Webdesign opinion

[Adler]

People need to start somewhere.

I started with notepad.

 

[sinan92]

Never EVER use dreamweaver please.

Lol dw I wont use dreamweaver I hate it
It makes everything too easy which causes you to not learn anything at all
I love working with notepad

People need to start somewhere.

Its not coding I just started with im pretty good at HTML and CSS
Design is the thing thats hard for me :/
I guess imma try to find some web design tutorials
Anyone who knows where to find good web design tuts?;o

 

[spikensbror]

I started with notepad.

Same, I found that most people that started out working with dreamweaver ended up re-learning most of all their HTML/CSS knowledge due to the program spoonfeeding them too much and using too outdated technologies.
Since Dreamweaver needs a new version every time a new standard is introduced. (HTML5, CSS3, etc)

 

[GlaphanKing]

I'm going to tell you like I once told some students when I taught at a web design class a few years back. Using black in a background (without pictures, flat black) is very awful aesthetic practice. The game itself is a bright and colorful one so try and reflect that on to a website. Black backgrounds are depressing and people tend not to sit on them very long.

Using bevel is fine as long as you don't go overboard or make the colors clash with the background.

When you make a web site or a template you should at least choose 3 colors as your base so you know what colors work with what background or table.

And for the record, I've tried every WYSIWYG and notepad out there. Notepad is the best but try using that when you apply for a web design job. They can and often will laugh at you. Dreamweaver, Notepad++, VS, and even EditPlus make for getting professional work done and it looks good on a real resume that you know your way around such programs.

I actually do most of my work in photoshop, slice it up and work in notepad. If I need to do some live editing, I'll use DW. The others I'll use when the client prefers it or I don't have access to it.

Don't worry about what editor to use. Use one you feel more comfortable with. I will say that DW can start to garble the code when using the WYSIWYG part of it so split the screen up to code and design and never design. It's a waste of time recoding everything.

 

[.dark.]

I as well started to play with HTML in notepad, then migrated to dreamweaver and kinda got used to it, and now that im using a mac I started to use coda.

I recommended dreamweaver because it has that instant preview (that you probably can find in many others) and now with 5.5 it has JQuery code hinting, which I find very awesome to be honest. Plus I like its color schemes for elements.

Dreamweaver does not make anything easier unless you use its poor tools (like inserting an element through its tools) which I really dont recommend.
The way I used it was as a simple text editor, with the difference that I could preview stuff wihout having to save>switch to browser window>reload, but other than that I just write html from scratch .-.

 

[sinan92]

Wow thanks a lot Glaphan that really made a lot of things clear @.@ I wish it was possible for me to study design too but yea unfortunately I cant so I guess Ill keep searching for tuts and asking other peoples opinion to learn from my mistakes which really helps lol

And yea true Dark Dreamweaver saves a lot of time with that
Btw notepad++ has a plugin which lets you preview your website while editting too ;o Its called "Firebug" pretty usefull too

 

[GlaphanKing]

look I don't want to discourage you from doing websites. I learned the most by doing it hands on. Keep pumping them out and you will get better and better. Your template is a great beginning for yourself. Don't take what I said too hard. good luck.

 

[sinan92]

Nono it didnt discourage me at all I will still keep trying to learn as much as I can and design a web now and then I will follow your advice thanks a lot ;o