Web design
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Web Design is an incredibly fun skill to learn - combining the latest toys of technology with the creativity of design! On top of that, learning web design is unique in that we can learn directly from current professionals who publish their techniques for all to read on their own Web-logs!
You'll find below a growing number of topics that we think provide a good foundation for any web designer. We're also working on the requirements for formal qualifications, so you can start collecting evidence of your skills towards a formal qualification in your country. Of course, if you have anything to add or improve then please join us and contribute!
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[edit] What you can learn here
The following topics have been ordered to help provide a pathway for you to learn the main skills of web design. Of course, you might deviate from that path - or create a new path!
- Build a basic web page
- Get started creating your own web pages and learning how to style them! - Build a small website
- Building on your skills to create structured HTML content that can be styled and laid out with your stylesheets (Includes 10 CSS Challenges!) - Developing a Client Project
- Applying your HTML/CSS skills to your first real client project where you'll learn some project management, information architecture and usability along the way! Now featuring the Information Architecture Challenges - An Introduction to Programming with Javascript
- Learn some of the fundamentals of computer programming (sequence, selection, repetition and variables) with your own web pages! Now with Introductory algorithm challenges and Javascript Challenges! - An Introduction to Dynamic Websites with PHP - Learn the basics of server-side scripting, including page templates and form handling. Now including PHP Challenges!
Each topic includes an outline, suggested activities and learning resources to help you along your way.
[edit] Topics under development
- Using the Internet as a Learning Tool - Start learning how you can keep up-to-date with the world of web-design.
- Design Principles for Web Design - Before getting too technical, get started with some all important graphic design principles as they're applied to the web!
- Emerging Technologies - There are some pretty nifty tools and technologies constantly working their way into Web design... start to find out about them! Now with XML Challenges.
- Accessibility - Start using the right practices from the start!
- Design Suggestions - Suggestions for Design resources.
- Web Design/Getting Your Site On the Web - So you've got your site, now you need to get it on the web for everyone to see!
- Web Design/Useful Applications - Make sure you have the right tools for the job! Here you'll find a listing of HTML/CSS editors both WYSIWYG and text-based.
- Web Design/CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
[edit] Qualifications
This course may help you gather evidence of your competence towards certain qualifications in different countries, helping you to identify the skills you need to demonstrate in order to be assessed for your qualification.
[edit] External Links
- W3 Schools Online Web Tutorials -- a resource for learning HTML 4.0, XHTML 1.0, CSS and scripting (Javascript, PHP, etc.) languages
- Maconstate Web Development Tutorials -- a web site with tutorials for XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, ASP and XML.
