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Article #116: Becoming a website designer

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Are you looking to get into website Getting your first rung on the web design
design for the first time? This overview ladder is probably the hardest part and
is really aimed at people who want to it can be quite frustrating in the early
adopt this as a pastime or perhaps those stages as you try and figure out the
of you who are looking to move your technicalities. However, there are masses
career in that direction. But this is a of help on the Web, but I cannot
complex subject, right? Well yes it can recommend highly enough that you at least
be, but it is actually quite simple if get a reference book like "Website Design
you want to develop a straightforward for Dummies" to make things a little
website for personal use and you have no easier.
aspirations to try and sell your services Most of the HTML Editors are WYSIWYG
in the future. (what you see is what you get), so this
In my opinion, you shouldn't begin to will make life so much easier for you. As
think about starting out as a web your skills progress you will inevitably
designer unless you are reasonably start to look at other people's web
technical or at least you have more than design techniques and study the code they
a passing interest in the Internet. My have used to develop certain things that
own interest started out because I am catch your eye as you browse the Web. At
passionate about the Internet as a this point you will need to begin to
communication medium. One important thing understand how the code works and things
it is worth flagging up from the outset will begin to get more complicated. In a
is that web design can be addictive and matter of weeks you will be talking
don't even think about it if you don't knowledgably about Tables, CSS, Java
have an understanding partner! It can Script etc. You will become the 'office
become an all-consuming activity very bore' before you know it!
quickly as you begin to master the Finally, you will need to think about how
technologies. you will get your fledgling website out
So what do you need to start out in web in front of the unsuspecting public i.e.
design? Well for sure you need a computer on the Internet. You're unlikely to want
and Internet connection - your first tick to go and buy a domain name and a hosting
in the box! Secondly, you need some package from day one, so it's probably
software to 'code' your web design. For best if you check out what your Internet
starters, you can get all sorts of Service Provider offers you for free.
freeware and shareware off the web and Most of the larger companies offer
you can begin by searching for 'HTML limited facilities to publish your web
Editors'. Don't worry about what this pages at no cost and this is a great
stands for, as it's irrelevant. You will starting point.
need a HTML Editor to create the code for One thing is for sure. If and when you
your website. As you move up the website actually get to the point of publishing
learning curve, you will more than likely your work of art so you can access it via
want to invest in commercial software the Web, you will be glowing with pride
such as Microsoft's FrontPage or and fascination. I certainly did and it's
something like Dreamweaver. "So that's quite an addictive feeling. Then the fun
all I need?" I hear you ask. Well, it begins trying to attract visitors to your
would be handy to start out with a few website, but that can wait for another
reference books to get you started. day. Good luck!






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