September 10, 201015 yr Hi I'm Jovialls Would like to say hello, I'm interested to become a web designer, but not pretty sure, how to work these out alone, would like to hear most of your fabulous advice and history. And most of the research that I've been through are not thorough to understand about it., Jovialls
September 10, 201015 yr Well google is your best friend on this subject but, www.w3schools.com is where I learned the most of maby you can chek at that website. Beside that maby you can follow an education as profesional webdesigner you get 2 types of diplomacy en it looks good on your CV.Going to start with that study in Febuari . Anyway, welcome to the forums and enjoy your stay and don't be afraid to ask something that's why the forum is here.
September 10, 201015 yr Author Woow thanks will go into www.w3schools.com You mention 2 types of diplomacy sigh..... which are these two? Jovialls
September 10, 201015 yr Those are Asociate and profesional webdesign at [dutch country level] HBO level.
September 14, 201015 yr Author Thank Guys It's been great and helpful of you to share with me, so much........... Recently learning to build web on my own I find it pretty difficulty to get the codes onto the action scripts just wondering if the codes does meant for certain reason or what could have been missing? If you guys have gone through this stage, is there other way to find out to track if it need a little check here and there directory. Anyway this codes were from the tutorial Or certain codes are meant for certain software only. such as flash cs3 not for cs4 things like that? Jovialls
October 2, 201015 yr Author Hi I'm here Jovialls Recently I read an article "How to Become a Graphic Designer", and that made me wonder if Web and Graphic Designer are a combination of both? or Flash web and Graphic Designer sounds more logical as the creation are of two different steps. If both of the assumption are not relevant, should Graphic meant only for printing only. But shouldn't it a combination of all? A question that I came across from friends of mine, in his company one explained that the creation of Web using dreamweaver should not consist of graphic or your web design carry too much of graphic? which you should be a graphic designer rather than as a web designer? Confused isn't it? so am I. Whether Web/Graphic is much enhance or rather Flash web/graphic designer? Flash web are more of animation developing? What could it be if non of them consist of graphic, than what graphic means to everyone? Only Content and no creativity? With 3 Steps to better understand what it takes? Sounds proven strategy. Step 1 Get Informed? How well informed can you or I gather, if a school makes changes in your course that you are applying for even when you are in the midst of the practicing classes. Step 2 Get Qualified? Step 3 Get Experienced? Or the step should arrange in Getting Qualified & Experience, where as the information in a school and industry have different approached? And choosing a graphic arts degree Or a computer science in technology Degree will provide you a solid foundation in web design techniques, computer skills, and business principles. The creativity alone is not enough to succeed in this field. You need to combine it with computer skills and business knowledge. Jovialls
October 2, 201015 yr Hi Jovialls, I am new to the forum too but I can tell you that W3C schools are probably the best place for you to keep learning the key languages for you to become a professional web designer. When you ask about Web and Graphic design, you really have to decide which one you want to be and concentrate on that for the time being. If you try to spin all the dishes at once, disaster will stike. (If you know what I mean) I have started just a couple of days ago to go through the HTML tutorial in W3c schools when I realised that their HTML exam is changing from the 1st October. So I decided to wait for the changes to take place and then finish it. That's my sugestion. Hope it helps.
October 12, 201015 yr Welcome to the forum! I dont think you need anymore advice to start web design lol!
October 15, 201015 yr Author Hi Jovialls, I am new to the forum too but I can tell you that W3C schools are probably the best place for you to keep learning the key languages for you to become a professional web designer. When you ask about Web and Graphic design, you really have to decide which one you want to be and concentrate on that for the time being. If you try to spin all the dishes at once, disaster will stike. (If you know what I mean) I have started just a couple of days ago to go through the HTML tutorial in W3c schools when I realised that their HTML exam is changing from the 1st October. So I decided to wait for the changes to take place and then finish it. That's my sugestion. Hope it helps. Thanks for your brilliant discussion, I may have to work really hard in order to understand the fundamental & its background. As I am confused now, and will take a little time to adjust to what is the meaning of both design. Jovialls
October 15, 201015 yr Author Welcome to the forum! I dont think you need anymore advice to start web design lol! Guess its not easy. Jovialls
October 16, 201015 yr Okay, first off, web designer or web developer? If you want to be a web designer, you just basically design the websites in Ps or something similar. If this is what you want to do, then you may wanna go on google and find out some photoshop website template tutorials. Web Developer is the coding side, as you are developing the (web) Design into a fully working webpage. There are a lot of different ways you can learn web development. You can use a wysiwyg editor, then look at the code and get use to the types of tags that particular code uses. Or you can learn HTML and CSS. If you learn this you wont need to spend £400 on a wysiwyg, such as Adobe Dreamweaver. There are various sites where you can laern HTML and CSS, such as Developphp w3schools htmldog quackit. Good luck on learning web design/development, Ash
October 18, 201015 yr Hi there - welcome to the forums, looks like you got a lot of advice about starting out - don't be afraid to learn as much as you can without formal tutoring first - that's how I've got to where I'm at and how I'm still developing - but as one member has said if you can get a Diploma then that will look good on your CV, but bear in mind potential clients will judge you on your work, not your qualifications, so get experience too. And all the best to you :-)
October 22, 201015 yr Author Okay, first off, web designer or web developer? If you want to be a web designer, you just basically design the websites in Ps or something similar. If this is what you want to do, then you may wanna go on google and find out some photoshop website template tutorials. Web Developer is the coding side, as you are developing the (web) Design into a fully working webpage. There are a lot of different ways you can learn web development. You can use a wysiwyg editor, then look at the code and get use to the types of tags that particular code uses. Or you can learn HTML and CSS. If you learn this you wont need to spend £400 on a wysiwyg, such as Adobe Dreamweaver. There are various sites where you can laern HTML and CSS, such as Developphp w3schools htmldog quackit. Good luck on learning web design/development, Ash Thanks Ash Will follow up your great advice. Jovialls
October 22, 201015 yr Author Ive just written an article on this. Here Hope this helps Hi RobertG I am getting more information and lot's more direction. Lots' of Lot's of Thanks.......... Jovialls
October 22, 201015 yr Author Hi there - welcome to the forums, looks like you got a lot of advice about starting out - don't be afraid to learn as much as you can without formal tutoring first - that's how I've got to where I'm at and how I'm still developing - but as one member has said if you can get a Diploma then that will look good on your CV, but bear in mind potential clients will judge you on your work, not your qualifications, so get experience too. And all the best to you :-) That's one of the issue, some times ago. A friend of mine just couldn't get a job with his Diploma, When the job concern needs at least one to two years of experience, but how can these works out to be? A graduate Diploma and internship - how many years of experience could it be down the road? Almost all company would takes in experience designer. Unfortunately, He may be able to present a beautiful piece of web design... on the other hand. He has no initiate experience to direct those design pages into the servers? Thats somethings strange about a course that is not taught with. Jovialls
October 23, 201015 yr Author Hi Jovialls here I have started off designing my first web page, and got a suggestion to copy from a professional web site or page to process with? @ Copying every detail a web site contain -------Tone, Colors, layout etc... one way to understand the basic function? Question ****** is should I put my design by sliding part & parts layout from photoshop and save for web & device? or transfer the design to fireworks works better or stay with photoshop? Question ****** or should I find a domain name to add my first web page into the server? If I should have one of these how should I link them by adding the link of the given domain name .com from the link path of my pages? Thanks gals & guys Jovialls
October 23, 201015 yr Hi RobertG I am getting more information and lot's more direction. Lots' of Lot's of Thanks.......... Jovialls Your welcome
October 23, 201015 yr Thanks Ash Will follow up your great advice. Jovialls You're welcome buddy, hope you the best in whatever one you do
January 13, 201115 yr Author Hi Everyone Having been able to communicate much recently, Looking to hear from all on board soon. Jovialls
January 13, 201115 yr Hi Everyone Having been able to communicate much recently, Looking to hear from all on board soon. Jovialls This is a looooooong road, and you need to stay inspired while on it, otherwise you will give up or not learn as much as you could. The biggest thing that i did wrong was to try and learn everything, and i never really mastered anything. That's still the case but i am getting there and i have acquired a good method of studying throughout the five years i have been slogging it out! It is really a case of "getting down and dirty" - learn by doing and make as many mistakes as you can as you won't do them again! I spent two years studying and learning from the so called 'guru's' before i could think about taking on a fulltime position. Just remember - a portfolio means more than a certificate or any other qualifcations, it's sad but that's the way the cookie scrumbles in this industry. When i first became CIW certified, i was certain i would be taken on at the first interview.......no chance unless you have a decent portfolio to showcase your work. Some people have already mentioned some good links to online tutorials, but below is a few that i always use(and soon to be writing for...he he) http://net.tutsplus.com http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/ http://thinkvitamin.com/ http://css-tricks.com/ All the best! - Neil
January 14, 201115 yr Author This is a looooooong road, and you need to stay inspired while on it, otherwise you will give up or not learn as much as you could. The biggest thing that i did wrong was to try and learn everything, and i never really mastered anything. That's still the case but i am getting there and i have acquired a good method of studying throughout the five years i have been slogging it out! It is really a case of "getting down and dirty" - learn by doing and make as many mistakes as you can as you won't do them again! I spent two years studying and learning from the so called 'guru's' before i could think about taking on a fulltime position. Just remember - a portfolio means more than a certificate or any other qualifcations, it's sad but that's the way the cookie scrumbles in this industry. When i first became CIW certified, i was certain i would be taken on at the first interview.......no chance unless you have a decent portfolio to showcase your work. Some people have already mentioned some good links to online tutorials, but below is a few that i always use(and soon to be writing for...he he) http://net.tutsplus.com http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/ http://thinkvitamin.com/ http://css-tricks.com/ All the best! - Neil Hi Neil Thanks for your precious time and words of wisdom. I, too had the similar fact that I am currently run down and pushing myself over and over again, to visualize and gather the initiate ways to tackle my problem solving all alone, and thats really tough. After being very cautious of what i should intent to input, and starts all over again. keep in touch Jovialls
January 14, 201115 yr Hey, Im not very good at the graphics or drawing, but I do a part time computer course. This way I can learn and also try and gain the valuable experience by doing freelance stuff. I can do the technical side, make menus put things in the right place, but I can not make good drawings. A good way to learn is to use the w3 website like others suggest, but also check out videos on you tube. Just remember everyone has there own way of doing anything. If your like me and like to learn from books. Check out the missing manuals series, you can find them on amazon. I have how to create a website and the css books and they are amazing. Cheers, Nick .
January 23, 201115 yr Hello Jovialls ! I think W3C is the best solution for this. Trying will not give you any harm.
January 25, 201115 yr HTMLGoodies.com is where I learned to code. There are many tools out there that do the designs for you, but it does help loads that you can understand & edit code where and whenever possible. Its not essential that you learn it all, just how it is structured and the basics should be a good start, sometimes the rest just falls into place due to intuition and trial and error.
January 25, 201115 yr Hi All, How to become a Web Designer 1. The Very First Thing Is To Learn HTML! A lot of places will try and sell you either on templates (Choose one of 3 lovely colors!) or a visual editor, such as Dreamweaver (which makes such a mess, even professional coders have trouble reading the code, let alone editing it). HTML is really a very simple coding language that once learned is very versatile and easy to incorporate. Please, don't be afraid of HTML! It really isn't as intimidating as you'd think. At it's most basic, it's simple plain text files with a set of characters that have a special meaning. Try starting with Elizabeth Castro's book, "HTML, XHTML & CSS. If you can't find it at your local library or just want a copy to keep, visit Duelin' Deals Emporium using the link below. 2. Find a good online tutoring site on HTML and/or pick up books at the library. There are plenty of great tutorial sites around but probably the best is W3 Schools - check out the link below. They offer - "Web Building Tutorials - All Free" and they are easy to use. I am a regular visitor to the library and the librarians laughingly call for the book cart when they see me walk in so I can cart my requested items to the car - but it's probably not worth buying a book on HTML since it's a rather simple technology. Once you've learned the basics, there are a lot of great references online to remind you of whatever crucial piece of HTML code you might need. You can also save specifics to a cd such as color chart codes, etc. W3 Schools have full reference libraries for any coding types. There are tons of sources though - so go explore! 3. Set up a practice website. Pick a subject you love and play with it! Seeing a site develop while you are actually learning how to make it can be incredibly motivating and enjoyable! Have fun! Pick something you never get tired of and you may end up with a site that everyone goes to check out! 4. Once you have a site that you wish people to see, you'll want to put it up for display on the Big Wild Web. For this, you'll need to upload your web files to a Webserver. There are plenty of free web hosts around - check the links below for two of the best. Just sign up with one of these great hosts. They have incredibly easy guides to help you get your files uploaded and your website up & running fast & easy! If you have any problems, they are easy to contact via their ticket systems and they get back to you within 24 hours. There is very little downtime on either one of these hosting services, too, so you can depend on your site getting up and staying up. If your site is a viable business, you should register a domain name for it and pay for a hosting service that offers a lot more services like bigger files sizes, more bandwidth, and a method for payment of any goods you may want to sell. 5. At this point you may wish to extend you knowledge to improve the look and feel of your page design. Learn CSS - Cascading Style Sheets - which is an addition to HTML, and coded in exactly the same way. W3 schools have some great tutorials on CSS but a good reference book on the subject might be worth investing in. Request tutorial books from your local library first to see if this is an aspect of coding that you want to learn more about. Might these helps You!!! Thanks Edited January 25, 201115 yr by sunwukung
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