Design

Make no mistake about it: Javascript has pretty much replaced Flash on every level except video. If you are looking to animate, hide, load, move or pretty much do anything else with elements on your page javascript is clearly the way to go, and jQuery is like the actionscript of javascript.

I hate to break it to designers and all the artistic people out there, but if you want to make money online your site is going to be primarily focused on usability and delivering content and answers ASAP. Sure there are a few things where artistic elements may be seen on the web like Flash intros, banners and some images, but the underlying core of information and content structure is a very non-artistic thing.

Rule #1: People go on the net for information (hence information age)

Update: So I decided to go back to my old design. I really liked the new design, but it was just harder to read through and navigate around in. I could see it working for some types of sites, but not this one, so I'm back to my roots :).

I have been super busy with building out my company, MarvQuin, lately, but I got a bit of time tonight to relax and create a new design for this site. Hopefully it works out, I'm a fan.

Building a Drupal Web Site can be a very scary task to both beginner and experienced web designers. I have been building and theming Drupal web sites for about 2 years now and during this time I have developed my skills and picked up a few things that I would like to share.

It should also be noted, that as with any website, good design is not just entirely graphics and typography and stuff. A lot off good design is a well-planned out site with useful features, lots of content in the right places and things of this nature.

You still have to be a decent designer