It was a rainy day back in 2001, I was busy in doing college work. My grandfather called me and asked me to arrange A+ blood group for his neighbor lady. I contacted my friends in college but unfortunately unable to arrange blood for that poor lady.

and she died during her operation

It could be a common news for someone, but for me it was disturbing. I should do something, I started to think and then I came up with the idea of creating PAKBLOOD.

First I started it in ASP, then moved to PHP. The domain was registered back in 2002. From its start till now there had been many changes to its work flow and logic.

Define Programming Languages

First select a programming environment to work on, the coder must know the limitations, cons and pros of the language, and must know how to use the language. If he don’t know what can be done with this programming language it is useless to use the language.

Look for already done code / libraries / classes

Check the codebase for already created code / libraries / classes to use them in the new projects and to improve the project’s coding. If codebase don’t have the functions and classes which you are seeking for, create your own files and classes to store the functions or group of functions, as they will keep the specific code separate from the original code, and also can be re-used, in any other website for the same functionality.

Finalize the Design and CSS before you go for real coding.

For small projects or simple HTML pages, finalizing the design and CSS before development of the website will save time of development, and for large projects, although it is not possible in some cases that we get a design completed with all the CSS needed, as we may need new elements and CSS classes as we proceed developing the website. But it is wise to complete as much design and CSS elements as possible before starting the development, as this will save the time in future. Read More…

File Names

1. Keep File names short
2. If necessary use abbreviations. e.g.
   • Management = MGT
   • Accounting = ACTG
   • Market = MKT
   • Dynamic Online Systems = DOS
   • Microsoft = MS
   • Etc.
3. Use Date in the document name. (Only for individual files, which are not linked like webpages). i.e. dosstationary-21-02-2001, dosstationary(21-02-2001).
4. Keep file names bellow 27 characters.
5. Use same text case (lower / upper) for the files in a same folder. Preferred to keep all the files in lower case.
6. Don’t use underscores, spaces etc. in file names.
7. If you need to break the rule, be consistent about it.

Folder Structure

1. Keep names short
2. Nest folders within folders
   
3. Separate ongoing and completed work
4. Store like with like. (same file type in a separate folder, like all images in one folder for a project)

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NOTE: This information is gathered from different sources over internet few days back, and i dont remember the sources yet. Copyrighted material is belongs to the actual owner, and i don’t own this information.

Web Design Guidelines

-          Web Designs can be created in any designing application, as it is not necessary to use the vectors or the simple jpegs.

-          Best approach for creating web designs is to work on Adobe Photoshop, as it is easy to maintain the layers.

-          Important to note that we should aim for less download time for the all the pages.

-          Use the image format according to requirements in this order. JPEG, GIF, and PNG as last.

-          Gather the information for the website layout from the client.

Web Page Template

-          Select a design theme and pattern

-          All images and layouts should be 72 DPI and use the RGB colorspace.

-          Include a site color palette example with the layout. Below is an example of a color palette. When creating a webpage layout, knock up the design grid first in Illustrator, then a color palette on a hidden layer for fast color selection.

-          Keep site consistent throughout. Don’t have a different background color on every page, or a different navigation scheme. Try to have at least one small icon or logo on every page on your site, somewhere at the top preferably, so that people will know they are still at your site. Read More…

Information Gathering

-          Have client sent the information?

-          Is this information is sufficient?

-          If not, what information is required?

• Number of Designs to present
• Color range
• Sample / benchmarks which client is interested in
• Other…

-          Finalizing the information

• How many Designs to be sent
• Print Design includes (Stationary, cards, letter head, logo, billboard, etc…)
• Sizes of the printings

-          Send the finalized information to client for approval

Tasking

-          Dividing work in smaller tasks

-          Write all tasks with each and every detail

-          Provide reference materials and samples

-          Allocate Time durations for each task

-          Allocate resources (who is going to do which task)

-          Create a timeline for 1^st draft

-          Inform client about the 1^st draft’s time line

-          Compile a MS Project file or DOT PROJECT for tracking the tasks Read More…

NOTE: This information is gathered from different sources over internet few days back, and i dont remember the sources yet. Copyrighted material is belongs to the actual owner, and i dont own this information.

Design Guidelines

-          What Formats to Work on

• Artwork designed in Corel Draw 12 with fonts converted to curves or InDesign CS3 with fonts converted are preferred. Be aware though that jpegs and tiffs are images vs. vectors which are used in drawing programs such as InDesign and Corel Draw.

-          Page Size & Layout

• When designing your artwork, create a single file in your layout program for all your pages (do not create a new file for each page). While designing, make your page size that of the final trim size, do not insert “crop marks” or “printer’s marks”.
• Prepare vector art, such as a company logo, in a Draw program like Illustrator, CorelDraw or Freehand. Save these images as EPS files and import them into the page layout.
• If you want graphic objects or backgrounds to print to the edge of the page, these should be made to extend 3mm beyond the edge of the page in the layout. This is called bleed. The overlapping 3mm will be trimmed off, but if it’s not there in the first place, slight inaccuracies in cutting could leave a thin white border along one or more edges of the page.
• Keep all the text and pictures that do not bleed at least 5mm away from your trim size or fold lines on each side (in business cards bookmarks and Greeting Cards, this can be reduced to 2mm).
• The table below sets out some of our products with their trim size (finished size) bleed size and text frame (text margin). For any layouts not included in this table, just use the guidelines above or send us a mail and we will help you set up the margins. Read More…