Web design is the process of taking the idea for a website and turning it into a functioning website. It includes everything from designing the layout to content management and ensuring that the site is accessible to people with disabilities.
This process starts with research, which includes understanding who your target audience is, what they want in a website, and what they are likely to search for. Web designers then take this information and develop personas based on these insights. They then use wireframes or prototypes to create an interactive mock-up of their proposed design.
The next step is information architecture, which involves organizing all the content on your site into logical groups or categories so that visitors can easily find what they’re looking for. Once this has been done, web designers lay out their proposed design by defining how different sections of content will be positioned on screen, and how visitors will navigate through them (using menus or links).