It won’t take very long using tools like Dreamweaver or comparable GUI web design tools. You’re primarily looking at the learning curve for using the toolset which will depend on your ability to learn. I can’t make any assumptions about your ability but I’d say on average you could be creating websites with a new tool inside of a couple of weeks even if you’re a slow learner.
The real catch is how long it takes to make GOOD websites. That could take a lifetime or perhaps even never based on a lot of what I’ve seen online.
It is really not that hard, to learn to be a developer takes considerably longer, but just to be a designer isn’t that long at all, if you already know the creative suite then you are halfway there. Do you know about slices in Photoshop? How about saving your whole layout as a web page? Those are good places to start because with Photoshop you can actually design the whole layout, cut it up with slices and then save it as html and images and it does a lot of the job for you. All that you have to do at that point is no the code so you can optimize it! So you are on the right track!
It takes as long as it takes. Anyone can learn the basics of HTML, (X)HTML and CSS in order to create webpages; slap a few pictures/graphics on the pages and you have a website. Of course, knowing what looks good, what color combinations to use, what font selections & sizing, the navigation system and ease of getting around the website, constant testing to make sure that the site looks good in all the major browsers since it may render differently in each one, utilizing SEO practices in order to acquire a good ranking within the search engines – all this and more constitute a good design.
But…you need to begin somewhere..so learning HTML, (X)HTML and CSS is a good start.
it’s hard to say because there is no point at which you say to yourself “I’m done learning there’s nothing left to know” I would say you should plan to learn for at least 2 years before you can get a decent job with a company.
It’s going to take forever. Things changes really fast in web design. New browsers, new programming, new designs and more. Don’t stop learning until you feel like you don’t need web design as your skill.
Learning just HTML and CSS won’t take a month. (It does take more time for non-english speakers.)
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It won’t take very long using tools like Dreamweaver or comparable GUI web design tools. You’re primarily looking at the learning curve for using the toolset which will depend on your ability to learn. I can’t make any assumptions about your ability but I’d say on average you could be creating websites with a new tool inside of a couple of weeks even if you’re a slow learner.
The real catch is how long it takes to make GOOD websites. That could take a lifetime or perhaps even never based on a lot of what I’ve seen online.
It is really not that hard, to learn to be a developer takes considerably longer, but just to be a designer isn’t that long at all, if you already know the creative suite then you are halfway there. Do you know about slices in Photoshop? How about saving your whole layout as a web page? Those are good places to start because with Photoshop you can actually design the whole layout, cut it up with slices and then save it as html and images and it does a lot of the job for you. All that you have to do at that point is no the code so you can optimize it! So you are on the right track!
one month or two I think enough
It takes as long as it takes. Anyone can learn the basics of HTML, (X)HTML and CSS in order to create webpages; slap a few pictures/graphics on the pages and you have a website. Of course, knowing what looks good, what color combinations to use, what font selections & sizing, the navigation system and ease of getting around the website, constant testing to make sure that the site looks good in all the major browsers since it may render differently in each one, utilizing SEO practices in order to acquire a good ranking within the search engines – all this and more constitute a good design.
But…you need to begin somewhere..so learning HTML, (X)HTML and CSS is a good start.
it’s hard to say because there is no point at which you say to yourself “I’m done learning there’s nothing left to know” I would say you should plan to learn for at least 2 years before you can get a decent job with a company.
It’s going to take forever. Things changes really fast in web design. New browsers, new programming, new designs and more. Don’t stop learning until you feel like you don’t need web design as your skill.
Learning just HTML and CSS won’t take a month. (It does take more time for non-english speakers.)