How did you learn web design?

I took classes to learn web designing ..... it took me around 6 months learn most of it ... ut i m still learning.

I realized that websites = alot of money so I taught myself.

I learnt about web design by taking a course at the local college. HTML coding leading into Front Page, my interest grew from there and I recently learnt CSS using various sites including www.htmldog.com

My next venture will be to increase these skills and hopefully develop new ones in some scripting languages.

Caf-Phil

I was self taught through massive trials and errors - but the learning never stops lol

I'm not really any good even though I run 13 websites. What I did was just take existing software and edit it through trial and error. If you constantly screw around with things your bound to get something that looks at least acceptable.

My first experience was with dreamviewer and a thick book. And about 2 month to learn basic tags.

I start learning from my friends during working in office. I have no opportunities to have time for web design class.

If I want to know how each programming language and web design code work, I will join forums and just try those codes myself.

And I have learned from a lot of websites which are designed in the good level of web design as well as view its source code.

Hi,
I use Dreamweaver for creating a website.It is the easier and efficent tool.You can take help from www.w3schools.com.

Started as graphic designer and later to web design. I am still doing and maintaining this business. Its going good and trying to make more better.

Thanks

back in 1996 computers appeared in the NY Pubic Library that were connected to the internet, I think using Netscape 2.

My 6 year old daughter liked looking at the web sites about Sailor Moon (anybody remember that anime/cartoon? -- how bout Biker Mice From Mars?)

I saved a web page about Lou Reed and brought it home to show my wife, and when I opened it on my IBM PS2 (6MB hard drive, I think 128kb RAM) all I saw was code - because I did not know I needed a browser, and I did not know the image files were separate.

Soon I got a GeoCities account (remember way before GC was acquired by Yahoo, when you picked out a virtual street address looking at a rendition of a subdivision? I picked www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6131/ which still works. I maintained a free site there for over 10 years and did just about everything you can do without php and a database.

I used a couple of wysiwyg editors but I soon learned that to really do stuff you have to hand code. I have always been interested in dynamic sites - my first web page loaded three pages in a meta http refresh slideshow and soon I was exploring dynamic javascript techniques a little before dhtml was in common use.

And php/mysql? I had just decided to seek freelance projects and I answered a gig on Craigslist about changing the colors of a dating web site. I looked at the source of the page and decided it would be a simple css job. Then I got access to the files and there were like a hundred little php files and I had to edit the inline styles on almost every single one to apply the new styles. But six years later (and we ditched E-MatchMaker for Webscribble WebDate) that guy is still my client..

Flash too - I was doing some php work on a photographer's gallery and he asked me to make some changes in the Flash part of his site so I did. This client has also been with me for about 5 years..

In the 80s I decided to be a sound engineer after completing a 2 year studio program in college, more music composition oriented than sound engineering, but I picked up basic techniques. I joined a film sound studio as a messenger and worked my way up to union sound engineer recording Foleys for films like Scarface, Rumblefish, Blood Simple, Silkwood etc. Then I also taught my self to edit film sound by working on sound design for an independent film that was shot without sound ALL the sound had to go in post The Way It Is by Eric Mitchell. Eventually I joined a small editing company and worked on Elvis 56, My Demon Lover and some projects with Robert Altman. I also learned video engineering and became General Manager of a video company that supplied equipment to Pee Wee's Playhouse.

I'm just a DIY kind of guy - never afraid to learn something new.

Ironically, after all this experience, I was recently recruited for a Senior Web Developer position at Time/Warner but the senior recruiter was leery of the fact that I am self-taught and self-employed; "This won't work" he said...

Well i am still learning really but what i have learnt so far has been self taught pretty much and forums like this one are also very helpful on those occasions when i find myself stuck on a particular problem.

This is a fascinating topic. Interesting the hear everyone's stories.

I started by designing a few personal sites and two sites for businesses and figured that I could probably do it for a living. I had several years' prior coding experience in FoxPro, Access, SQL Server, VB, and dBase before getting into Web design. I watched so many schlubs making so much money during the late 90's - I figured that if they could do it, I could do it to. So, 9 years later, I'm still at it.

dont remember how I got interested in it, but i looked at a web site, and then bought a "HTML 4.0 for Dummies" book, then "Javascript", and learned a lot (or a little) of CSS, and voila!

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I'm not really sure at how i got interested in web design. I think it was in 2002 when my dad asked me to make a website for our farm. I had an older cousin that had an html version 4.0 book (it didn't help much though)

Then I found www.davesite.com and it helped me learn by doing also w3schools helped to using the same type of system. Then I picked up css. I don't quite get javascript but I can figure out php, though I am still learning it. These forums help a lot too.

To build a site, well that takes a lot longer - mostly due to the complexities of plugins, sytlesheets, databases and the like. But given that some sites are just a few basic pages, say a month.

You can also try some of the online html tutorials.

I learned web designing by just uploading tutorials through the internet.
Now, I am teaching web designing in one of the centers of Infomatics.

I learned mostly through books and ebooks. I really want to take some classes just to keep me focused though.

Hello,
I learn it with help of internet and discuss with book , i think institute is not useful to learn it its your persnol efforts what you want?

when i started it, there was internet but was not so powerful. i learned it myself with the help of a designing expert. i did oapy him a huge chunk of money to learn. then i started taking up small works and after an year or so i was on my own

Learning how to design a website around 1993 has not been too easy than today, but I do learn that at that time. It is now fun all the way, difficult at first but easier as you progress.

Interesting question first I learnt web design as module in my degree. but my design was a piece of crap. Later on after doing lot of bad designs I could do some good designs. I think web design is not hard but it takes time for you to create a good design.

Please search on the internet, everything is available on the internet.See the other websites coding.

I learn html and css from w3schools and www.cssplay.co.uk
What did you search for when trying to learn more?
I search code samples, and design samples and from google i find cssplay!
It is a good site for css designers!

Now I am java programmer - i learn java from a book and with the help of a good friend which is teamleader at a software company!

Can anyone recommend any newbie friendly PHP tutorial site?

W3schools have great tutorials here: http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/DEfaULT.asP

PHP.net also has a great manual, found here, and a great function reference.

I have some knowledge and I taught myself that over the years, I would like to learn more so would be interested in any recommended tutorials that you guys have

Self study.. All you need is the push to learn new things plus some reliable resources.

I have been skimming through the posts here. And I found out that I'm not alone in getting into liking web design for unorthodox (if not, down-right weird) reasons.

I just wanted a voice and thought the web was cool, so when I was 8 I did one of the "AOL Hometown" things... yeah...

Later on I got some free hosting and starting making websites with Microsoft Excel (yes, I know.). Then I "moved up" to Microsoft Publisher before starting to do some exploring on the internet.

I came across the W3C and adobe.com, and things just snowballed from there. Today I am in school in the Web Development Technology program (and ten years older).

-Jared

I started in 2001 back in high school when I took an elective class in basic website coding. Basic HTML coding in manipulating text, images, links, tables, and frames sparked my interest to try making my own personal website at the time, just for fun. I was able to do that, though without any prior knowledge in CSS, I had a hard time formatting everything because if I wanted to create multiple pages with the same layout and styles, I would have to copy and paste all the coding from the previous pages and change each one accordingly.

So then later I found out about CSS and decided to learn about it during my early years of college. Busy as I was with classes, I couldn't exactly devote so much time to learning as much as I wanted to. But after idling for some time, my passion in website design and development has once again ignited, and I'm willing to learn all that I can to hone my skills in this aspect and eventually create a personal online portfolio to post up my design work. Hence, this is why I joined this website, and I will be checking back every once in a while to follow the discussions or to read up on some articles to assist me in my learning.

I learned with just raw code and Windows notepad.

I learned web design since 2004, my brother helped me a lot:)

I learned web design by teaching myself html and making different websites as a kid. As I got older I started reading books and taking classes to learn other languages.

Books started with sams 24 hours then just bought more and more books. Find it easier that way then if you come stuck with a particular issue look online, but at least you get the basics from going through a structured book.

I learn web design since I was study in my colledge, for about 7 years ago.

I owe it to my friends and also self study.

I learn web design online with tutorial on HTML and CSS, there is lot of website that provide good tutorial on HTML and CSS...

I was trained form local Institution around 9 years ago. I learned HTML at that time with Dreamweaver. And rest from various tutorial and forums.

I am a new learner, I love to learn HTML,CSS,JAVAScript....n I joined this site to learn more things...

A friend helped me to learn HTML,CSS and PhotoShop.
He told me what tools to use and everything.

I am designing my first project in dreamweaver, and now I am using Microsoft Visual Studio.

I first learned web design (or html) from writing for a roleplay game, known as Efed. As a child my cousin and I would write fake wrestling scanarios with marquee text, images and such.

Whereas my cousin focused on detail of wrestler, my posts where of a style and looked great. Once that website shut down, i started my own efed which was great. I then had to learn how to create a good website, i used a lot of iframes!!. The free hosting went offline, so i thought I cba with that.

So I created a entertainment website in html, was a big hit. So I purchased a PHP Script to help me run the site (which is where I started to learn php).. But getting back to topic, I learnt how to design websites Bit by Bit, putting bits of code together by copying other websites....

Later I followed tutorials and created my own, I was stubborn to move to css but once I got the hang of it. The designs started to look and behave a lot better.

... More detail in my biography, once im the webs version of Bill Gates.

I started off as a newbie not long ago and now I am a webmaster for a web design firm in Lansing, MI. I love it!

I originally made websites using Microsoft Word. However, when I got Dreamweaver I visually developed web pages, and then looked back at the code. This helped me to learn how to create web pages.

I learn the web design from web design course. And I also visit a lot of resources to learn web design.

i learned it from w3schools.com ... and practising a lot

Self learning, and some from google, my best friend. It's always experience.

I learned basic web design from school and the rest was up to me.
I read so many tutorials and online and It was a great help.
I also joined different webmaster forums in order to gain more tips and techniques from WebDevs and graphic artist.

For beginner http://www.w3schools.com is a very good site. I started learning from this site.

When I was in High School I am not really interested in computers, I am more on sketching and drawing cartoon characters then one of my friends told me that I can put my drawings in computer and create an animation just like some of the animated movies. Then I decided to study how to make a design in computer, at first it was really hard to understand, at that time I am also becoming a College student. I really want to learn about computers now, so I decided to take a Computer Science course then later on I shifted to IT course. I learned there in school and so far I am now working as a php, asp and java programmer. This link also really helps http://www.w3schools.com.

I have learned of web designing while I was still in college. Even then, I knew that web designing will have a huge part in the Internet industry which is the reason why I started attending tutorial classes regarding it. I want to expand my horizon in it since I know that its worth it.

I was a prolific illustrator. I wanted to show off my illustrations to some clients. I couldn't afford to pay any web developer back then in 2002. Actually I didn't even know if somebody would care to help me publish my works. First I joined geocities, tripod, cjb and .tk. I was not satisfied, of course.

I learned all those flash, HTML, CSS myself. I even created my own simple CMS only to find that I just wasted my time when there were actually a lot of good CMS on earth. I started to learn mambo, wordpress, joomla and finally fallen in love with drupal.

I learned web design on my own, just through online tutorials and forums.

I found W3schools.com the other day whilst using stumbleupon.
I had a quick look around and its a very well made and thought out site, I especially like way it has built in functionality that lets you enter hrml code then view it as a browser would display it at the click of a button. Great site.

Ive recently started to design my own stuff, usually I used pre-made styles, but the way I learned was to experiment. I had to learn a little html, php, and CSS. The basics are what are really needed, but after that I just put stuff together and experimented.

I first started when I was in college, I enrolled frfo an IT course and was so ineterested with web designing.

Then I become more intersted when I decided that I want my own site, I first started with blogsites and mainly blogging. Now I am into photography, so I wanted my own site to share my writing ang photography.

Takes the stress out of my system.

I have always dabbled in web design but never learnt it properly until now.
I started off with frontpage and HTML hard coding and played around with that but was never really any good. Then I discovered Dreamweaver but at first I found it hard to use but I kept going. I then picked up the Lynda training series and learnt more about Dreamweaver and especially css. I realised whether I liked it or not I had to learn CSS.

I then got into Photoshop, flash and other Adobe products. What I find it that if I don’t know how to do something the answer is out there somewhere – usually on the internet. It can take some looking but you can find it. I have never bought a book to teach my how to do any web technique. There are so many different ways of doing things – a book will only show you the way the author would do i. Use the net and find lots of different ways. I come across new techniques and learn them mainly by using online resources or tutorials like Lynda.

I started with notepad and then discovered HTML editors. I still use Dreamweaver (I'm more graphic orientated). I've built around 50 websites over the past 5 years - all static though with a couple of Flash sites.

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I think it was version 3 had just been released with a shiny new "Composer" tool. It was advertised that now anyone could make a webpage quickly and easily with Netscape Composer. Cool, I thought, so I gave it a try. My site was also filled with hideous patterned backgrounds and cheesy stock graphics and all that. It didn't take me long to get fed up with the limitations of Composer and start digging around in the code myself.

I started learning most of what I know just by viewing source code.

I learned HTML by reading online tutorials. I read a tutorial named "So You Wanna Learn HTML". It was easy to understand.

it's good thread to see our past:)
Dear when i was young i had passion about website designing. i go to a college i learn 1st of all graphic designing, Corel Draw,Adobe Photoshop, after that i admissioned to Falsh mx and Dreamweaver classes. now I'm a professional website designer:)
i used the front page when i was a kid:) it's 90s fashion using front page for websites.
Thank you

I like W3 but I need more step by step instruction from start to finish.

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I am a self taught web designer, I grabbed a book from the local library and started working through it! I've payed for help online over the years for bigger projects. But generally Ill havea crack at anything!

W3Schools is where i learn website designing, I was also have no knowledge of how to design a website but i learn many things from w3schools.com. You can also learn much from there also will be better to use Dreamweaver

u can learn web designing from many sites that are available on the net like w3schools.com etc.

I learned web design from just editing free templates I had downloaded and stuff. Also tizag and w3schools were both really helpful.

i was in college and had no idea of webdesigning..yes i used to use websites like yahoo etc.. but in college i installed DSL for my self for downloading etc..and started spending time alot on DSL thats where i started visiting forums for rapidshare or mediafire links of movies games..but in college i had a friend , i was very inspired of him he was too much in to his gamings and HD videos and Knowledge..i mostly use to spend time with him in college talking about latest games and latest technologies..through him i found out that one of my other classfellow is doing webhosting and earning alot from there then i asked my friend that what is webhosting i even didnt knew what actually is hosting..that friends of mine just gave me summary cuz he also didnt knew much about webhosting or designing..he was gamer and good information provider but not a designer..so i started doing chit chat with my other classfellow the one who used to do hosting,, he seems to real good guy..and almost was most silent student of class..in the begining of days i thought he is just a dull person..but really after having some talking with him..i found out how dull i am..i have no knowledge..ok forgot to tell he was the guy who used to bring rapidshare premium accounts for my friend gamer one. So i started spending some time with him..he told me how did he earned his first income by writing an article. and now he is earning Rs 70,000 + per month..i was really amazed got really intrested to get my self in to this feild.. i started searching google how to make websites etc started learning html then came to dreamweaver..didnt even knew..what dream weaver is.. he just gave me hint to use dreamweaver for making websites...and there i went bought cd of dw..didnt knew how use but trying to do something..
made site now how to upload? dont know searched google found servers..etc etc..and uploaded site..my first server i guess was of yahoo geocities..
i got more and more intrest in this feild started installing and running my own forums.. editing forum templates..started installing and running social networking sites..hence getting intrests more more..and now im here posting in this field about my self...i know no one likes reading other ppls whole..no one gives a damn..but was feeling writing..so typed it..hehe..

I guess most of my experience was self taught. I was never artistically skilled at anything until I started to experiment in photoshop and I practiced, practiced, practiced Now I make web designs and forum templates all the time, some for fun and some for money. I really enjoyed business and media art classes that explored web design more

Honestly, while I learned a lot about database design, web design and project management via my degrees, as far as web programming skills, I’m pretty much self taught. I have lots of O’Reilly books that I use for reference when I need to know a specific function or such. I like the W3Schools tutorials and {links removed} a lot but they can be pretty basic. I learned my ASP by hiring a consultant to teach me and if your director can come up with the cash this is a great way to learn. Individual instruction while working on a specific project. Frankly it doesn’t get better than this

Truthfully, I think that learning web design is one of the toughest aspects of internet marketing So I jump at any article conveying strategies to improve my skills as a web designer.

Learning web designing is the most difficult art in field of web application development. I personally think to succeed in web designing, you must be a good designer by birth. 50% designing is your built in quality that is inherited in you from your family and 50% is the thing you learn in schools, colleges, universities etc.

I learned web design from the internet and books. A friend got me turned on to it but I learned most of it myself.

I started 12yrs ago, My best teacher name is Youtube, Yes youtube, I want to thank everyone who puts tutorial as on youtube.
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I first learned Frontpage in school about 12 years ago, then did Diploma course on web design using Dreaweaver. Later I did php, asp, java. Now I am trying to learn jquery.

I am still learning and not yet a mastered the web designing. I'm a dentist ... yeah funny hahah but started an interes in designing my own picture, then became my hobby. Now i want more. I've met lots of designers then starting to ask them to teach m and learning more from online friends

My first post on here as a reply to a great thread!

I used dreamweaver 1.2 in 1998ish & purchased a book to show me the way. Built a site which is still live now. After a couple of weeks I realized I had to learn HTML.
It's fantastic the way things have moved on & empowered people!

In the beginning I started to learn html which I learned quite easily. Then I started to learn javascript which was little tough but I actually had fun learning it. Then I jumped to dreamweaver and all I was learning it day and night. I am not that great design but still I can make good ones.

i also will like to learn i got dreamweaver

I learn web design through web design inspiration from other sites and through actual experience. I like graphic designs and it is my talents and through that I improved that.

I learnt it myself. First i started reading ebook about Frontpage 2003, then i switched to Dreamweaver 8, and then to Notepad++.

I still design my site in Dreamweaver because it saves me lot of time, then i move on to Notepadpp for the rest handwork (like php, js, CSS changes and Optimization).

I learned mostly myself and took a few classes. Most of the classes I had were programming and DB stuff but I pretty much am self taught at graphic design.

I started to learn web design when I was hired in an IT company. Through that I started learning with a small HTML introductory course and tutorials. After that, I learnt mostly from looking at HTML source code and talking to colleagues. After a few years, books and web builder sites started to appear. My interaction design education taught me to think conceptually and I translated that to website design.

I started by using FrontPage, just as a hobby. I tought myself everything about computers anyway and this seemed like a natural progression. I quickly found it combined my love of design and creativity with my love of all things computer related.
Then I moved on to creating a site for a business. Now I create sites for my own business needs and run communities too.

There's always a lot more to learn, which is something I love about building websites.

I learned with my own interest using search engine, there are many tutorial and dummies are there. First it is difficult to learn after some days it is very interesting. Then i learn java script and flash. Now i am very confident in design.
Using search engine we can learn everything .

I started learning HTML in my early school days. I started web programming with ASP.NET and learned HTML with it also. I got lot of information from internet but not from books.

As far as I can remember, we were taught how to build simple webpage through notepad (hardcode) during my school years and learned a lot on my first job exposing myself to frontpage until i moved to dreamweaver. I used to look for tutorials online and of course google is the best search engine to find quality sites that provides good tutorials.

I learned in small bits, and now design a range of websites, from extremely basic to semi-full featured. Still not perfect though.

I am still learning and not yet a mastered the web designing. I'm a dentist ... yeah funny hahah but started an interes in designing my own picture, then became my hobby. Now i want more. I've met lots of designers then starting to ask them to teach m and learning more from online friends

I learn it online and some from the books.

You can search ebooks in Google and also some site teach us online.

I have two friends which succeeded in web designing
So they were my first teachers in this area
After finishing a two-year courses of web designing, I uderstand how profitable this profession may be

You can try a website call EHow. There are lots of resources on web designs.

Same time, yes..you can use Youtube as a guide.

To get started, you can try the website design software first. Can try Frontpage Or Dreamweaver. They have the tutorial how to use their software.

Cheers !
Vince

For live help you can also visit astrodesigner.com, that is good website, me too had take the help of that web designer.

Whatever skill level you're at now, you're bound to improve continuously at every stage of life just by learning related books and articles and applying them, if you keep an open mind and keep feeding your willingness to learn and take risks you do better than that.

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well design learning is concerned with developing too, a developer can learn it well i was working in developing some time, and i learned a lot about designing... there are different things in design, that it can be SEO perspective, the is the most important thing now a days,.. it should look professional, understandable, more easy to users and shouldn't have much flashing.

If you really want to learn web designing the best way to study the tutorials from w3 school, and take help of web designer or start learning and working on dreamweaver

I learned it by myself
yeah... It started two year ago..
First, i search on internet about how to make a website and found an answer: Dreamweaver.
so, i was look for 'Dreamweaver' book on the book store and learn it step by step..
It need lots of time to learn it, of course..
and now I have had two website:
B2B online marketplace and a Social Networking..

well I learned web design from the trial and error experiences , i liked the w3schools for the tutorials

I am a self taught web programmer. I am a B.Com student and I did my graduation with Commerce but in the year 2006 I was bedridden due to an accident for 2 yrs so all the day I was getting bored by sleeping in the bed, so I have given little interest in Internet and then started leaning about Blogging and gradually I have worked with Blogger's blogspot and started customizing the templates and then started designing its templates from the scratch.

After getting well and completing my graduation I have Joined NIIT and then did a course on Software development and from that day I have started learning different things. Till now I have learned many things and still in the process to learn new things.

Right Now I am developing WordPress Themes, Plugins, Graphics Designing, Software Development (Windows Based), SEO, SEM etc....

Thanks

I learned it from "Arena Animation".

Basically I am a SEO Consultant but I was very much inspired from my colleague who was a web designer. I started to learn from him in the break time and finally I learned enough.

learning-by-doing

I started the same way you are, by a teacher myself. I bought many books and have lots of research online to learn the basics. So I learned on the job. I found people who needed websites done and I made them. If I am on something I do not know how, I took out my book or turn to Google and find out how. I think that is the best way to learn. I was not very good at first, but now it is almost 10 years later and I have my own business creating websites. The practical application is still the best teacher.

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I am completely self taught. I started working on a personal website, learning HTML and other Web-related things by trial and error. Finally, I made a work of a small company I worked for, so have some freelance Web site design, when the company was under after 9 / 11 Now I am still working on web pages personal and do all the work for the site of the company I am currently employed.

I personally started when yahoo geocities first launched and used the templates.

Since then i moved to webspace provided by my ISP and now run a network of sites all run from dedicated servers.

You can get tutorials from internet otherwise you shuold have knowledge about css, photoshop, coral draw.

Lots of ebooks of designing for a new web site are available just refer to online ebooks such as wowebooks.com, computeronlinebook.com or either amazon.com for further details.

I learned web design through ebooks and CBT's and online tutorials.
I knew the graphics and designing in different tools so it didn't take me long to learn web design.

I am a self taught web programmer , i started to learn html & css from books and forums in the net then i found w3school.com web site , it was very useful for me
you can try it if you want to learn any programing language .

Trial and error mostly...I started messing around with preset themes and templates. Once you get used to modding them it becomes easier to start from scratch

Get a server on your own PC (WAMP for Windows - LAMP for Linux) Just do a Google search for WAMP or LAMP.

Then you can create and view as many websites as you like on your own PC without having to pay for hosting whilst you learn. Then when you've got a site you like and you know how it works THEN you pay for hosting and registration.

Hey guys! Any tips for newbies and starters like me?

Mostly video tutorials.

Practice makes it perfect. Video tutorials also helps and tips from master web designers. Never cease to study the art. Every year there is a new software, so you have to continue studying and continue to practice and never be contented.

m still a junior and on a learning stage now as i started learning from online tutorials available on w3 skool and also learning from various designing blogs

i am self taught using web resouces

I first learned HTML back in the '91 then i started to learn PHP in '95. But i think there is always something to learn dosen't matter its HTML, PHP or C, C++ or other programming languages.

-clonepal

Its taken a long time but i learn t web design by myself from youtube , tutorials and watching others do it. You catch on very quickly and its a lot of fun when you get into it.

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Hello, I 'm a beginner in web design, as a fresher right now I'm following only W3school and all information's getting online. Looking for a professional who can guide me and trained.
Thanks

thank you all i learned so much

thnx

I learned web design after a year of trial and errors. I learned many HTML tricks that I am now using on my website. My website can be admired at http://www.digitalundivide.com/

Good post. Well for my side, I learned by trying using html and php. But I had to design just the webpage for a private, non forprofit organization. And the exact details did not matter. Would have been different of course, if my first job would have been to design a commerial site.

I learned web design many years ago by trial and error. I was the only person at the firm who had half a clue about computers, so I did the website. FrontPage came free with Windows at that time, so I just played with that.

Hi,

Learning website is not that hard but management your web design project is in fact the main job. You will learn by experience one day but if you have good management sense and to make your life easier you use the best management tool then surely you will meet success. Though, a lot software do exist for management and specifically for web project management but to me Synergist is the best one. Have anyone of you tried it?

- Stella.

im self taught on MS frontpage about 8 years ago design isnt my strong point
yeah i know frontpage is noobish but still easy for creating tables and adding keywords and fast text editing as far as media goes it kinda sucks...i would like to learn more about adding flash players into my sites if anyone has a great idea im all ears

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I got started the same way you are, by teaching myself. I bought lots of books and did lots of research online to learn the basics. Then I learned by doing. I found people that needed websites done and I did them. If I came across something I didn't know how to do I would pull out my books or turn to Google and figure out how to do it. I think that's the best way to learn anything. I wasn't very good in the beginning, but now it's almost 10 years later and I have my own business creating websites. Practical application is always the best teacher.

Now is the popular JAVA programming language, you can start from this study

One solution, of course, is just hiring a good web design company and let them do the work of creating your site. If you sell a lot of products and require a complex design and shopping cart, then it is probably a good idea to let an expert do the initial work for you.

Mostly self thought via the internet and friends.

I learned by try and error - many tries and many errors to be honest. And it was a lot of fun!

if you interested with it .you read more books about it .

I learned my web design through free video tutorials on the internet. There's a lot of video tutorials that can change your life. So see for yourself, have a great day!

I started learning it last year and still I am a learner.

Well I would not say I am master of that but I used to edit some photos of celebrities for my client, while doing this I gained lot much knowledge of handling various photshop tools. It was really entertaining work for me.

I learnt web designing on my own through the internet

Hey, I WebDesigns and what I did was make some tutorials. There are those that show how to add some effects to text or how to make fire or ice - thse are good to find out what photoshop can do but (for examnple) and find tutorials as "interface design "Practice, practice, practice ...

I learned simple html from the web document, A Beginner's Guide To HTML. I also did what many other people did which was to copy the code of pages I liked. I then becaame part of artnetweb which was a loose artists collaborative and website, one of the first to come out of New York City.

I learned this stuff by doing practice .I feel proud that I learn these thing by himself .If any one try it may be he/she feel uncomfortable in the beginning but after some error you learn lot .

I learn more simple, will read more, self-study design check material

i was using notepad in my school day to do some html coding after that i move to Microsoft frontpage then Macromedia dream weaver.
for newbie w3school is best place to learn any web language

Hello, everyone
I'm a new webmaster and know less about web design.
But i know its an efficient skill when i manage my small games site with my partner.
I just found here a great place to learn more and i will go further under your suggestions.
Thanks all very much.

Hi, To learn Web Design you have to start it from basic of HTML and you can also find some tutorials online which are best to learn web designing.

Learned web designing on my own. When I was a first timer, I used to copy other people's design. But in time, with much practice and determination, I have created my own style.

How did I learn? I guess by downloading scripts from other people and playing around with them until I created something that resembled a website. I am far from being a complete professional, but I think I've come a long way.

What skills will help you make web sites that actually work?

Here’s my list of the most important web design skills that anyone who wants to make good web sites should at least try to learn:

* Marketing
* Branding & positioning
* Traffic generation
* Information architecture
* Graphic design
* Production
* Accessibility & usability
* Copywriting

i just learn web design in this year,when i dont know,i just search the problem from the google,usually can solve the problem.

Well it's difficult to tell. I was using internet from 8-9 years ago and got interested in web technology. After that I started learning HTML online by reading helpful tutorials. I also used W3School regularly. Then I learned CSS, PHP, MySQL etc.

Web design can be very important to learn if you are considering doing business online. Also, You can join personal classes for Web design.

I started with w3schools and learn web designing.

I actually got into web designing when i was in school. At first html, Css, and java scripts bore me to death but when I made a succesful and running program that's when it hit me. I love the satisfaction you get when you make something work on your own or with advice from others but still you were the one doing all the work.

I'm an artist naturally.

So, I simply put together things I like until I'm satisfied.

I am still learning. I like W3Schools and other comparable sites. Sometimes I would pick the brains of people from Digital Point as well. I also more recently found a really awesome article at About.com describing step by step how to do a basic three-column CSS layout. It doesn't have all the attributes such as body bg but it's a start. Right now I'm probably going to use that layout and find ways to expand on it without messing up the cross-browser functionality.

I learned basic web design from school and after i looked at our finished project i was so amazed that i got hooked. I admit that i'm not really good in designing but i am perfecting my skills and learning more tricks of the trade to further promote my website designing skill.

I started learning web design and coding when I was frustrated with some of the easy website builders. I didn't always like the way my sites would turn out and I was tired of using templates. I am still somewhat of a novice though because I only learn on my spare time.

Wow! Great discussion on started topic, I found a lot of information on topic here. Thanks to start it.

Humm. great tips, I have a friend (girl)and she is very much interested to learn. I suggest her to w3school also I had learn from there, yes she is good in Photoshop.

I have learned web design by dreamweaver

Learned it by myself. Have had exams in Java and programming on University.

I don't even know why it occurred to me to do that but for some reason I was able to figure out HTML and how it worked on my own. Then I mostly consulted coding references a lot and read site like webmonkey and web pages that suck to figure out how to do things.

I dont even know why it occurred to me to do that but for some reason I was able to figure out HTML and how it worked on my own. Then I mostly consulted coding references a lot and read site like webmonkey and web pages that suck to figure out how to do things.

I was always eager to know how website works, what's working at the back end of a website. So I started noticing the source of a webpage, hence I built a passion of website development.

I am very passionate about web design and i am starting learning it from myself whenever i stuck in web designing, i solved that issue with the help of my friends who are in this field and now i am an expert in web designer.

Web design is the creation of websites. This includes the information architecture, user interface, site structure, navigation, layout, colors, fonts, and imagery. All of these are combined with the principles of design to create a website that meets the goals of the owner and designer.

Hi, it was just through a love of computers and creation of my sites that I saw I had knack to it and it is just my thing, I love creating and designing websites and would not change it for the world! It is my passion, work and life and I even dream it sometimes

How did you learn Photoshop? Design and Graphics book I would also recommend sitepoints 101 Photoshop tips for web designers

These was such nice discussion going on here. Well, I am new here in these forum and the same in this discussion. The information shared here are all so useful and informative. I am planning of developing my own website so can you guys guide me how to I start building a website and what the factors do I need to kept in mind to make website attractive.

I have learned HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP at my home. No teacher teach me. I have learned it from w3schools.com. It is a very good tutorial site about those subject. And I am using xamp for php coding. Xamp also work on Ubuntu12.04.

I started messing around with raw html coding years ago my early efforts where very amatuerish (natch) - some say they still are.
Being a telecoms engineer, building websites gives me a creative outlet usually denied to people with soldering irons.

My tip for beginners is to learn with raw code - raw code pages are usually mean and lean - loading much faster than bloaty front page sites.
Another thing I learn from was pulling free templates apart to see how they work. Seeing a strange bit of css in a site and working out what it does and how it does it gave me an insight.

All these years later, I've now learnt enough to know next to nothing.

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At some point I made a decision becoming a Personal computer Science major. Right after weeks in the development class, I began teaching personally Javascript, then this month or two after, Perl. It is often any roller coaster since that time.

I do not know why my little traffic should be done to improve traffic

I had great difficulty learning sedign web, but maybe now there is enlightenment

I had joined an design institute in the start but it wasnt much helpful and so i started doing practice on my own websites by using Dreamweaver and now i can do changes even by using notepad. Dreamweaver is very helpful for newbies are still on a learning stage and its faster for experienced persons. Then i started learning Photoshop by editing my own pics

I learned the basics on HTML & CSS on youtube. A channel called "The New Boston". They have tutorials on most programming languages and other tutorials. Really easy to understand and learn from.

I was working in the office of an elected official and was asked to oversee the redesign of her website and then to handle updating of the site once it was launched. In working with the web designer on this site, I became very interested in web design as a way to give myself a creative outlet while providing a communication tool for my clients.

Good old dreamweaver and google!

Well, how did I learn web design?

It was a part of my syllabus. I learnt it in my masters. Though I knew basic web design before as well, but most of the web design I learnt in my masters.

I started to learn web designing through the university and also through the help of tutorial site. There are so many of good educational institute available there you can join good web designing course. You can also use tutorial site to learn web design by yourself.

hi every one

I do not have their own websites, if you want to learn it, only to the professional learning.

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Just try to learn through some tutorials..It greatly helps you..Try to create some own designs using dreamweaver and get tips from the seniors!

I'm not an expert at web designing. But I learnt it from my friend who is a software engineer plus a web design expert.

I found web designing really interesting. Unfortunately couldn't give much time to web design because of my busy professional life, but looking forward to start learning it again.

Learnt it in college. It was a part of my syllabus.

From friend.