Hi,

 

I am new to the forum and web design. I am currently studying Electronic Engineering and computer science and University and want to get better at web design.

 

I created a website last year on the domain www.chelseafc-news.co.uk but didn't get to finish it.

 

I think it looks really boring and want to make it look a lot better but not sure what software to use.

 

It has to be free as i don't have a lot of money.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

Hi,

 

I am new to the forum and web design. I am currently studying Electronic Engineering and computer science and University and want to get better at web design.

 

I created a website last year on the domain www.chelseafc-news.co.uk but didn't get to finish it.

 

I think it looks really boring and want to make it look a lot better but not sure what software to use.

 

It has to be free as i don't have a lot of money.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

 

There are many free 'web design' applications out there, for the graphic design and layout/mockup side I would recommend using Inkscape.

For coding I would recommend either Bluefish or Kompozer.

 

best of luck

Edited January 15, 201115 yr by AndyDesigns

There are many free 'web design' applications out there, for the graphic design and layout/mockup side I would recommend using Inkscape.

For coding I would recommend either Bluefish or Kompozer.

 

best of luck

 

 

Cheers for the reply.

 

Inkscape looks awesome and i properly have a look at bluefish. Do you know of any tutorials or website to help learn how to use the features in both softwares?

 

Also am I right in thinking that I create a template in inkscape and import it for each page I code up in bluefish?

 

Thanks

 

Tom

Edited January 15, 201115 yr by tom125

Cheers for the reply.

 

Inkscape looks awesome and i properly have a look at bluefish. Do you know of any tutorials or website to help learn how to use the features in both softwares?

 

Also am I right in thinking that I create a template in inkscape and import it for each page I code up in bluefish?

 

Thanks

 

Tom

 

Inkscape is very easy to pick-up, however, there are some tutorials here: http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/

They are not all related to web design but will help you get to grips with all the main features.

Also, try searching on youtube for tutorials for both inkscape and bluefish, video is often a much quicker and more engaging way of learning than reading page after page of tutorials.

...and yes, you would create a mockup layout in inkscape then export the images you needed to use with the html/CSS code.

For the coding part you don't need Dreamweaver. Just use a simple text editor and code by hand. It will make you understand ypur code and you will be faster when debugging a site. Just search for text editor on google./

Hi

 

I have been using Inkscape and have got some fairly good graphics which i can upload later.

 

On this website www.chelseafc.com, on the homepage where the news is their is a box which automatically goes through the news and i wondered how to do that for website??

 

Thanks

 

Tom

Hi

 

I have been using Inkscape and have got some fairly good graphics which i can upload later.

 

On this website www.chelseafc.com, on the homepage where the news is their is a box which automatically goes through the news and i wondered how to do that for website??

 

Thanks

 

Tom

 

Cant give you the exact script but it will be built using javascript, if you google jquery then that might point you in the right direction

Hi Tom, simply install Firebug and you will see how that was made... . Indeed probably some javascript.

Cheers for both the replys. I am using firebug now.

Hi

 

Thanks for all replys.

 

Just have a few questions.

 

I want to put a Facebook like button on the website and an RSS feed. Using HTML coding at the moment.

 

Any ideas of how to do this?

 

Thanks

 

Tom