Simple Site Refurbishment Idea That Optimizes Both Form and Function

There comes a point where site design needs to be touched up, or less fortunately, undergo a complete do-over thanks to critical mistakes on the first pass. User interface (UI) is integral to the functionality of a website, and aesthetic introduction is deeply involved in this arm of web design since that's what dictates how the interactable elements are presented to viewers. It all comes together in a nice little chain that makes up a contemporary website, but it can be difficult to find that balance between this and that, here and there, what and where.

A video was recently published by Steve Schoger on YouTube with this very complication in mind. By taking an already functional concept and refining it further, he's found solutions to UI refactoring that can help you knock out a simple site refurbishment routine in no time. He starts off by editing the WP Pusher website in an application called Sketch that serves as a drawing board for how you want to markup a site's layout prior to actually coding it. In this way, picturing the design that you have in mind is made much easier, but it also means that you have to manually code the site per the first draft. Your mileage may vary.

Steve goes on to divulge tips on creating an ideal layout and drawing inspiration to spice up a boring palette. He also works with concepts of form and function, showing you what usually works on websites that succeed and covering the basics of the form-versus-function debate that often bases the cognitive dissonance of a fresh web developer. He shows different ways to approach page design and why you may want to arrange some of the elements horizontally rather than vertically while contrast and color need to compliment — and complement — one another without clashing. These are basic tenets to the success of a well-structured site, but winging it is hardly an option if you haven't cooked the rules into memory.

The video is 11 minutes and 12 seconds long, and from beginning to end, Steve briskly whips up changes while explaining what's going on. New developers, give this video a look; it's worth your time.For more information click here https://youtu.be/5gdYHlYAKDY.