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Wed dev/design ... getting into it .. where to ..

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  • 15-04-2008 10:11pm
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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,993 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey .. im considering doing some college course(s) in web design. Obviously, there are different types of programs/software/code one would need to learn to progress. Im curious to where would be a good starting point.
    I know there are some courses that can be done online thru FAS and other colleges. But with there being so much im wondering if somebody could give me some points/input....

    Thanks lads ...
    GBX


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    I suggest you spend bit of time having a go yourself before you get into doing courses. A lot of this stuff is easily self-taught and most of what you will learn will have to be self-taught anyway.

    Use a text editor while you learn the nuts and bolts e.g. TextPad

    http://www.w3schools.com/ wouldn't be bad place to start

    Learn HTML (for general principles/overview only as html is outdated in favour of xhtml)
    Learn XHTML - for content
    Learn CSS - for layout

    Try to keep content and layout separate

    Use the validator tools at w3.org as you do the above to keep you disciplined.
    http://validator.w3.org/ for html/xhtml
    and
    http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ for your css
    use validate for direct input if you are saving the pages on your local machine

    then graphics and their formats for websites, then some scripting, then whatever takes your fancy

    hth
    \r


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    heggie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭heggie


    dont forget it's not all about coding, look into design theory, eye patterns, typography, grid systems etc. There are many great resources, a good place to start would be www.alistapart.com and www.markboulton.co.uk


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