Web Design

Web Design?
Hi, I'm want to learn web design but dont have the money to do a course right now. What web site can i go onto to start learning how to design web sites? What would be the best course to learn web design? Many Thanks Hatty

Go to: http://www.how-to-build-websites.com/ Use the navigation at left to view lessons. I would recommend getting an HTML editor, if you don't already have one, so you don't have to do the coding yourself.

How can I become a web design teacher in a community college?
I want to teach web design in a local community college. So far I have my associated degree. I am also in the web design business and have been for years. What do I need to do to become a web design teacher?

You will need your master's degree to teach at a community college. It might be good to try to land a tutoring job at a community college while you work on completing your education. This way by the time you are certified to teach at this level, you already have some experience working with college level students and you may have your foot in the door. Good luck.

What web design platform or software can I use to design websites like iGoogle or My Yahoo?
What web design platform or software can I use to design websites like iGoogle or My Yahoo i.e. websites (e.g.homepage) that can be modular in design and blocks can be moved around or replaced by the user? The user has a choice of modules to add to homepage and decides what to add or remove on their web page?

It is a real hard thing to say being those examples are fully developed applications for the most part. To build the base yourself you would have to look into a web development language like Ruby, PHP, ASP, or etc. I would recommend PHP or Ruby for the open source community behind them. Then using a framework and MVC pattern to structure your code and make things easier. (i.e. Rails or Zend) Now their are a few open source platforms created already you can install, but none offer the complete solution really. If you want basic functionality and something easy to use I would look into the PHP solution of Wordpress, Drupal, or CMS Made Simple. You can customize these to do what you want with less code and maybe some prebuilt plugins but they will not be as clean or nice as building your own. Then lastly when it comes down to designing your modules and pages you should look at just using your typical design software from Adobe or the open source programs GIMP or so forth. Just plan out what you want your application to do before you being and keep that in mind while actually designing the modules. If you lose sight of the end scope you could box yourself in with a design that does not function modularly. Sorry for possibly stating things that were not needed but I wanted to cover most bases in case the information was not known. EDIT: I forgot to add the information about the Front-End Interface. Both those sites use what is called AJAX, which is basically using JavaScript to reload and send data to code in the back end to return results to the front page so that the user never has to leave his current page, if you google this you will find many resources and there are even a couple frameworks for this like JQuery and MooTools.

Web design ecommerce question. How do I set up individual accounts for each customer?
I am a web design student and I have to set up an ecommerce site. I have the shopping cart thing down, but I would like to set it up so each person can create there own login/account. I really have no idea how to do this. Can someone help me out please?

wow, that's incredibly vague. You should include things like what language you're programming in, ideally post some code along with the question. I'm not trying to chew you out or anything, just trying to help you ask future questions a little more clearly. That being said... Basically you're going to need to make an HTML form with some inputs so the user can input whatever data you need for a user. Also, you need to set the action attribute on the form to the name of the file that will process the information (php, python, jsp, etc file). ...

How to collect web design requirements from customer?
I planned to do web design projects at my own. I need to interact with the customer & need to collect requirements from them and I will design web pages for them. Please help me to make it well.

The most effective way to obtain the requirements is through interviews. Make an appointment with you customer and ask them what they want on their website. Prepare the questions well in advance. Type of questions: 1. Functional Requirements - This basically tells you what the website should do and how does it functions. - Example: What the website do? What is it for? What function should be there? 2. Non-Functional Requirements - This is not about the functionality of the website rather than it relates to how should the website looks and anything that is not in the functional side. - This requirements if it is not done the website will still function perfectly as it was intended to. - Example: Whats the website layout? Whats the color theme? What is the tolerable amount of time for the website to response to a request. These are some basic yet the most important requirements you need to know. You can always search at Yahoo! and Google for a more detailed design/software/ website requirement document sample and template.

What is the difference between web design and graphic design?
Well, I'm getting closer and closer to graduating but I'm confused on what to take in college.i wanna be a web designer.what courses should i take. i wanna make the websites i make interactive attractive and great and also have fun doing it. but it looks like i should take both web designing and graphic design or what ever.

In college I was a graphic design major and now I am a freelance web designer. After I got my degree, I went back to get a certificate in web design and authoring. It's great you are interested in web design, because that field is really growing, and many businesses always need upgraded, professional sites. Graphic design courses are great to take, because you learn about typography, page layout, and creative presentation, and this spurs your creativity. Some of the basic web courses are included in the graphic design degree. Most colleges do also offer a web design certificate, which enables you to learn the web tools and programs, such as dreamweaver, photoshop, and flash. Make sure you take a course on css, which is a must for web designers. Hope I helped, and good luck!

What is the best web design and development school?
What are the schools with the best curriculum in web design and development? The best one that I found that had both is Full Sail in Orlando. Please don't answer by saying it is best to learn by practice or interning, because it is irrelevant to the question. Thanks in advance.

hands down, MIT and all of those bigger schools. from what i have found though, michigan has the best program.

What's the best web-design program that I can use to design a website?
I need to learn how to design a web-site. I am planning to start this as a hobby and if all goes well, maybe even start a side job as a web-designer. What type of program should I learn? Is Microsoft FrontPage still good to use or is it no longer up-to-speed with other leading web-designing programs. What other types of programs are out there that will help me with website design. Do you think Macromedia is a good choice? I know it's a bit steep in price but I figure if I am to invest the time to learn the ‘difficult’ program, time is money, why be shy on one and not the other. What about Adobe? Do they have a web-designing software? Please share your thoughts. I really need the help.

Adobe (previously Macromedia) Flash, Dreamweaver if you don't like writing html, and Photoshop

What state universities are good for graphic design or web design?
I'm looking for good universities that offers bachelor degrees in Web design or Graphic Design... out of the united states and inside both work for me. State universities rather than private are preferred, but you can tell me both.

Ferris State University in Big Rapids Michigan. Cheaper degree, excellent university, excellent return on your educational investment. excellent new media web design program.

How do web design copyrights work?
How do web design copyrights work? Are they copyrighted at all? Am I allowed to copy ones buttons off their website? Or their layout or colour scheme? Obviously I wouldn't copy it exactly. What about modifying it some what? Thanks in advance guys.

you can copy the color scheme but you cannot use any of thier pictures including buttons. You could design a similar button of course. By the way, whether it says copyright or not, you cannot use thier images