Web Design

[DEADEYES]

Hello there,
I want to learn web design , but I don't know where is to start , and what will I learn , can anyone provide me some experiences or give me some hint , such as program , book , ....? :D Thanks.

[DocEvi1]

hmmm, I remember someone asking the same very question not to long ago, and I posted replies......but I can't find the thread :rolleyes:
Nevermind I will give the same advice again:
Use a WYSIWYG editor (such as Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Hot Dog, Arachnophillia (probably spelt wrong :D)...) to create the pages. HTML is not hard by any stretch of the imagination, but getting used to any programming language takes some time and the ability to learn and remember (something some people (like my mother :mad:) can't grasp) is very important.
In my opinon, working through a book, website tutorial with no end in sight, or no project to work on is pointless. You don't really know what you need/want to know hence learning is difficult.

The most important part of web-design isn't the flashy design but good quality coding that follows many of the un-written standards. By this I mean pages load under 15seconds, total size isn't more than x Kb....this in my opinon is why good quality HTML coders are far superior to good quality WYSIWYG editor users. I have seen some great looking sites which have been made in Fireworks and transfer to the internet using Dreamweaver; the coding must be the worst I have ever seen, ever.

learn HTML properly (i.e. follow a WYSIWYG editor to learn the basics and the specific piece of code you need, but ultimately learn HTML through Notepad or similar) and you will be able to produce much higher standards of web page.

I ain't going to re-read this, so sorry for any spelllling (:D) mistakes or bad grammar.

Stefan

[qball]

I want to learn web design , but I don't know where is to start


Actually, I think you do... You 'surf' the web and probably know of some well designed sites, perhaps even this one...

But first, what do you mean by 'web design'.

Is it how the page displays in a browser?
Is it how the site navigates?
Is it how the page is 'assembled' and sent to browser (client/server)?

Back in the day, all there really was was HTML and it is pretty easy. But now, you still have HTML, but you have DHTML and CSS and XML and scripting (javascript, vbscript, jscript, PHP, Python, PERL)... For example, this page, View menu, source.

aye carumba, if I didn't know what all this was, it would be gobblygook.

So:
HTML, just the basics and learn well.
Then CSS/XML, as these enhance the basic HTML.
Then a big leap to scripting as you will now need some programming abilities. Scripting comes in 2 forms, client and server-side. Client, basically enhances the HTML/browser. Server, generally performs app logic and returns HTML to browser.

Good luck, a lot to learn, but should be fun.