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cleanbluesky
24-09-2008, 11:16
I'm considering learning to do web design, including SSL - what would be the best way of going about this?

Where and what would be the best way to study?
leowyatt
24-09-2008, 11:26
depends on your best method of learning. Are you the sort of person who can work through a book or someone who learns by having a project/task to work on?
cleanbluesky
24-09-2008, 11:31
depends on your best method of learning. Are you the sort of person who can work through a book or someone who learns by having a project/task to work on?

Either, although I find book based learning isn't as good as face to face
Mark
24-09-2008, 11:32
There's nothing to learn about SSL besides buying and installing a certificate that does what you want. :)

I'm self-taught (but only as far as what I needed at the time), but there's plenty of classes out there (evening classes at local college, OU, etc.) and books if you prefer to learn that way.
leowyatt
24-09-2008, 11:53
Lynda.com do very good video courses for learning.
Haly
24-09-2008, 11:55
I tend to find learning as I go along and by trial and error works for me, but it does depend on the learning style that works for you. I just find having a project in mind gives me an aim as well as a way of combining various things together.

Either way http://www.w3schools.com/ is a very good resource to use in conjunction with whatever method you go for.
kaiowas
24-09-2008, 13:28
There's nothing to learn about SSL besides buying and installing a certificate that does what you want. :)


I'm gonna take a wild punt that he meant CSS
chumpychops
24-09-2008, 13:30
I'm gonna take a wild punt that he meant CSS

http://images.ctv.ca/gallery/photo/csi_caruso_one_liners_071126/image0.jpg

???
Jonny69
24-09-2008, 14:01
I did a free course on Dreamweaver and Photoshop which taught me pretty much everything I needed to know, then it was a matter of practice practice practice which I did by charging people to make their websites. They gave me an allowance towards my software so I must be one of the only people with a legit copy of Dreamweaver :D
Mark
24-09-2008, 14:17
I do too (it was part of a deal and is now ancient - I think it would still use tables for layout :shocked:)
Jonny69
24-09-2008, 15:45
Huh? Mine uses tables. What's the alternative?
Haly
24-09-2008, 15:47
Huh? Mine uses tables. What's the alternative?

CSS based layouts. Much nicer than tables :)
Jello
24-09-2008, 15:51
CSS based layouts. Much nicer than tables :)

I never did work out how to use CSS for layout. It was very handy in managing styles in bulk, though.
cleanbluesky
24-09-2008, 16:22
I did a free course on Dreamweaver and Photoshop which taught me pretty much everything I needed to know, then it was a matter of practice practice practice which I did by charging people to make their websites. They gave me an allowance towards my software so I must be one of the only people with a legit copy of Dreamweaver :D

Details on the course please...