Archive for April, 2010
I don’t like my new widescreen lcd monitor. It makes images look wide and its seems hard to work with for website design? Would a regular monitor be better?
Make sure the desktop resolution matches the native resolution of the monitor.
If you run non-wide images fullscreen then they will get stretched. however this is true for any image that doe not match the aspect ratio of your monitor. If you put an image of a 6 by 4 photo – 3:2 aspect ratio – on a 4:3 display then it is going to get stretched vertically.
As for whether it is good for web-design, that is up to you and how you use it. Think on this though, a lot of people are getting widescreen monitors. Do you want your web pages to look good on those monitors or bad?
I’m currently living in Georgia. There is some colleges in here that offer 2 year or 4 year degree for website design. I heard that most website designers study by themselves at home. Is there any difference between having 2 year or 4 year degree?
Earn a 2 year degree then transfer to a 4-year-university.
Not time for learning complicate html or other porfessional website knowledge. Is it any easy way to do website design yourself? As long as to insert texts and images are good enough for designing.
You can simply convert a homepage(HTML file) from either Microsoft word/Microsoft PowerPoint.
That means you can design a website yourself as long as you know how to use Microsoft word/PowerPoint.
p.s.
Other editing software you may find it helpful:
Microsoft publisher
Microsoft front page
Macromedia dreamwaver
I’m looking for a web design company that is inexpensive, but will design a website for me that is really high quality. Does anyone know of one?
The problem is that you are looking for quality without paying for it. Instead of looking for a company that will make you a template website that looks cheap and that doesn’t suit your needs, hire a student designer. They are more willing to work for little money while producing a high-quality product. Seek them out at your local design school. Here is a step-by-step process to create your website for cheap:
1.) Hire a college student in design.
2.) Have the student create PhotoShop mockups of your pages
3.) Send these files to a service that codes the website for you (you just have to provide the psd files). I have not had experience working with these services, but here are a few that I know of:
http://www.cssninjas.com/
http://www.psd2html.com/
Here is a list of 10 (don’t know how reliable these are): http://www.psdtohtmlreviews.com/
4.) Then get your domain and hosting through a provider, I would recommend GoDaddy for their ease-of-use/customer care.
That is probably the cheapest way to get a website made that is customized, yet not too expensive.
Now, on the other hand, if you are looking to sell products from your website, have any sort of social networking components added in there, then you will need the assistance of a company or hire another college student experienced in programming.
I’m trying to find easy to understand, beginners information about website design and HTML. I need recommendations on helpful resources such as websites, books, journals etc. Any help would be great. Thanks!
www.w3schools.com is the best online resource. My favorite book is HTML and CSS for dummies (full color). Make sure to get the book that is has both HTML and CSS (not two seperate books). it is the best for explaining how to make a website.