hi, so i plan to embark on a blog/portfolio project, but first need to re-learn my latent web-design skills. before college i knew my way around dreamweaver and a good bit of flash, but i seem to have forgotten most of this knowledge.
the first thing i've done is look at a few portfolio websites that i particularly like, stylistically and structurally, and would hope to emulate in some fashion. i was wondering if anyone could take a look at this one and possibly guess what sort of language/software it was developed in, so I could concentrate on learning just those specific skills?
thanks UG... will check it out. i'd like to be able to look at various websites and know, "ok, he used this language and probably this software to develop his site".
i have, FP... my impression is that it required a basic knowledge of webdesign to begin with - is the indexhibit interface intuitive enough to pick up and start using off-the-bat?
Indexhibit is pretty simple to use. It doesn't take long to learn how to set up a basic website through it...but you do need to learn some basics in order to understand how to locate items (Navigation bars, images, text areas, etc) on a site.
Once you have the template for your site, updating it with new content is a breeze. It's worth a look, IMO.
It really is. That website is about as straight forward html as you'll get (although I am not sure what mootools js they have in there)
There are billion simple ways to put together a simple site. If you want to play with code, then learn it, if not stick with a wysiwyg program.
It'll be html and css for something really simple, javascript for other basics.
Most importantly, if you want something stupid simple generic, don't waste your time trying to learn how to code. The design is more important than how or what or why it was done a specific way.
it's really useful to have a conceptual understanding of the markup that a browser is rendering...and it's nice to know the differences across browsers.
dreamweaver makes sloppy, redundant code.
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hi, so i plan to embark on a blog/portfolio project, but first need to re-learn my latent web-design skills. before college i knew my way around dreamweaver and a good bit of flash, but i seem to have forgotten most of this knowledge.
the first thing i've done is look at a few portfolio websites that i particularly like, stylistically and structurally, and would hope to emulate in some fashion. i was wondering if anyone could take a look at this one and possibly guess what sort of language/software it was developed in, so I could concentrate on learning just those specific skills?
www.oflittlemother.com/
right click > view source
although I am not sure why you would want to emulate that (not that it is bad, just about as generic as you can get)
its just that the source code is incomprehensible to me. but yea, generic is kind of what i'd like to work with
firebug. it shows you where elements are relative to code and often shows code you won't find under the "view source" menu.
thanks UG... will check it out. i'd like to be able to look at various websites and know, "ok, he used this language and probably this software to develop his site".
firebug is the shit!
Have you checked out www.indexhibit.org ?
i have, FP... my impression is that it required a basic knowledge of webdesign to begin with - is the indexhibit interface intuitive enough to pick up and start using off-the-bat?
chrome and safari have the equivalent of firebug built in (developer tools)!
I sometimes use WinHTTrack Copier and download the entire site if I like it so I better understand the structure, css etc.
Indexhibit is pretty simple to use. It doesn't take long to learn how to set up a basic website through it...but you do need to learn some basics in order to understand how to locate items (Navigation bars, images, text areas, etc) on a site.
Once you have the template for your site, updating it with new content is a breeze. It's worth a look, IMO.
i was just toying with sitegrinder 3. smokes dreamweaver for breakfast. if you can manage layer comps your'e golden.
Dreamweaver alone won't make you a web designer.
"right click > view source" is a one hella good way to learn but you need to open notepad and start typing codes.
It really is. That website is about as straight forward html as you'll get (although I am not sure what mootools js they have in there)
There are billion simple ways to put together a simple site. If you want to play with code, then learn it, if not stick with a wysiwyg program.
It'll be html and css for something really simple, javascript for other basics.
Most importantly, if you want something stupid simple generic, don't waste your time trying to learn how to code. The design is more important than how or what or why it was done a specific way.
it's really useful to have a conceptual understanding of the markup that a browser is rendering...and it's nice to know the differences across browsers.
dreamweaver makes sloppy, redundant code.
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