writing code

[xirokx]

Hi peeps,

do you guys / girls write your own code from scratch or do you find it online and then edit it as per your requirements?

also when designing a site, header, footer etc, do you follow a tutorial and then adapt it to your liking or do you do it from scratch?

just wondering how the experts approach their "designing" and "coding" of a brand new site...

thanks in advance..

cheers

 

[xirokx]

do you think its "cheating" or not right if you use code from another site i.e. perhaps a tutorial site or someone elses site?

in work or personal do you feel less creative if you use code already written by someone else? surely thats not right...

sure you may know how to edit it but is that the same as being "creative"??

just wondered really not pointing the figure would really like to know what ppl think...

and also I notice nobody is replying to the second part of my question with regards to:-

also when designing a site, header, footer etc, do you follow a tutorial and then adapt it to your liking or do you do it from scratch?

to clarify I mean more about the design, colours, shapes, layout rather then coding here...its a two part questions i guess a) coding b) designing

thanks for your honest responses...

 

[xirokx]

so are you saying if I were to use code from similar style layouts I want for a new site BUT modify the colours and and some other things perhaps the menu style etc I should beat myself up about having "stolen" "cheated" by using next mans code?

i can see what you are saying about it saves time to do it aslong as you are not copying word for word and so making it original / unique to your idea...

what about the gfx part? would you say its "not right" "stealing" "cheating" to use a tutorial for the gfx in the header , bg, footer and main body or again as long as its differs I should also not beat myself up about this?

thanks for all comments so far...keep em coming

cheers!!