{"id":2555,"date":"2012-01-05T15:41:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2012-01-05T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:41:25","slug":"software-used-in-learning-web-design-and-building-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2012\/software-used-in-learning-web-design-and-building-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Software used in Learning Web Design and Building Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello Everyone!!<\/p>\n

Once in a while I use an email conversation as a blog post – I get good questions from people all the time. So, in this email, someone wanted to know about software used in building web sites – check it out:<\/p>\n

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… This is the 60 thousand dollar question that no one I ask seems to be able to answer. What programs do you need to be a functioning professional web designer? (Adobe, Dreamweaver,etc.)<\/p>\n

And do you know price ranges? I want to have the programs before I get the program so I can hit the ground running.<\/p>\n

Thanks,
\n Jimmy\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My answer:<\/p>\n

Hi Steve,<\/p>\n

The answer to the $60 000 question: You don’t need any!!!<\/p>\n

Yep, once you start learning (video #1) you will see that you can build websites with a simple text editor like notepad!! Programs like Dreamweaver can speed up the process … but these days, they are far, far less important than they used to be. <\/p>\n

In the first course of the Complete Web Designer package<\/a>, I demonstrate building a site using notepad and textedit (for Mac people) … and I also include a free web design program that does a lot of what Dreamweaver does.<\/p>\n

… You have many options.<\/p>\n

Image Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n

In terms of editing images, there are cheap and free alternatives to Photoshop that will do everything you need – web image editing isn’t that complex. The Gimp and Aviary<\/a> come to mind.<\/p>\n

That said, we teach the techniques with Dreamweaver and Photoshop since they are the industry leaders. But the skills you learn there are 100% transferable to the free alternatives I mentioned.<\/p>\n

… For the purpose of learning, just download the FREE 30 day trials of Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop … more than enough time to learn. Once you have the know how, you can jump to any of the free alternatives or go for the Adobe products.<\/p>\n

I hope that helps,<\/p>\n

Stefan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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