The last 4 weeks of my student career have been with filled with learning experiences in the field of Web Design. I was instructed in HTML code and CSS style sheets, and it all seemed to just be a lot of technical coding, and that layout elements on a page would be simple. Boy was I wrong! Not only did coding seem to prove more difficult then anticipated but the layout and design of my pages never seemed to go exactly as planned. Positioning was, by far, my hardest obstacle. I would decide on my concept, and thumb nail out different possibilities. Then when I sat down to begin placing all the elements into the page caos insued. Text would begin to float, pretty much, whereve it wanted. Pictures would line-up in positions that ruined the entire format and flow of page, not to mention wouldn't make sense. Even links and buttons would chose to move around the page however they wanted.
I began to get frantic and panic with these free-willing elements moving across my page without my permission. Typing code, then changing the code, then changing it again would only make matters worse, and the inconsiderate images and text still refused to sit in their place. After I calmed down, and took the time to read through what I was trying to do, I was able to learn and understand different tags and commands and what their purpose was. Patience is a virtue. An invaluable one when it comes to web design. Only after I was patient and clear-minded was I able to create willingly and successfully. To view my first projects go to
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Monday, March 30, 2009
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Nicely written. Yes their is a bit or trial, error, and frustration in learning new technologies and techniques.
ReplyDeleteIm with you. Making a webpage is not easy but you came out good. I visited your Guerrilla Marketing page and is cool.
ReplyDeleteI definately agree. At first, learning HTML code and css really had me frustrated. I couldn't grasp the whole concept and it didn't matter what I did, nothing would do what I wanted it to. Finally, the tables have turned and I am now able to not only code and style websites, but help the students that sit around me. :)
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