12-09-2009, 02:01 PM
Hello.
Well, about a week ago or so I started learning about web design as well as web development, because a friend asked if I would design a website for a business he was starting. I gladly accepted, because I have always wanted to try my hand at web design/development.
I first obtained Dreamweaver, and a long tutorial on it, html, and CSS from lynda.com. It taught me a LOT, but lately I feel as though I'll never be able to design an enchanting website like many that I see around me. I understand that many developers have had years of experience, and look at me, with only ten days or so. Am I being too hard on myself? I devote about five hours a day to learning about different things concerning web design/development such as SEO, Photoshop, Fireworks, CSS, XHTML, and soon will start learning about MySQL and PHP.
I've been tinkering with templates from oswd.org and templatemonster, but I can't seem ever to edit the CSS to make it look how I want, position the elements how I want, ect. It really discourages me >.> The problem is that I feel that because I did not write the CSS + layout, I don't really have a feel for it. I spend at least an hour trying to figure out which CSS rules go to which DIVs and how they relate to each other, and even then, I can't manipulate the code to do what I want.
Am I silly for feeling disappointed in myself? I'd like some advice from people with experience.
Well, about a week ago or so I started learning about web design as well as web development, because a friend asked if I would design a website for a business he was starting. I gladly accepted, because I have always wanted to try my hand at web design/development.
I first obtained Dreamweaver, and a long tutorial on it, html, and CSS from lynda.com. It taught me a LOT, but lately I feel as though I'll never be able to design an enchanting website like many that I see around me. I understand that many developers have had years of experience, and look at me, with only ten days or so. Am I being too hard on myself? I devote about five hours a day to learning about different things concerning web design/development such as SEO, Photoshop, Fireworks, CSS, XHTML, and soon will start learning about MySQL and PHP.
I've been tinkering with templates from oswd.org and templatemonster, but I can't seem ever to edit the CSS to make it look how I want, position the elements how I want, ect. It really discourages me >.> The problem is that I feel that because I did not write the CSS + layout, I don't really have a feel for it. I spend at least an hour trying to figure out which CSS rules go to which DIVs and how they relate to each other, and even then, I can't manipulate the code to do what I want.
Am I silly for feeling disappointed in myself? I'd like some advice from people with experience.