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dear friends,
i just want to know about Web designing. how a person can start a good career with Web designing. i want to know what all things i should learn more to get enough knowledge and strong up my skills.
one more thing, how animation and graphics would help me. what are the softwares used in that stuff.
hope u all will help me out. :) :)
I heard from Capn Crunch that there is a high demand in India for skilled webdevelopers.
Perhaps you should learn php or actionscript.
First of all you should visit the new web-design forum right here on AO :)
next make sure you have a good working knowledge of html - then as Focmaester suggested maybe php or some other scripting....
software used in graphics - depends what type of graphics you want to include for most peps something like photo shop would do but if you want to get into 3d rendering you should invest in lightwave but be warned its hard to learn and pretty costly esp if you want such things as the sasquwatch (heh so not spelt right >_<) plug-in......or if you wanted to make your sites graphics more interactive you should look into something like flash 5 from macromedia
ther are loads of sites offering detailed tutorials on nearly every aspect of webdesign - just do a search on ol' reliable ;) and you should turn up in number of pages - and if you get stuck you could always pop into the webdesign forum here and ask one of us :)
hope that helps
v_Ln
hey friends, what do u mean by php and actionscript. can i get more stuff on this.
do a search for it on google -> search
v_Ln
well firedevil.... web is a great career ... to drop into.. but there are some talants linked with this job... for e.g to become a web designer u have to be creative and yoru mind should think about newer and newer designs everyday....
also u have to creat some really cool animations for your client's sites so that they like it and they look totally different from others.
well u can go for some gif animation softwares and can make a search at google.com
also visit www.webdeveloper.com for further information on web development and designing...
for web animations and graphics click here
hope this is helped... all the best... :D
intruder... :borg:
no no no, please don't ever use animated gifs, they should actually be made illegal in my opinion.
go see this guy, he is very wise
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
DM
# I was gonna put in a firewall, but then I got high #
Get on with some programing/database language some as php/mysql. Nowadays, the web companies are centering onto services and who says services means lots of data keeping. I believe that, soon enough, the design won't be what matters most but more of how the inner part of the sites work.
Take a look at something like Amazon/Ebay or even AO. Without those scripting languages, the update whould be a real pain.
/me panics oO - but i love using flash :(Quote:
I believe that, soon enough, the design won't be what matters most but more of how the inner part of the sites work.
v_Ln
flash is awesome
learning it is no that hard but becoming skilled in it is
try www.2advanced.com to see some sweet flash from the masters
PHP, ASP, CGI are server side scripting. It's line of code that execute on the server to generate HTML Code customize for you.
To answer your first question, you should learn HTML all the way. No with FrontPage or any program, you HAVE to know HTML and be able to create and edit HTML with Notepad. Also, check about XHTML. XHTML is a merge of XML and HTML to create a new standard for Internet. Check http://www.yahoo.com or http://www.Google.com for more informations about XHTML.
This is the first key, you have to know XHTML (HTML). Alot of people will tell you about how much the image on a website are importants and I agree but they are realy hard to do and the program are not cheap so I suggest you drop that to concentrate on XHTML because web design compagnie usually have specialist to make images.
Also, I realy suggest that AFTER you know HTML all the way, you learn PHP. That all!
you should also start reading upon art and graphic design.... the basic principles of design are important in a website. many of them lack style because the creater doesn't know design. it's not necessary, but it is great to know and makes the sites that much better
definately learn xhtml editing using notepad that will solve a lot of headaches before they even start. a lot of other editors arent xhtml compliant anyway.learning php asp cgi etc. is almost mandatory now if you want to stay on top.flash and dreamweaver are kinda nice but load times for slower than cable connections just suck. id pick up paint shop pro if your looking for graphics design. you can use plugins such as eyecandy 4000 bryce5(very sweet), and xenofex. i havent tried photo shop but i hear it is nice as well and these plugins also work on it. you can get psp at www.jasc.com . also visit www.procreate.com. you can also use javascripts on your site, such as no right click or removing the toolbar that show when you move your cursor over an image. www.dynamicdrive.com has loads of free javascripts.