{"id":145,"date":"2006-12-13T11:34:57","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2006\/road-map-to-professional-web-design\/"},"modified":"2006-12-13T18:46:31","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T23:46:31","slug":"road-map-to-professional-web-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2006\/road-map-to-professional-web-design\/","title":{"rendered":"The road-map to becoming a professional web designer."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steps<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve been asked this many times: <\/p>\n

‘What are the steps to becoming a professional web designer?’ <\/em><\/p>\n

To make a long story short, you need web design skills (listed below) and lots of practice to develop your skills. <\/p>\n

A NERD’S ROAD-MAP TO (BECOMING A) PROFESSIONAL WEB DESIGNER<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Learn HTML<\/li>\n
  2. Learn CSS<\/li>\n
  3. Learn basic design skills – how to make a page look good: color combinations, white space etc.<\/li>\n
  4. Learn how to produce images for use on the web. Photoshop or something similar will have to learned.<\/li>\n
  5. Build a portfolio of websites.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After you’ve mastered the techniques and technologies of web design, you will need to show your skills – that’s where the good portfolio comes in. <\/p>\n

    That means it is time to build websites for yourself, friends and strangers.<\/p>\n

    Practice makes perfect … with each new site that you build, and with each new ‘client’ that you work with, the better you will become.<\/p>\n

    ABOUT WORKING WITH PEOPLE\/CLIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

    You may have not considered it, but being able to work well with people, is just about as important as having good coding skills! <\/p>\n

    … You need to learn how to communicate well, because it is crucial if you want to get the job done.<\/p>\n

    I will get more into that in another article.<\/p>\n

    Thanks,<\/p>\n

    Stefan Mischook<\/p>\n

    www.killersites.com
    \nwww.killerphp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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