Fellow Web Developers

[PennylessZ28]

Hey everyone, I'm a little new here. Just wondering who else is in the IT field?

I work as a Video Engineer for Applied Global Technologies. We provide video teleconferencing solutions for the goverment and private companies.

I also do freelance web developement on the side and as a hobby.

3 of the sites I run are forums, simlair to this, but car enthusiast forums.

mikekey.net - My personal site (re-vamping)
hr3rdgen.org/forums/ - hampton roads 3rd generation f-body
ttac.net - Tidewater trans am club
hrpe.net/forums/ - Hampton Roads Performance Enthusiast
VirginiaTrails.net - Virginia parks and recreation guide and forum (under construction)

 

[Deacon]

I do free lance webdesigns as well....www.peace-chapel.com is my church site....trying to get a new look implemented this week.

 

[smurfy2day]

I do web page design.... try to learn as much as I can, but what I know I have taught myself, and I don't have all the time in the world, as I am a nurse, and you know how the medical profession is.....

 

[PennylessZ28]

I do web page design.... try to learn as much as I can, but what I know I have taught myself, and I don't have all the time in the world, as I am a nurse, and you know how the medical profession is.....

Thats how I was/am.... I have been a total goof off. Kinda just breezed through schooling and spent a lot of time being a computer geek.

Self-taught on most programing launges and other computer related skills.

Never even seen college. Got lucky with my job, knew a good friend who got me in the door.

I was struggling for awhile becuase they tend to hire people with paper, even if you know more than the guy with the piece of paper. I work with people everyday that have PHD's and other things that say they are smarter than me, and for some reason, I'm answering thier questions and explaining why they see a blue screen.....



hehehe

 

[Deacon]

LOL....I just started designing a few months ago hard core...I have a new look that I am trying to make REAL nice....Pennyless if you would like to give me your opinion I am open to suggestions.

 

[PennylessZ28]

This might sound corny, but I doodle a lot of my ideas on a sheet of paper.

Then I try to bring it all together in Adobe Photoshop, and figure out how to make it work realistically within a browser.

For coding I use simple Notepad, but Macromedia Dreamweaver is also good as a coding and visualization aid.

 

[Pete Harcoff]

I do freelance web design and development. It started out as a hobby over 5 years ago, but gradually became my profession of choice.

What I've been mainly focusing lately is becoming better at the visual design aspect of web sites. Writing code is easy; being able to match that with killer visuals is the tricky part.

 

[jono1]

For coding I use simple Notepad, but Macromedia Dreamweaver is also good as a coding and visualization aid.

yeah, dreamweavers great....i just wish it weren't so expensive...

 

[PennylessZ28]

Tell me about it! The price we pay in the high tech age.

 

[jones_of_pbf]

I do web page design.... try to learn as much as I can, but what I know I have taught myself, and I don't have all the time in the world...

Same for me.
I get to maintain the College & Career site for my church.
I'm not very good yet though.

 

[PennylessZ28]

A Little practice and some good old fasion trail and error is all it takes.

The best thing to often do is to search the internet for ideas.

 

[bazaarmaster]

Okay for all you christian Web Developers have you heard of bible-traffic
Well if you haven't you need to check it out it is the best place on the net to get Family Safe Christian Internet Traffic to your site.

Just though i would let you know...

 

[PennylessZ28]

uh-huh, I'll look into it.

 

[onajourney87]

I do website design for sites I own/help-out-with(including the one in my profile). And I've done a few designs for friends.

This might sound corny, but I doodle a lot of my ideas on a sheet of paper.

Then I try to bring it all together in Adobe Photoshop, and figure out how to make it work realistically within a browser.

For coding I use simple Notepad, but Macromedia Dreamweaver is also good as a coding and visualization aid.

Sweet! Someone who still believes in using Notepad for coding and in starting on paper. I do the same, but use Paint Shop Pro instead of Photoshop during the "paper to pixel" stage.

osm

 

[Stryper]

what types of classes do you suggest i take if i want to get into this?

my local community college offers many different web language classes. which one to choose?

 

[jko]

I do freelance web design also. I have made some good $$$.

My code is compliant with W3C, so my XHTML and CSS is all done right.

 

[Hewitt]

I used to play around with web design but then college started and...well, I just don't have the time anymore.

Back when I did it, I had big dreams and I was always inspired by my favorite companies (Christian): http://www.pixelgrazer.com and http://www.plainjoestudios.com because they are top-notch!

 

[PennylessZ28]

I do freelance web design also. I have made some good $$$.

My code is compliant with W3C, so my XHTML and CSS is all done right.

So is mine, but tell me this, is your binarydreams website w3c complaint?

Becuase I have had one heck of a time getting vbulletin to be anywhere near w3c complaint. The software is nice, but the end product html is a horrific mess.

As for Stryper I wouldn't know what kind of classes to recommend. I never took any computer classes or went to college. I just have years of self taught experince.

I suppose a good introductionary class into basic langues would be good. And I would recommend finding onlien tutorials and lots of pratice at the same time. And expand your horizion.

I was never good with the classroom envoriment.

 

[jko]

So is mine, but tell me this, is your binarydreams website w3c complaint?

Becuase I have had one heck of a time getting vbulletin to be anywhere near w3c complaint. The software is nice, but the end product html is a horrific mess.

The forums are not, yet. Everything else on my site is though. Once vB3 final is released, it will be XHTML compliant.

 

[PennylessZ28]

The forums are not, yet. Everything else on my site is though. Once vB3 final is released, it will be XHTML compliant.

I have a bet 7, I'm still fiddling to see if I can make it XHTML complaint.