Welcome to Web & Graphic Design Made Easy

My name is Gel Smith
I am a Web & Graphic Designer and here are some tips and easy explanations of terms used in my field.

Enjoy and ask me, ask me, ask me ....

Flash ... what is that?
Macromedia Flash is an application for developing rich content, user interfaces, and web applications.
Did you know?
Web users must download and install the player in order to view and interact with Macromedia Flash content. The Macromedia Flash Player is installed on 97% of Internet-enabled desktops worldwide and on a wide range of popular devices. Macromedia Flash supports a broad range of platforms and browsers, including new browsers such as Safari 1.x.

Page width ... what is that?
Most people using the Internet these days use a screen resolution of 1024x768, but there are still a significant number of people using 800x600. You'll have to be the judge of your own customers,
Did you know?
It may be wise to keep your design within the width of 775 pixels. This guarantees that nearly everyone will see your order form clearly. Using widths of 100% will work, but will produce elongated forms for shoppers with resolutions higher than 1024x768.


Description tag ... what is that?

The Description Meta tag defines the site information most search engines will display when they list the site on their search results pages. The tag should provide a concise and enticing introduction to the site's contents. The description should include as many site keywords as possible, but the main purpose of the Description Meta content is to convince search engine users to click through from the search results pages and take a look inside. Generally, the Description Meta tag content should not exceed 250 characters, including spaces.

Did you know?
Description Meta tag has lost much of its former prominence as several search engines have replaced the Description Meta content with snippets of body text on their search results pages.