Learning web-design

[DaVortex]

I'm interested in taking a course to learn web design but not sure which
class would be right for me. The reason for me taking the class is I'm in the process of buying a business which has a website, and I would have to maintain the site and would like to do everything on my own rather than paying someone to do it for me.

I was told by the current owner that he uses Dreamweaver to maintain his
site, would this be sufficient to run/maintain an e-commerce website?

I plan to take 1-2 courses at the local community college.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

If your starting from scratch then whatever your College classes use as an introduction is probably the best option. For ex. in my Web Design Class we started off coding simple web pages in notepad to gain basic knowledge of HTML, and then later worked our way into Dreamweaver, which is alot easier if you have a good idea of the elements of HTML.

Here's a good reference website to get you started

 

[stealth2009]

You can have your self pace class at www.w3schools.com . It can complement your plan to take up in house courses in your local community.

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[mulletgut]

I recommend w3schools too.

 

[O2Deprived]

Originally posted by: mulletgut
I recommend w3schools too.

I've learned a lot from them as well.

 

[kingtas]

I learned c and VB programing in school so I managed to self learn javascript, ASP, and Perl through free online tutorials and sites. But they are out there if you Google them.

I self taugh html through free online tutorials and recommend it.

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
http://pageresource.com/html/
http://www.webbedenvironments.com/css_dhtml_ajax/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

There is a series of books that are about $20 a piece. They're called the "Visual Quick Start Guide". I have many for the subjects I listed. They are great reference and tutorial guides.

Check out this free software. It's great for editing any web based language. Much better than notepad but still requires you to know what you're doing.

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/