Where to start?

[samuel77]

Hi

Well, I've always wanted to get into web design... I've become decent at creating them in Photoshop, and have been successful in bring them on the web, but only in the form of bulky sliced templates (basically a clunky assortment of tables).

I've self-taught myself HTML--literally. I only learned what I know now--encompassing everything except forms--from looking at website source codes and tweaking and editing to see the effect. I've been trying to learn CSS, but now I've been using W3Schools.com to learn, and some independent articles from this site too. (I'm actually pretty happy that I was able to create my entire journal by myself with no prior CSS knowledge).

After I learn CSS (or get proficient, as it seems not as clear cut as HTML was) where should I go from there? What I mean when I say I'd like to get into web design, I mean functioning websites as well...

Should I try Javascript? Is there anything that'll help me learn that before I attempt it? (Such as HTML will help learn Dynamic HTML?) Is PHP too big a leap from there?

Thanks.

[ryand]

I know this is an old post, but just in case you are still here.

PHP is not a big leap. In my opinion www.php.net has the best help I've ever seen for learning the language. There are plenty of examples for you to use and get a feel for how everything works.

Javascript may be a tad harder to pick up, but again you can find plenty of examples to learn from. Do a search for prototype.js and you can pick up some simple AJAX skills and add that nice buzzword to your list. Also search for scriptaculous and play with those examples.

I think the best way to get into web development would be to start with building your own webpage. Design something that lets you show off all your new skills. For me, I learn best by taking small examples and building up from there. Good luck getting started!

Ryan
www.teratomic.com

[VipDev]

Why dont you try a web designing software, like FrontPage or the latest version MS Expression web or even dreamweaver, you can do all the script work and learn at the same time.

[vannya]

Dreamweaver is all right.