then publish it)!\nIt worked for me and it may work for you.
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To be a good graphic designer what you really need is a good eye for design. This you must have.\n\nBut you will need technical skills as well. A graphic designer these days needs skill in at least these programs:\n\nPhotoshop\nAdobe Illustrator\nQuark XPress\nAdobe InDesign\nMacromedia DreamWeaver MX
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Get a marketing pack together containing details and flattering images of the retreat. You may have to hire a designer if you do not have these skills yourself. (Look at the marketing done my similar retreats to your own for ideas of what works and to see who designed theirs). \n\nThen send the packs out to the human resource departments at larger companies or organisations. \n\nGet a website and then look at search engine advertisement services to make sure that people see it.\n\nGo to business fairs with marketing packs to meet people and make contacts.\n\nGood luck
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Get a group of people together and brainstorm. Every one puts in their ideas. No idea is too silly or too far out. You might get some good ideas or at least a new way of looking at things.
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You should consider familiarizing yourself with an advertising or marketing agency. They can help point you to someone that will design not only a logo but a few ads based on your needs. If you are serious about doing it right then you should hire a pro to do the things you don't understand and stick to the stuff you do.
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What type of help are you in need of?\n\nAre you needing a designer?  Someone to assist with designing concepts, materials, etc.?  Marketing? \nPlease elaborate, as I may have solutions.\nI will check back.\n\nEdit:  3/13/06 My daughter is ingredible at designing, she may be able to assist you in getting going.  You say "my new clothing line", so I am assuming you already have something in the beginnings?  Or just a concept?  Or just an idea that you would like a line with your name on it?\nAnyways, my 360 is not linking up for some reason, yahoo is checking on this for me.  Let me know, as I am in Y Answers, just in case your question expires.\nI will continue to check back.
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There are lots of great tools out there that are helpful, including sites that offer templates and help you get started. I have been impressed with the tools and service of GoDaddy (www.godaddy.com). If you'd like to learn more about the process, consider buying this book, which outlines the process, step-by-step: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764507206/103-0552344-8898226?v=glance&n=283155\n\nHere's some tips from http://website-design.mcdar.net/\n\nSo you want to build a website here I will explain some simple but also key aspects that are commonly taken in to consideration when a website developer creates a website.\n\n1) Website Design - The website design must be neat meaning that everything looks like where it is meant to be (nothing out of place or out of proportion). Also your sites design is related to the topic of your website e.g. your site is about flowers then your design must have flowers.\n\n2) Site Navigation - Visitors must be able to get where they want to go without going through a maze a good way of putting it if you can get there in 3 clicks it should be fine. Also it helps when search engine spiders go through your site since it makes it easy for the spiders to index the site.\n\n3) Domain Name - Domain name is important since it is one of the first thing that your visitors will see. Your domain should relate to your site topic or business name. Length of the domain usually 6-8 characters is a good length and easy for visitors to type.\n\n4) Scroll Bars - don't make your website pages too long so your visitors have to scroll for hours it is also a good option to just create another page and don't make people scroll side to side.\n5) Returning Visitors - make your visitors return to your site by adding one or all to your site:\n\n- Email Newsletter (Ezine)\n- Community Forums\n- Online Tools\n- Online Games\n- Useful Content\n- Competitions and Prizes\n- and so on\n\n5) Website Logo - Make your logo unique and brandable so that people will remember your logo and then will remember your site and products.\n\nThese are some simple points that you may take into consideration when you build your website if you need some further assistance have a look at your competitors website and see what they have done. Remember what you put in is what you get out of your website and on that note GOOD LUCK and enjoy the whole process of building your very own virtual property.\n\n\nAll that said, if you'd like something simple and quick, here's the company that made my website, and they charged me less than $300. I knew nothing about doing it, but it came out great and they guided me every step of the way: www.wordtechs.com.\n\n\nGood luck with your new venture!\n~Tia~
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A few things to consider:\n\nOne, what part of game development interests you? Broadly speaking, there are three roles involved in the development of games:\n\nProgrammers - game developers, testers, and tools programmers. These are the people who do the actual work of building the game, and create the program that makes everything happen.\n\nArtists - 3d modelers and 2d artists and texturers. These are the people who create the "look" of the game - every object that appears on-screen has to be modeled, and the surfaces of the objects need to "painted" to resemble whatever they're supposed to be.\n\nDesigners - level designers, interaction designers and "game designers." These are the people who figure out how things work, and create the "feel" of what it's like to play the game. There ususally aren't many on a development team, and they often end up doing other organizational work, too.\n\nWhat to study depends on which of these sounds appealing. If you like the idea of game programming, then study how to program and practice writing code for fun. If art appeals, get a 3d modeler or 2d painting software and learn to create things with it. If you want to design, make sure you understand at least a little bit about programming and art, and practice your writing and speaking - designers need to be able to communicate.\n\nFor all of these roles, learn to play videogames with a critical eye - when a game isn't fun, ask yourself why it isn't fun. When a game is, ask what succeeds about it. What could make it better? A good way to learn about what makes games fun is to play and create board and card games - learning games as a whole, and being able to talk about them intelligently will be a big help.\n\nAnd, if you decide that gaming isn't for you later, then an education based around the fundamentals of design like that will leave you able to do quite a bit besides gaming.\n\nGood luck!
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AllGraphicDesign.com has a lot of very interesting and helpful articles to help you create and design an effective flyer:\n\nhttp://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicdesignarticles/flyersgraphicdesign/flyers-designingtips.html
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change designing to design