Where to begin?

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Hi Guys,

Im interested in learning how to design web sites in my spare time but havent seen HTML since college about 8 years ago and even then what I had done was very basic stuff. Basically I am hoping you guys can point me in the right direction as to where to begin... What programs, books etc I should be looking at? Eventually I wish to move on to design a website to help a friends business, set to take orders online etc.... can anyone help?
 
I don't think you can just learn to design a website, you either have creative flair or don't.

You can certainly learn the basics of web development stuff places from places like w3schools, but with the design part you either have it or don't :)
 
Tilluss said:
Check out here: http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

As for programs, I tend to use notepad++ for all of my code writing, Filezilla as my ftp client, and Firebug (firefox plugin) for website debugging.

Hope that helps
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thats exactly what i would reccomend although would try to get hold of Visual studio express web developer (FREE)


Suarve said:
I don't think you can just learn to design a website, you either have creative flair or don't.

You can certainly learn the basics of web development stuff places from places like w3schools, but with the design part you either have it or don't
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dont necessarily agree with this yes some will always be better than others
but you can always learn the basics of a clean layout where to put links / icons / images / text
 
It's just like anything artistic or creative. You can teach yourself to paint, but you'll never match someone who has natural ability for it.

That said, there are plenty of successful web designers who aren't very creative. Just because someone can't get their website on a CSS site, doesn't mean they can't create something people are willing to pay for.

I would personally suggest learning the design aspect of it in tandem with html/css. Create a layout and then figure out how to build it. Once you have those down, learn jquery and then move on to backend such as php or c# for .net
 
suarve said:
I don't think you can just learn to design a website, you either have creative flair or don't.

You can certainly learn the basics of web development stuff places from places like w3schools, but with the design part you either have it or don't :)
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I agree. I learnt HTML years ago but I was terrible at design. Mind you I was always terrible doing art at school as well. You can learn how to code a website but if you have no artistic flair you will struggle.
 
ennogs said:
I agree. I learnt HTML years ago but I was terrible at design. Mind you I was always terrible doing art at school as well. You can learn how to code a website but if you have no artistic flair you will struggle.
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Unless you actually want a to be a developer - shock, horror!
 
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