building websites

DJSKYLINE

Hey all,
I want to start building websites for people but not sure how to find clients??

any good ideas? Im going to ask local small businesses for a start

Is there any websites that clients post wanted sort of adds? Or can people recommend any freelancer sites I should sign up to?

Thanks x

RaiderHammer

I am interested in this area too. But I have no experience of building websites. Is this something that's easy to learn nowadays?

DJSKYLINE

Yeh faily simple really. Just practice gets you there!

RaiderHammer

DJSKYLINE wrote: »

Yeh faily simple really. Just practice gets you there!

What would you recommend is the best way to learn?

Find a course?
Buy a book?
Book from libray?
Or are there any good free on line sites you can recommend?

Thank you.

Deep_Ocean

If you google "Freelance" there are loads of sites to choose from. Although my brother used to do this but he found that it was too competetive and he found it wasn't worth his time in the end. But it's wrth looking into if you have the spare time.

RaiderHammer

Deep_Ocean wrote: »

If you google "Freelance" there are loads of sites to choose from. Although my brother used to do this but he found that it was too competetive and he found it wasn't worth his time in the end. But it's wrth looking into if you have the spare time.

Thanks, sites to build free of charge websites?

Deep_Ocean

No he is a computer programmer and so built his from scratch. But if you wanted to build sites for free you can use Webs or Wix, I am not sure people would pay for sites created using these though, they don't look too professional. But I have created a simple site using Webs for my own hobby and making a bit off pocket money. It is good for affiliate marketing, but as I say, it's not the most professional looking site. It can be addictive though if you get into it.

DJSKYLINE

learn html,css, javascript etc raiderhammer

RaiderHammer

DJSKYLINE wrote: »

learn html,css, javascript etc raiderhammer

Thanks. Any recommendations on the best method of learning, book, trial and error, online?

DJSKYLINE

umm i dont know. i learnt myself by trail and error using notepad. Try getting templates of basic html sites and figure out whats going on and having a play. I then also learnt more depth stuff at Uni so depends on how far you want to go. There might be a few books but making websites really work by having practice and just trying it more than anything

Bigbase

Dont buy anything! Youtube.com is all you need. Thousands of videos on there!

Dont give up.. stick at it.

Good luck

RaiderHammer wrote: »

What would you recommend is the best way to learn?

Find a course?
Buy a book?
Book from libray?
Or are there any good free on line sites you can recommend?

Thank you.