learning web design from home

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Hello

Im interested in doing a course in web design from home but i dont know which home learning course to go for. Ive googled it but loads have come up. Any recommendations? Has anyone got any experience of doing one?

My local college are running a course in september but i was hoping to start it sooner as it would really help with my freelance side of my career.

Thanks, Laura

jovichick123

Hi Laura,

My OH is doing one of these at the moment, you can start it at any time and you get full support from tutors - also works towards a recognised qualification (you have to be careful of that as some institutes offer qualifications that are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard!).

Only problem is, can I knickers think what the name of the company is that he is doing the qualification through! Am at work at the moment, but will pop back later to let you know who the training people are, and their contact details... Should be home about 6ish so will make sure I post for you at some stage tonight!!

Sorry I can't be more help at the moment, Sarah xx

jovichick123

Hiya!

Am home now lol :j

The company is called Skillstrain, website is http://www.skillstrain.co.uk/

Hope that helps, good luck,

Sarah xx

Blacksheep1979

Just buy a good book and slowly work through it - many will have examples and little tasks to do. Also I wouldn't expect to be able to jump into freelance web design if that is the aim. The days of doing that with a little html knowledge are well past. If you are looking at doing websites proffesionally you're going to want a working knowledge of html and css, php and sql (if you want a dynamic site) possibly some flash to name but a few things.

15lsp

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Just buy a good book and slowly work through it - many will have examples and little tasks to do. Also I wouldn't expect to be able to jump into freelance web design if that is the aim. The days of doing that with a little html knowledge are well past. If you are looking at doing websites proffesionally you're going to want a working knowledge of html and css, php and sql (if you want a dynamic site) possibly some flash to name but a few things.

Ive already got a degree in graphic design where I did basic web design as part of the course and I was also a Flash designer for 8 months and designed my own web site in flash with actionscript so I know certain things but I want to be able to use dreamweaver and knowing Ajax would be great for my CV.

15lsp

jovichick123 wrote: »

Hiya!

Am home now lol :j

The company is called Skillstrain, website is http://www.skillstrain.co.uk/

Hope that helps, good luck,

Sarah xx

Thanks Sarah thats a great help! Hope your OH does well on the course!

JammyB_3

I agree with Blacksheep, just buy a book. Hell, just go through the Dreamweaver tutorial - it's so easy to pick up. I think you'll find that any course is seriously lacking in comparison to a good book and the qualifications are worth nothing compared with a good portfolio.

Blacksheep1979

If you already know a few bits and bobs and want to start looking at ajax have a look at ruby on rails - the pragmatic programmers guide to rails (I think its called) is quite nice and has a good bit on ajax.

tr3mor

JammyB wrote: »

I agree with Blacksheep, just buy a book. Hell, just go through the Dreamweaver tutorial - it's so easy to pick up. I think you'll find that any course is seriously lacking in comparison to a good book and the qualifications are worth nothing compared with a good portfolio.

Sod books and dreamweaver! Google and notepad (or Crimson Editor) is where it's at. There are plenty of tutorials and tips online.

(PS: Nice to see you around here now James)

Blacksheep1979

books tend to have a nice steady flow though rather than having to flit from one webpage to another - but I agree with you on the dreamweaver front.

merlinormartin

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