How did you learn Web Design and how long did it take you to be able to build a site?

You can learn to build a web page in the space of an afternoon.





Building a site, well that takes a lot longer - mainly due to the complexities of plugins, sytlesheets, databases and the like.





But given that some sites are just a few basic pages, say a month.

How did you learn Web Design and how long did it take you to be able to build a site?
I am learning web design - i have done X/HTML and CSS i am just starting JavaScript, done some practice sites and built my notes into a mini website (off-line) but not actually done a proper website yet. However, i am a slow learner so it would probably be quicker for you.


You can find everything you need at www.w3schools.com
Reply:less then a day at www.blogger.com and i earn money using Google Adsense its awsome
Reply:There is no simple way to create a web site. As a person who has been involved in webpage design since the day of Windows 3.11 and Netscae Navigator 1.1, I may be able to tell you some tips about web site creation.





First of all you must decide your web site's topic or theme. You should work on something you are good at. For instance, you can do something about programming, sports and games, travel, books review, astronomy, health, education, any hobby, and etc.





Next, do some research by reading books, journal, info from the Internet and etc. Follow by designing a framework for your contents, get the main topic and subtopics properly arranged.





To start writing your contents, you should use a GUI-based webpage development program such as MS Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweaver and etc. Besides, you should also learn some basics of HTML so that you can customize your page better.


For MS Frontpage, you have to purchase it. However, if you have Windows Vista, you can use notepad that come with it to design your web page using HTML.





After you have done all your web pages, you can then contact a web hosting company to register your domain name and to get a web server to store your files for online viewing. you just need to pay a nominal fee. For example, domain name registration is only about USD$18. Offcourse you can register with a free hosting provides such as





http://geocities.yahoo.com/





You can view my web site that provides free Visual Basic tutorial to get a rough idea on how to create your web site. You can also learn HTML here.





My web site has attracted about 4 million visitors since its inception.





http://www.vbtutor.net
Reply:I started the about.com "xhtml lessons" and had a very basic website up in a week. The lessons are a little tough to navigate but once you figure it out the info is all there and fairly easy to understand.

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