Creating websites is really easy with eMockups. We need to know how you want the site to ultimately look, and as we have done so many sites we have a good idea of the questions we should ask. We have an easy to use Submission Wizard that takes you through the steps and gives you a series of choices based on popular layouts. Remember your artwork will ultimately shape the layout, but you still have to make a few choices before we can begin.

Creating images for the web is dfferent than print. The colour space is RGB and anything higher than 72dpi is a waste of resource. With that in mind could we please ask you to rasterise your work @ 72dpi before submission.

The overall size of the art should not be in excess of 1280x1024. If you are opting for a part liquid layout you should specifiy this in the additional notes area at the end of the Submission Wizard.

>>more information: Run the Submission Wizard Now

You basically get everything you need start your web project. This includes the web container directory, CSS files, image directory with graphics and a template file for creating content. Specifically you get the following items as a minimum:

• a zipped holding directory
• a CSS directory with css files for your website.There would typically be a file for Firefox, Opera and Chrome browsers and a seperate file/s for Internet Explorer
• an Images directory with graphics taken from your submitted design. These may be either JPEGs, GIFs or PNG files depending on their colour content, gradient fill and transparancy level.
• if you opted for a Dreaweaver Template Page you will get a Templates directory with your template .dwt file and a default.htm file.
• if you opted for a Master Page with ASP.NET you may also get the following directories: App_Data, App_Code & Bin. You will also get a .master file, web.config and an index.aspx file.

We will put placeholders for hyperlinks so that anchor tags are revealed and coded to your requirements.

We will also put placeholder for Meta data in the HEAD section of the default.htm or Index.aspx

We will give you everything you need to get your project started. However as you would expect some items we cannot do for you at this stage. principally these are:

• Adobe Flash applets
• animated gifs
• AJAX/SPRY (or similar asynchronous Javascript components).
• any Javascript or non-standard routine requiring Javascript or other client side scripting tool.
• additional graphics other than those submitted.
• application integration of third-party tools.
• any meta data (unless supplied).
• any meaningful content (ipsum lorem text will be used as a placeholder).
• any analytic (data collection) urchins

This doesn't mean that these items can't be added later. We just want to get the base site going so that you (or your developer) can embellish it with data access (server & client) controls, whizz-bang flash applets or perhaps just leave it as delivered. The choice is yours.

You can upload the following file types to eMockups.

1. .jpg/jpeg (generic file format)
2. .gif (generic file format)
3. .bmp (used in Windows)
4. .png (used in Adobe Fireworks)

We only accept rastered images so that we don't get licensing issues with fonts your may have used. Exporting your art work to these formats ensures that we can't change your design either. The file size is smaller too which should speed up your upload.

If you are currently eMailing your art around then basically its not safe at all. All email runs in the clear (unless specifically encrypted) which means that if you are sitting in a coffee shop attached to a free WiFI hotspot, then it is possible (although unlikely) for your outgoing mail to be intercepted and copied before reaching your client. Same with FTP unless specifically secured.

This is the reason we prefer you to upload your artwork to us via our Upload Wizard in the Submission Wizard. This wizard allows you to select your art from your local PC or Mac to be uploaded to our site for processing.

When the website has been completed all artwork held on our servers is automatically deleted after 30 days. You can elect to delete it immediately by logging on to this site and selecting the "File Management Tools" option. This tool shows the artwork we have for you (if any), and gives you the choice to delete it immediately.

Our Terms & Conditions safeguard your Intellectual Property and Client Confidentiality. We will not share any project materials (inc graphics and text) with any other client.

As you problaby know CSS removes the formating of the HTML document into a separate file. In template websites this is very efficient as the style sheet gets cached by the webserver meaning that your web pages get served quicker.

Also CSS allows you to position items exactly where you want them. It gives back control to the designer (you) to realise your designs without flow or box alignment problems.

A website created by Dave Shea called the css Zen Garden is a perfect example of design over content, and the striking differences that design can have on a user experience.

Take this website for instance. The design you see now has relative and absolute positioning, multiple background images, differing typeface sizes and colours and floating div's out of normal document-flow, holding text and graphics.

This is done without tables, making alignment for curved designs managable and x-browser support possible. It's really the only way to go.

>>more information: What is so good about CSS anyway?