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francoisvr

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I just completed my very first website and quite frankly I am not happy. It looks amateurish; which is probably to be expected since I only just decided to move from being a copywriter to web designer. I have no experience with that or graphic design, I am teaching myself as I am moving along.

How long was it before you were happy with a design of yours?
 
Forever is the short answer.

To get the basic design is quick and quite easy with all the templates that are available but to get the right look i.e. colours, fonts etc.. takes me ages as I'm just never satisfied and always see better sites which inspire leading to wanting the same kind of look and feel which in turn leads to changes and on and on we go...
 
MKFrost said:
Forever is the short answer.

To get the basic design is quick and quite easy with all the templates that are available but to get the right look i.e. colours, fonts etc.. takes me ages as I'm just never satisfied and always see better sites which inspire leading to wanting the same kind of look and feel which in turn leads to changes and on and on we go...
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I never considered using templates actually.
 
I normally use WP.

Recently the "flash" sites from Wix have nice 2013 looks/feels & so darn intuitive. I created a site there, ripped it using www.file2hd.com, edited and removed Wix stuff, then upload index.html to own host! Done this for 2 sites thus far, sold them @ R2000/piece. 2 hours of work. Chop chop.
 
Slab said:
I normally use WP.

Recently the "flash" sites from Wix have nice 2013 looks/feels & so darn intuitive. I created a site there, ripped it using www.file2hd.com, edited and removed Wix stuff, then upload index.html to own host! Done this for 2 sites thus far, sold them @ R2000/piece. 2 hours of work. Chop chop.
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Would be a shame if someone stole your hardwork... and made a profit
 
francoisvr said:
I never considered using templates actually.
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Guess it depends on your skills. I can help myself with basic html and php so templates is the way to go for me. If I have to do it in Notepad or other text based methods it will take me a lifetime.
 
francoisvr said:
I just completed my very first website and quite frankly I am not happy. It looks amateurish; which is probably to be expected since I only just decided to move from being a copywriter to web designer. I have no experience with that or graphic design, I am teaching myself as I am moving along.

How long was it before you were happy with a design of yours?
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MY very first website was Topcar Magazine in the mid 90s. Did it using BBEdit on a Mac. Almost 20 years later and nothing has changed. The wayback machine only traces it to 1998, which was after me.

Keep at it and learn and you will discover what you like, what you don't and how to do it better.
 
I was only happy after my wife took it over. She has an unfair advantage though, since she is actually a graphic/web designer.
 
I did my first one with weebly.

It is in my sig and I will have to change the design but I am not sure where to begin.
 
Glad to see others felt the same way!

I am aware of options like Wix, Wordpress and other templates. My goal is to become a web developer so I need to learn. Using WP and Wix is probably not going to give me experience in coding or graphic design.

I will just keep at it. Luckily I have the copywriting, advertising and marketing background so I can focus on creating compelling websites.
 
P.S. I am trying to use a gradual focused approach to building my skills. I have a reached a stage with HTML and CSS that I will only learn more with experience and practice. I therefore want to expand into my next skill which would be either PHP or Javascript? Which is the next natural skill for me to acquire?
 
francoisvr said:
P.S. I am trying to use a gradual focused approach to building my skills. I have a reached a stage with HTML and CSS that I will only learn more with experience and practice. I therefore want to expand into my next skill which would be either PHP or Javascript? Which is the next natural skill for me to acquire?
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I would say PHP is a lot more important but there isn't a reason you cannot do both at the same time. Both are surprisingly easy to learn.
 
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