What is Web Design?

Web design is the design of web pages , websites and web applications . The term also refers to web-based graphical user interface (GUI) design using images, CSS , and one of the HTML standards .

Some people distinguish between "web design" (the graphics and user interface design ) and web development , which includes "web design" as well as web server configuration, writing web applications, dealing with security issues, etc. Dream Designs by Texx Smith performs all these services and more.

How it Looks vs. How it Works
Since so many web developers have a graphic arts background, they often pay more attention to how a page looks, without considering how visitors are going to find the page. On the other side of the issue, search engine optimization consultants (SEOs) obsess about how well a web site works: how much traffic it generates, and how many sales it makes. As a result, the designers and SEOs often end up in disputes where the designer wants more 'pretty' graphics, and the SEO wants lots of 'ugly' keyword-rich text, bullet lists, and text links. I see no reason why sites can't do both, but it's your web site so I defer to your preference.