from a whirlpool forum,
Best way to start getting into web design would be to learn(in order):
(I say this because if you dont understand the basics of html then there is no point of doing dreamweaver when you dont know what the code is for something)
- HTML: The starting building blocks to web design
- CSS: Layoutting which makes formatting a webpage to a certain font and colour, and size etc easier-----------------------Any web design elective in a TAFE/Uni course will cover this
- Javascript: A bit more advanced on html which lets you create some more complex functions on your webpage.
- PHP: Even more complex then java, which uses scripts that perform functions on a website
-----------------------Any web design/programming course will cover this
- SQL Databases: Which php websites are integrated into. Knowing FTP will be handy with this also.
-----------------------More advanced, There are electives for this in TAFE, but it depends on how far you want to go
Programs: Microsoft Frontpage was originally a popular choice but now that Dreamweaver has released cs3, cs4 it is by far the better option, and the industry standard. Again learn doing html in notepad before working with dreamweaver.
Courses:
Seeing as web design is becoming easier and easier to master, many places dont offer 1-2 year long courses, rather short courses that go for a few days
So for TAFE i found
26410 Basic Web Design (Front Page) – TAFE PLUS Statement
19046 Web Design Skills – Statement of Attainment (NRT)
26078 Web Design Using Dreamweaver – TAFE PLUS Statement
I had a look on some other sites and found interesting stuff
Web production Course: http://www.seeklearning.com.au/dynamic-web-training/web-production.asp
PHP and SQL: http://www.seeklearning.com.au/dynamic-web-training/php-mysql.asp
Dreamweaver: http://www.seeklearning.com.au/dynamic-web-training/dreamweaver.asp
Introduction to html: (Ideal for beginners) http://www.seeklearning.com.au/dynamic-web-training/html.asp
With all that said, its really upto you on how far you want to go. Doing the more complex php and sql courses will get you bigger websites from clients and bigger bucks. But if your happy doing just html and css sites for small clients then thats cool too.
There is also the choice of whether you just want to design websites or do all the extra stuff, like do the hosting, setup domain etc. Of course the more you offer the more you can change.
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i found these .... important note - i don't have an ipad
us$95 (for the summit bag), us$80 for the 3degree puffy sleeve
"ethical" soft snake made by a self-managed community of women in bolivia, snake is us$68 made from alpaca wool
yummy velvet pompom pillows $49 from castle&things
