Log In · Register

 

Resource Center Links


This Month's Contests | Hosts Looking for Hostees | Hostees looking for Hosts | Big Book of Resources

Submission Guidelines

I need to learn web design
rickysaurus
post Jun 15 2009, 11:38 PM
Post #1


Senior Member
*****

Group: Official Designer
Posts: 339
Joined: Mar 2009
Member No: 721,527



I know next to nothing about wed design and coding, and it's high time I start because nowadays you can't get anywhere without being able to do web design. I followed a tutorial to make the website on photoshop which was all fine and dandy but when it came to coding it was a complete fail.

So that being said, I just wanted to know how you guys got started in learning how to code and such because I know there are a lot of coders out there on this forum, hopefully I can gain a few good insights from your stories, and maybe a few absolute beginner links would be helpful too. Thanks.
 
 
Start new topic
Replies
Maccabee
post Jun 22 2009, 05:02 PM
Post #2


Senior Member
*******

Group: Official Designer
Posts: 5,880
Joined: Nov 2007
Member No: 593,382



Yes I would recommend going through all the html and css courses on w3schools.com. It may take a week. THEN and only then! You should go to simpler websites and figure out how they were made. Sites that people on cb have made.
Like Gabi's site, my old site that is bad need of a redesign, wefuze.com and mikeplyts.com. We all code the same way, because there arent that many ways to code. For a website though, I would give you this advice. Dont use tables, and don't use div with position absolute.
 
schizo
post Jun 26 2009, 11:55 PM
Post #3


Senior Member
******

Group: Staff Alumni
Posts: 2,435
Joined: Feb 2007
Member No: 506,205



QUOTE(jcp @ Jun 22 2009, 05:02 PM) *
Yes I would recommend going through all the html and css courses on w3schools.com. It may take a week. THEN and only then! You should go to simpler websites and figure out how they were made. Sites that people on cb have made.
Like Gabi's site, my old site that is bad need of a redesign, wefuze.com and mikeplyts.com. We all code the same way, because there arent that many ways to code. For a website though, I would give you this advice. Dont use tables, and don't use div with position absolute.

There's nothing wrong with tables or divs set to position absolute. I mean, you shouldn't do a whole layout as a table, but they're good for organizing content. Plus, my whole site is coded with divs set to position absolute. Maybe pretentious code snobs find something wrong with them, but they work perfectly for me. If you believed my site was coded the same way as yours it obviously doesn't effect the way my site looks.
 

Posts in this topic
rickysaurus   I need to learn web design   Jun 15 2009, 11:38 PM
emberfly   I'm still a newby coder. I started doing Xang...   Jun 15 2009, 11:40 PM
Mikeplyts   Yes, W3 Schools should help you a lot with coding....   Jun 16 2009, 01:32 AM
xzkdxrawrx   Try getting an existing layout and pull it apart t...   Jun 17 2009, 09:04 AM
TheOn3LeftBehind   QUOTE(xzkdxrawrx @ Jun 17 2009, 09:04 AM)...   Jun 22 2009, 04:00 PM
theerinkal   I started with neopets.com when they didn't ha...   Jun 17 2009, 10:17 PM
HeartOfPandora   I've learned absolutely everything by reverse ...   Jun 21 2009, 04:23 PM
rickysaurus   Thanks for the help everyone, I'll start off w...   Jun 21 2009, 04:25 PM
jcp   Yes I would recommend going through all the html a...   Jun 22 2009, 05:02 PM
Mikeplyts   QUOTE(jcp @ Jun 22 2009, 06:02 PM) Yes I ...   Jun 23 2009, 04:19 AM
HeartOfPandora   QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ Jun 23 2009, 04:19 AM) ...   Jun 23 2009, 07:44 PM
schizo   QUOTE(jcp @ Jun 22 2009, 05:02 PM) Yes I ...   Jun 26 2009, 11:55 PM
jcp   I was saying that those are good sites to look at ...   Jun 23 2009, 08:40 PM
Mikeplyts   QUOTE(jcp @ Jun 23 2009, 09:40 PM) I was ...   Jun 26 2009, 10:20 PM
1angel3   I started on myspace then I also learned from Liss...   Jun 23 2009, 09:29 PM
Buttsex   I'm entirely self taught. I learned nearly ev...   Jun 26 2009, 10:35 PM
jcp   When I was learning web design, I looked at your w...   Jun 26 2009, 11:58 PM
8282designs   I use Tizag for tutorials on like php, html, and ...   Jul 3 2009, 09:37 PM
PaigeTurner   What is this, you can't get anywhere without k...   Jul 4 2009, 02:29 PM
RealArtDesigns   well paige turner is saying the true if you dont e...   Jul 5 2009, 07:15 AM
rickysaurus   This is really hard shit... I don't understand...   Jul 12 2009, 03:08 PM
IWontRapeYou   lol really? CSS and HTML are easy once you get use...   Jul 12 2009, 03:16 PM
Mikeplyts   Yeah, it can't be that hard. Don't give up...   Jul 12 2009, 03:18 PM
rickysaurus   Well, what program do you guys use to write codes?...   Jul 12 2009, 04:09 PM
Mikeplyts   No, I code by, um, "memory". Hold on,...   Jul 12 2009, 04:12 PM
rickysaurus   I feel really really really dumb. How can I not ge...   Jul 17 2009, 02:38 AM
jcp   QUOTE(rickysaurus @ Jul 17 2009, 02:38 AM...   Jul 17 2009, 06:37 PM
Buttsex   Most people don't get it.   Jul 17 2009, 02:51 AM
elletricity   It took me a couple years to really understand cod...   Jul 17 2009, 06:27 PM
AutumnSunsets   i do only website layouts and designs, simple to ...   Jul 17 2009, 06:33 PM
IWontRapeYou   I don't know. You guys make it seem way more c...   Jul 17 2009, 06:40 PM
jcp   QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Jul 17 2009, 06:40 P...   Jul 17 2009, 06:40 PM
Meimiko   Web design/coding/development are all very very br...   Jul 17 2009, 06:49 PM


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: