Hi my name is Rob and my career is web design, I have a HS diploma and I've been in college for 5 years now, what would be some advice to land a job as a Web Designer, I have a portfolio but is there a way I can post it on the web? It's over 5MB so geocities won't work for me
Is there a way to land a job in Web Design without a college degree?
I think a good portfolio of work is far more valuable than a college degree in the web design industry. I have a Computer Science degree and work in web development/programming, and most of my web designer co-wokers have little or no formal web design education. Experience, in this case, is much more valuable than education.
There are many places that offer free webhosting, and will give you far more than 5Mb of space. This site has a long list of available hosting companies: http://www.free-webhosts.com/
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
What do I need to start a simple Web-Design business?
I'm a young kid barely going into college but need extra $
so I decided to build web-pages for a while. I know I will get really good at it after a while. Anyways, I have software and stuff to build pages. Do I need any type of Licensing?
What do I need 2 run my business?
What do I need to start a simple Web-Design business?
I totally hear you, this is what I did... actually do. You have to be four people.
First you have to be a good designer. This only takes time and practice and good use of the internet for free tutorials (I'd link, but I don't know what software you use).
Second, you have to be a good programmer. For some companies, this is two people, one who develops/designs and one who programs. The software program you use is probably 100% compatable for any programming needs. You'll know a programming question if it's "how do I get it to..." That too takes time and good use of tutorials. Maybe even purchasing some books on scripting language.
Third, you have to be a business person. You will need to do basic stuff like registering with your state, in Florida you can incorporate online for $85 (this means having articles of incorporation). You'll also need an EIN from the IRS, you can get that free online, instantly. You'll also need to do basic bookkeeping. You don't have to be a whiz at math, just keep track of all monies. Keep receipts, make invoices, keep copies of all checks, keep everything!
Fourth, you have to be your own marketing guy. You can do everything else great, but if no one knows you're there... Do some basic stuff like yellowpages, web site (should be easy for you) and that. But the best marketing comes from word of mouth. If you can, do some web sites pro bono for people who are connected to lots of other people and then you have someone who got a free website, you got a reference and practice (without the pressure of money involved) and if you're lucky a referral on to other people...
need any further info just holler, jasonherndon@yahoo.com.
Good luck!
Reply:Money and ability-knowledge
Advertising expense-Use Kinkos to copy
place ads in local free rags.
Business Plan
Your Local Licensing fees
The links below will assist you with ideas for the basic things you will need.
Reply:Just register at freelance website like http://getafreelnacer.com/ and start bidding for projects.
so I decided to build web-pages for a while. I know I will get really good at it after a while. Anyways, I have software and stuff to build pages. Do I need any type of Licensing?
What do I need 2 run my business?
What do I need to start a simple Web-Design business?
I totally hear you, this is what I did... actually do. You have to be four people.
First you have to be a good designer. This only takes time and practice and good use of the internet for free tutorials (I'd link, but I don't know what software you use).
Second, you have to be a good programmer. For some companies, this is two people, one who develops/designs and one who programs. The software program you use is probably 100% compatable for any programming needs. You'll know a programming question if it's "how do I get it to..." That too takes time and good use of tutorials. Maybe even purchasing some books on scripting language.
Third, you have to be a business person. You will need to do basic stuff like registering with your state, in Florida you can incorporate online for $85 (this means having articles of incorporation). You'll also need an EIN from the IRS, you can get that free online, instantly. You'll also need to do basic bookkeeping. You don't have to be a whiz at math, just keep track of all monies. Keep receipts, make invoices, keep copies of all checks, keep everything!
Fourth, you have to be your own marketing guy. You can do everything else great, but if no one knows you're there... Do some basic stuff like yellowpages, web site (should be easy for you) and that. But the best marketing comes from word of mouth. If you can, do some web sites pro bono for people who are connected to lots of other people and then you have someone who got a free website, you got a reference and practice (without the pressure of money involved) and if you're lucky a referral on to other people...
need any further info just holler, jasonherndon@yahoo.com.
Good luck!
Reply:Money and ability-knowledge
Advertising expense-Use Kinkos to copy
place ads in local free rags.
Business Plan
Your Local Licensing fees
The links below will assist you with ideas for the basic things you will need.
Reply:Just register at freelance website like http://getafreelnacer.com/ and start bidding for projects.
I'm a freelance web design and I want to incorporate my business? What type of corporation do I want to be?
I am self-employed with no employees and I work from home. Is an S or C type best for me?
I'm a freelance web design and I want to incorporate my business? What type of corporation do I want to be?
If you want a corporation, Type S. However you should probably just use an LLC. for right now. You can still file a schedule C for tax purposes this way....
Reply:Go to www.ex-ecutivedecisions.com and check out the FAQ
Reply:ditto to the first guy
Reply:The answer really depends on your personal situation. C corps and S corps have different advantages and disadvantages. Generally, if you are thinking S Corp. you might just be better off creating an LLC instead - they are taxed the same way, but there is less paperwork with the LLC. With a C Corp, there are certain things that are tax deductible, that are not with an S Corp. For example, health insurance. If you are an employee of your own C Corp, it is tax deductible to the business, and it is not taxable income to you. You lose those tax breaks with an S Corp (or LLC). On the other hand, you may end up paying less taxes in the long run with the pass-through taxation of the S Corp (or LLC) model, because profits (after you pay yourself a modest salary) would flow through to your tax return but would not be subject to employment taxes. Find yourself a good tax attorney or CPA and get a professional opinion based on YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION and ultimate business goals.
I'm a freelance web design and I want to incorporate my business? What type of corporation do I want to be?
If you want a corporation, Type S. However you should probably just use an LLC. for right now. You can still file a schedule C for tax purposes this way....
Reply:Go to www.ex-ecutivedecisions.com and check out the FAQ
Reply:ditto to the first guy
Reply:The answer really depends on your personal situation. C corps and S corps have different advantages and disadvantages. Generally, if you are thinking S Corp. you might just be better off creating an LLC instead - they are taxed the same way, but there is less paperwork with the LLC. With a C Corp, there are certain things that are tax deductible, that are not with an S Corp. For example, health insurance. If you are an employee of your own C Corp, it is tax deductible to the business, and it is not taxable income to you. You lose those tax breaks with an S Corp (or LLC). On the other hand, you may end up paying less taxes in the long run with the pass-through taxation of the S Corp (or LLC) model, because profits (after you pay yourself a modest salary) would flow through to your tax return but would not be subject to employment taxes. Find yourself a good tax attorney or CPA and get a professional opinion based on YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION and ultimate business goals.
What does high level web design cost?
What does a big company typically pay for a design? We are a large company that has received many proposals for designing a large website (design only our programmers take it from there) and quotes have ranged from $5500 to $32,500. Understand that there is significant back and forth and many hours in meetings that are being priced in here, but why such a difference? Some companies seem to be better than others, but we just want to know what is a fair offer so that we can bargain.
What does high level web design cost?
Hi,
If you don't mind, could you please email us the project details, so that, we can also quote for a fair (and low) price?
We are the global provider of web, media, e-business and telecom solutions, since 1996, and have designed and developed over 350+ web sites, including some very big internet portals, large e-commerce sites and Flash based web sites.
You can contact us at 'contact at w2n dot net' any time, for more details, or to get a list of our past projects, and then decide yourself.
By the way, if you will choose us, you will get everything needed. Domain, Hosting, Designing, Development, SEO, Other Promotions, SSL Products, Marketing, and many other services.
** You can search for 'rozaleenda' (without quote) in Google, and see the results yourself. **
:-)
Reply:ask each company how thry have built web sites for, if they say large companys have a look at other companys simalier size to yours. the price depends on how complex it is and what level of secuirty you need, also the level of traffic you will recive(bandwith) the price you write can be as high but try to barragin with them
Reply:what does your business do ? were a uk based team, maybe we could help
What does high level web design cost?
Hi,
If you don't mind, could you please email us the project details, so that, we can also quote for a fair (and low) price?
We are the global provider of web, media, e-business and telecom solutions, since 1996, and have designed and developed over 350+ web sites, including some very big internet portals, large e-commerce sites and Flash based web sites.
You can contact us at 'contact at w2n dot net' any time, for more details, or to get a list of our past projects, and then decide yourself.
By the way, if you will choose us, you will get everything needed. Domain, Hosting, Designing, Development, SEO, Other Promotions, SSL Products, Marketing, and many other services.
** You can search for 'rozaleenda' (without quote) in Google, and see the results yourself. **
:-)
Reply:ask each company how thry have built web sites for, if they say large companys have a look at other companys simalier size to yours. the price depends on how complex it is and what level of secuirty you need, also the level of traffic you will recive(bandwith) the price you write can be as high but try to barragin with them
Reply:what does your business do ? were a uk based team, maybe we could help
Need info on how to make a box within a <td> tag in web design.?
I have a web design that is a table with the %26lt;td%26gt;s or columns. Within the last column, I need to make a series of box outlines. Is there a way to do this without making separate tables for each column?
Need info on how to make a box within a %26lt;td%26gt; tag in web design.?
%26lt;td%26gt; tag denotes a table data or table cell tag.
if you want to make a table you have to add them in this order of tags.
%26lt;table%26gt; - opens a table element
%26lt;tr%26gt; - starts a new row
%26lt;td%26gt; - adds a new cell to the table
%26lt;/td%26gt; - closes the cell
%26lt;/tr%26gt; - etc
%26lt;/table%26gt; - etc
substitute this %26lt;table border = "1"%26gt; if you want to display the table borders
heres an example
%26lt;table%26gt;
%26lt;tr%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;first cell on row one%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;second cell on row one%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;third cell on row one%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;/tr%26gt;
%26lt;tr%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;first cell on row 2%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;second cell on row 2%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;/tr%26gt;
%26lt;/table%26gt;
If you copy that directly to a html file you can see what it does. the nice thing about tables is that they automatically resize to fit the data that they contain. The downside to them is, if you are building a website with lots of tables it will take a lot longer to load compared to css styling.
if you already have a %26lt;td%26gt; cell like you're explaining, then just find the closing tag for it %26lt;/td%26gt; and add another %26lt;tr%26gt;%26lt;/td%26gt; after it to add another cell. If you're working on a myspace page good luck. Their site has the worst sloppiest broken spaghetti code I have ever seen. It's like they make an effort to code their site as poorly as possible. I have been doing web design and development for a couple of years now and I still have difficulty tweaking my page.
Of you still have questions just drop me a message and some example code to chew on.
Reply:u can try to visit this site www.w3schools.com
Reply:crd here is your link
http://acme-web-design.info/web-design/a...
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Need info on how to make a box within a %26lt;td%26gt; tag in web design.?
%26lt;td%26gt; tag denotes a table data or table cell tag.
if you want to make a table you have to add them in this order of tags.
%26lt;table%26gt; - opens a table element
%26lt;tr%26gt; - starts a new row
%26lt;td%26gt; - adds a new cell to the table
%26lt;/td%26gt; - closes the cell
%26lt;/tr%26gt; - etc
%26lt;/table%26gt; - etc
substitute this %26lt;table border = "1"%26gt; if you want to display the table borders
heres an example
%26lt;table%26gt;
%26lt;tr%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;first cell on row one%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;second cell on row one%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;third cell on row one%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;/tr%26gt;
%26lt;tr%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;first cell on row 2%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;td%26gt;second cell on row 2%26lt;/td%26gt;
%26lt;/tr%26gt;
%26lt;/table%26gt;
If you copy that directly to a html file you can see what it does. the nice thing about tables is that they automatically resize to fit the data that they contain. The downside to them is, if you are building a website with lots of tables it will take a lot longer to load compared to css styling.
if you already have a %26lt;td%26gt; cell like you're explaining, then just find the closing tag for it %26lt;/td%26gt; and add another %26lt;tr%26gt;%26lt;/td%26gt; after it to add another cell. If you're working on a myspace page good luck. Their site has the worst sloppiest broken spaghetti code I have ever seen. It's like they make an effort to code their site as poorly as possible. I have been doing web design and development for a couple of years now and I still have difficulty tweaking my page.
Of you still have questions just drop me a message and some example code to chew on.
Reply:u can try to visit this site www.w3schools.com
Reply:crd here is your link
http://acme-web-design.info/web-design/a...
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How much should I charge per hour/site for web design?
I do web design, both regular HTML and Flash. I have until recently only done sites for friends and family, but now these people are giving me references and I need to have a standard rate.
I have my BA in Communication with a concentration in Media Arts.
Is there a general hourly wage I should ask for? or should I charge by the page (and how much)?
How much should I charge per hour/site for web design?
I don't have an answer, I actually would like to know the same thing.
Reply:Have you thought about charging per project? It seems easier to just package your services, especially if you're going to freelance.
While it maybe reasonable now to charge by the hour, time will come that you'll have lots and lots of code from previous jobs that you can recycle; and therefore, things get quicker and quicker to get done-- and hourly charging is not going to be fair for you in the long run.
Take for example a PSD to HTML+CSS project. The first couple of templates may take a long time to make. But the further you go along, the more recyclable code you already have and so the succeeding pages may only take 2-5 minutes to make. Not good for you if you charged by the hour, right?
But if you charge a reasonable $100 for 10-15 pages of HTMLed PSDs, it doesn't matter whether you are able to make them in 12 hours or in 45 minutes.
It's the same thing with building Flash applications. From project-to-project, you get to save lots of little scripts for animating things, getting data from XML files, and making server requests for other things, which you can reuse later to make your life easier. :)
Reply:I'm sorry, I don't know.
Reply:It depends on your experience and what type of web design you will be doing. I pay general web designers from $25 - $75 per hour and I pay from $50 - $125 per hour for Flash design.
If you need more info, let me know.
Reply:it depends on how long it takes to make the design
but i feel it should be from $70 and above.
Reply:look in the phone book for web designers or advertising...call them and act like you want their services. Ask them what they charge. Call about 5 places and take the average. That's what you charge!
I have my BA in Communication with a concentration in Media Arts.
Is there a general hourly wage I should ask for? or should I charge by the page (and how much)?
How much should I charge per hour/site for web design?
I don't have an answer, I actually would like to know the same thing.
Reply:Have you thought about charging per project? It seems easier to just package your services, especially if you're going to freelance.
While it maybe reasonable now to charge by the hour, time will come that you'll have lots and lots of code from previous jobs that you can recycle; and therefore, things get quicker and quicker to get done-- and hourly charging is not going to be fair for you in the long run.
Take for example a PSD to HTML+CSS project. The first couple of templates may take a long time to make. But the further you go along, the more recyclable code you already have and so the succeeding pages may only take 2-5 minutes to make. Not good for you if you charged by the hour, right?
But if you charge a reasonable $100 for 10-15 pages of HTMLed PSDs, it doesn't matter whether you are able to make them in 12 hours or in 45 minutes.
It's the same thing with building Flash applications. From project-to-project, you get to save lots of little scripts for animating things, getting data from XML files, and making server requests for other things, which you can reuse later to make your life easier. :)
Reply:I'm sorry, I don't know.
Reply:It depends on your experience and what type of web design you will be doing. I pay general web designers from $25 - $75 per hour and I pay from $50 - $125 per hour for Flash design.
If you need more info, let me know.
Reply:it depends on how long it takes to make the design
but i feel it should be from $70 and above.
Reply:look in the phone book for web designers or advertising...call them and act like you want their services. Ask them what they charge. Call about 5 places and take the average. That's what you charge!
I want to start a home based web design business. What is the best way to start?
You may want to check out freeservers.com they have free pages %26amp; the hosting fees aren't that bad when you want to upgrade.
Then you will want to start learning something about HTML/XHTML so that you can check coding of your pages. A good HTML/XHTML editor is PageBuilder (it's gone public domain now)
Another thing you can do is get the Yahoo SiteBuilder. It's a WYSIWYG editor and can help you learn to code. But remember that your pages may not work in all browsers unless you are using XHTML.
You'll have to pick your own software for that kind of editor. I'm still looking too.
I want to start a home based web design business. What is the best way to start?
First I would suggest getting hosting that you can put all the sites on, and if you are really going to go commercial with the business...buy your own server and get it hosted in a data center.
Then you will want to start learning something about HTML/XHTML so that you can check coding of your pages. A good HTML/XHTML editor is PageBuilder (it's gone public domain now)
Another thing you can do is get the Yahoo SiteBuilder. It's a WYSIWYG editor and can help you learn to code. But remember that your pages may not work in all browsers unless you are using XHTML.
You'll have to pick your own software for that kind of editor. I'm still looking too.
I want to start a home based web design business. What is the best way to start?
First I would suggest getting hosting that you can put all the sites on, and if you are really going to go commercial with the business...buy your own server and get it hosted in a data center.
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