Contact Forum Editor

Send an email to our Forum Editor:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the Forum Editor know who sent the message. Both your name and email address will not be used for any other purpose.

Web Design Help

It's free to register, to post a question or to start / join a discussion

View Forum Rules | Contact Forum Editor

 

What is the best Web design Qualification?

pompeyfan0304

Likes # 0

Posted August 24, 2009 at 12:07PM

I’m 21 and I’m thinking of changing career. I was wondering … What is the best Web design Qualification? And where do I start? Where is the best place to gain the qualifications I need?

Hope you can help

Pompeyfan0304

Like this post
OTT_Buzzard

Likes # 0

Posted August 24, 2009 at 3:16PM

I'm not sure on meaningful qualifications for web design, but a good knowledge of (my)SQL, PHP / ASP, java script and flash seems to be pretty much obligatory these days.

Whatever course you settle for should cover as many of the above as possible.

Like this post
Patr100

Likes # 0

Posted August 24, 2009 at 5:55PM

A good portofolio of sites (made for free or paid) is worth far far more than any paper qualification.
You did say Design rather than say coding though a good all round knowledge of other sapects can be learnt with dedication without formal training.

Like this post
Forum Editor

Likes # 0

Posted August 24, 2009 at 11:54PM

there's no better qualification than experience. You'll gain the experience by designing and publishing sites, and the way forward is the one suggested by Patr100 - offer some small businesses a free site in return for the opportunity to interpret their brief.

Almost everything you need to know you can teach yourself, but you have to be prepared to work very hard, site design is a fiercely competitive market.

Like this post
Ansolan

Likes # 0

Posted September 1, 2009 at 12:50AM

Also worth adding to the good advice above, important to gain an understanding of how sites work with search engines. Not SEO as such, good or bad but a thorough understanding of factors you need to incorporate into the build.

Your future clients might like to admire their site but at the end of the day, how much business that produces may be more important to them.

Like this post
splatter

Likes # 0

Posted October 8, 2009 at 4:09PM

A good portfolio, a good understanding of as many things as possible: PHP/mySQL, SQL with VB/C#/ASP.Net, XHTML, CSS, flash, and generally some understanding of the OS to where your site may be deployed

...are just some of the things you will see listed, and more and more often accessibility standards and SEO are desired.

All the qualifications in the world will count for nothing if you have no experience applying those skills.

Like this post

Reply to this topic

This thread has been locked.



Check out PC Advisor's other tech forums

Send to a friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.