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Web Design from the beginning

  • 31-03-2011 2:35pm
    #1
    Sir Vival
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭


    I'll have a bit of free time in the evenings and would really like to build my own website.

    I've basic programming knowledge in C and Java but apart from this will be starting from absolute scratch.

    My question is... where do I start? I suppose I'm looking for a website that runs through the basics of what's needed to build a website and a step by step guide of how to write basic operations. After a google search I see languages like css, html, php etc and get a bit mind-boggled.

    I have access to dreamweaver if that's any help

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Boardnashea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭Boardnashea


    w3schools.com has a load of fairly basic tutorials that will take you through html and other bits. Give you a bit of foundation.


  • #3
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    for absolute beginning check w3schools.com. html with css styling will get you a nice looking website.
    then php for functions etc.


  • #4
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    The first one you'll want to start with is HTML, it deals with the structure of the site and the content.

    Next is CSS, this deals with how the page looks (fonts, colours, placement of content etc.)

    You should probably have a look at JS then, although it's not necessary it is good to have a working knowledge of it.

    Then you work on your backend stuff, PHP is the most popular language and so there are lots of tuts online. MySQL is the most popular DB, good one to know.

    You don't really need dreamweaver, some people like it other prefer just using your normal Text Editor (I'd recommend notepad++).

    G'luck with it.


  • #5
    Sir Vival
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Sir Vival


    Thanks for all the help lads,

    am working through the html tutorial on w3schools as we speak.

    really hope to have a basic/decent knowledge of web-design and an actual site up by the end of summer, don't know whether this is a reasonable objective yet or not but i'll give it a go.


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