As the web is considered to be a fluid medium, it is important for the blog to be viewable under all circumstances - with any browser or on any computer. Also it should look and function as close to the same way as possible. That is why it is advised to design for maximum compatibility.
Inevitably, choices will need to be made between compatibility and design. For example: whether to use or not to use flash animation as splash page. For it to run in all circumstances it is advised to test it extensively with many different browsers and computers. The work should be tested on both Macs and PCs.
Achieving a successful design requires inspiration, careful planning, and hard work. Besides this, of course, a few softwares are required. Here is a list of software that can be used for the various phases of the designing project:
Graphic Design
- Photoshop 7
- Adobe Illustrator 10
- Adobe LiveMotion
- Macromedia Flash 5
- Macromedia Fireworks MX
- Macromedia Freehand 10
- Graphic Converter
Web Page Construction
- Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
- BBEdit
- Lots of Trader Joe's coffee
Details Of Other Blogging Tools and Add Ons are mentioned below
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