Editing Web design (section)

{{short description|Creation and maintenance of websites}}
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'''Web design''' encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; [[user interface design]] (UI design); authoring, including standardised code and [[proprietary software]]; [[user experience design]] (UX design); and [[search engine optimization]]. Often many individuals will work in teams covering different aspects of the design process, although some designers will cover them all.<ref name="different jobs">{{cite web|last=Lester|first=Georgina|title=Different jobs and responsibilities of various people involved in creating a website|url=https://www.arts-wales.co.uk/different-jobs-and-responsibilities-of-various-people-involved-in-creating-a-website/|access-date=2012-03-17|publisher=Arts Wales UK}}</ref> The term "web design" is normally used to describe the design process relating to the front-end (client side) design of a website including writing [[markup language|markup]]. Web design partially overlaps [[web engineering]] in the broader scope of [[web development]]. Web designers are expected to have an awareness of [[Web usability|usability]] and be up to date with [[web accessibility]] guidelines.