Becoming a professional web designer is not as difficult as it sounds. With a little free time and a little patience, you can make money doing contract work.
Steps
Step 1. Get a good vector graphics editor like Adobe Illustrator
Creating images using vector graphics is the easiest way to comprehend graphic design. So spend your money on something like Illustrator or Fireworks and it will be a great helper for you. Inkscape is a good free and open source alternative for beginners.
Step 2. Ask how other web designers create sites; Pay attention to how the menu or content box is planned and then use these techniques in your project
Step 3. You will need to learn techniques in XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading StyleSheets - a formal language for describing the appearance of a document) as the basis on which you will build everything. rest
Basically, all websites are written in a combination of these two languages. A suitable resource to start learning is at W3Schools. Good books on the subject are also helpful. Step 4. For now, XHTML only governs the structure, and CSS governs the look of the website.
None of them cover any programmatic aspects. Of course, XHTML is sometimes thought of as a kind of declarative programming, but it doesn't address the questions of how exactly it is done. A good introduction to actual website programming (and actually programming in general) is Javascript. Javascript does everything on the client side (scripts that are loaded from the page and run on your personal computer) programming. It will also help you learn fundamental concepts that will be invaluable later when you move on to learning server-side scripting using PHP.
Step 5. Build dynamic websites using PHP and MySQL
These technologies will allow you to create a website for which you do not need to create separate HTML pages, but you can use templates to display multiple pages in one design.
Step 6. Build a website using AJAX and you can take advantage of the server-side PHP tools without having to refresh the page
At the same time, you will save traffic and will be able to create “interactive” web applications.
Step 7. To work on scripts without an Internet connection, install a web server on your computer
If you are opting for PHP to work, try http://www.wampserver.com/en/. If you are using ASP. NET, use IIS, which is available for most versions of windows. Step 8. Find some sample script to experiment with.
Finding a script that you will disassemble and analyze is the best way to learn. Try CMS systems like Drupal and Joomla Step 9. Start a project.
now with all your knowledge, get some kind of hosting and domain, then start creating a website.
Advice
- Web designers need to keep their finger on the pulse of the current trends in the Internet industry. They need to be aware of what services are expected, what graphics are most likely to turn out good and look nice, and how to raise the page rank for search engines.
- You should install PHP from PHP.net so that you can test on your computer.
- Try to get on the PHP path in programming (http://phpforms.net/tutorial/tutorial.html), then move on to something more advanced like Ruby on Rails.
- Register on any Forum. This will help if you run into difficulties (chances are high that someone has already encountered a similar problem).