The start of web design was pretty dark as screens were black and only few monochrome pixels lived therein. Only few symbols and tabulations were used to make designs. Then the Wild West Era of tables came where Graphic User interface became the main approach for surfing the web. The birth of browsers displaying images was the initial step into web design. The concept of tables that already existed in HTML was the closest option available to structure information so it remained a popular method to design the web for quite some time. During the browser wars of 1996 and 1999, Netscape and Microsoft fought to gain ultimate browser dominance.
The browser wars lead to many positive creations as HTML, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets. These emerging new technologies helped web design to evolve rapidly.
Today web designing has become a large part of people’s everyday lives. It is really hard to imagine web without animated graphics, different styles of typography, music and background.
Many freelance employment opportunities have been opened with the evolution of internet. These online freelance market places are websites that match buyers and sellers of services that are available on the internet.
Freelance web designing is a career that is based on doing work by learning. It is for people who want to design websites without relying on management systems. You can run your own web design business from home and can make exceptionally good money. In order to succeed in this competitive market place you have to offer premium services to the best type of well-paying clients. A freelance web designer does not only focus on creating a noticeable web design but also manages all the things that combine to form a successful business.
The basic role of web designer entails one to employ various skill sets in the production and maintenance of websites. To provide good quality work, you need to have a perfect grip at interface design, graphic design, using standardized codes and proprietary software and search engine optimization.
These are merely enablers that help any web designer to get the jobs done but the real art that one must have, lies in the aesthetic sense and the ability to empathize with the audience in order to deliver an enhanced web viewing. With the ever evolving technology, web designs based on these technologies also need to be redefined with every evolutionary phase. Tools such as HTML, CSS, WYSWYF editors like Dream weaver, Graphic editors like Adobe Photoshop and Flash remain in most demand by the web designers.
A freelance web designer must have a good grip on the HTML, Java Script end CSS with some most updating software like PHP etc. All this reminds us that our daily visited websites are being backed up by the professionals in this field. Freelance web designing is an extremely informative as well as a money earning process. The portfolio or profile of the freelancer shows the level of creativity. Freelancers get their training by working with various numbers of clients which provide them excellent opportunity to learn the work on-hands. This field is acting as a gateway into the world of online employment opportunities. With the passage of time people are becoming aware of the importance of e-marketing strategies which is proving to be good in the favor of web designing industry.
In Pakistan, web designing is becoming a promising career opportunity which shows its immense scope for interested candidates. To make the websites more appealing to the customers, clients are approaching freelance web designers to get their websites designed. Young enthusiasts as these are even heading towards designing institutes to become experts in web designing.
In September 2000, Pakistan became a member of AFACT at Taiwan and Taipei and was nominated its chairman at AFACT 2002 held in Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia. This reflects a bright future of e-commerce in the country for freelance software designers. They can earn a handsome amount as foreign currency reserves for Pakistan by providing their services in the online market. With the willingness of large number of companies and businesses to go digital, there is a lot of scope of web designing in Pakistan.
For becoming a successful freelance web designer, you need to improve your communication skills with clients and keep web design projects on track. From a freelancer’s perspective, web designers face a tough competition in internet world and here only the fittest survive. For that reason you need to elbow your way to the top and mark your presence with good projects. The success of a freelance web designer depends a lot on experience because clients are always interested to know about your previous knowledge. Companies have started realizing the potentials of freelance web designers therefore their future seems quite bright. And as more and more national and international transactions are undertaken electronically, opportunities tend to increase.
Pakistan’s online market is a wide canvas for freelance web designing and can provide a road map for the future. A freelance web designer must be passionate and have the ability to grasp difficult concepts and translates these into stunning visuals for the web. Therefore the freelancers need to evolve beyond statistics design boards and emerge as architects of a new change thus redefining the ordinary concepts of web design.