Become a Web designer

I’ve recently completed one website from a PSD file to launching it in Wordpress. There’s still a lot to fix, but it was such a sense of accomplishment. I’ve never really worked with PHP before and thanks to the help of my programmer friend, he’s encouraged me to learn some PHP. Slow and steady as I go, I hope to fix the site up a bit better and move on to another site. I find actually building sites is way more informative thank simply trying to learn code on its own.

I hope to do a flash website as well to broaden my horizons.

I’ve taken a client’s design work and spliced it up in Dreamweaver. From there I did the HTML and CSS and coded DIVs. It was certainly nerve wracking but I managed to do it. Next task, learning how to take a design from PSD to Wordpress functional.

I’ve recently learned about JOOMLA as CMS, so I’m excited to learn more about it as well.

One thing at a time as I progress on my journey to becoming a web designer.

...but it’s all been in very basic HTML ! I’ve tried my hand at other jobs but nothing gives me enjoyment like creating a web site. There is a satisfaction that you get knowing that you’ve creafted something from scratch, all by yourself.

So, my new agenda means i have to learn the essentials.

Day 1: I have a book on PHP, another on XML, Zeldman’s book on web standards and finally a Dummies guide to SQL.

The plan is to learn the lot within a short time frame and then move on to getting accredited somewhere down the line.

It sounds a little vague and ‘all over the place’ at the moment, but as Confucius once said:

“Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. “

I have been working part-time as a web designer for my boyfriend’s (Dan) company since summer. At the moment I am just doing very simple websites for small businesses and doing the updates for them. I have also been maintaining Dan’s company’s websites. I feel like I’ve progressed a lot since summer and am slowly building up a portfolio.

I definately need to work on my graphic design skills and get good at installing programs such as wordpress and xmb message boards. I have done quite a few websites now so really need to put a portfolio together on my professional personal site.

I have also been blogging on my personal site but I want to start using wordpress on it and keep really up-to-date with the lastest web design trends by integrating things like my twitter and flickr accounts into it.

Later on this year or next year I want to take the CIW Master Web Designer course to teach myself everything properly and especially to learn how to do e-commerce. Now I need to make the jump from being a-girl-who-taught-herself-basic-web-design-skills-at-15 to a professional and advanced skilled web designer.

I’m currently studying through the Skills Train CIW web course. I hope to complete this within 3 years and start my own business designing web sites. My goal then is to work part time for my current employer whilst running my own business.

I’m posting this here to keep sight of this goal and to track my progress.

I’m currently on the first part of 3 modules for the first part of the course. Hopefully this will aid me in keeping my focus on my goals and ambitions in life.

I want to learn to do web design. I think I’ll start with online free courses, maybe get some books at the library, and see where it goes from there.

Going through high school I was very into making web sites. After graduating, and the years that followed, I fell out of the habit. I used to be able to write HTML, design in flash, and write some action script.

Lately I’m trying to brush up with my skills, and hopefully to the point where my skills may become marketable.

ever since i started my GCSE, in ict computering course i always wanted to become a web designer. I found it extremly interesting and fun to do :D

I am finally starting my online classes in computer languages. I can finally start taking the steps needed to achieve my goal.

I love writing putting tags around words, linking it all to some styling and seeing my layout come to life! There is something about the organisation and rules of XHTML & CSS that appeals to organiser / control freak in me. I need to believe that I can do and that what I create is credible.