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Web Design is
an incredibly
fun skill to learn
—combining the
latest toys of
technology with
the creativity of design! On top of that,
learning web design is unique in that we
can learn directly from current
professionals who publish their
techniques for all to read on their own
Web-logs!

The idea of the Web started with Tim

Berners-Lee during 1989, while he was
working at CERN. His vision was to create
a global level hypertext based project, and
his implementation with a browser was
with WorldWideWeb in 1991. During the
early days only text based pages could be
used on single lined web browsers.There
was no integration of multimedia elements
like images, sound and others. However
the arrival of the Mosaic web browser
allowed integration of multimedia
elements. In October 1994, W3C was
founded to develop standards for the Web,
which process still continues. Since about
2000, many browsers like Microsoft Edge,
Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome have
been released into the market, and new
browsers are still coming.

You'll find below a growing number of

topics that we think provide a good
foundation for any web designer. We're
also working on the requirements for
formal qualifications, so you can start
collecting evidence of your skills towards
a formal qualification in your country. Of
course, if you have anything to add or
improve then please join us and
contribute!

(Read More about the web design learning

project)

What you can learn here

The following topics have been ordered to
help provide a pathway for you to learn the
main skills of web design. Of course, you
might deviate from that path—or create a
new path!
Build a basic web page —Get started
creating your own web pages and
learning how to style them! You will also
find valuable information on what
makes a good web design. All of this
information is fundamental to getting
started.
Build a small website —Building on your
skills to create structured HTML content
that can be styled and laid out with your
stylesheets (Includes 10 CSS
Challenges!)
Developing a Client Project —Applying
your HTML/CSS skills to your first real
client project where you'll learn some
project management, information
architecture and usability along the way!
Now featuring the Information
Architecture Challenges
An Introduction to Programming with
JavaScript —Learn some of the
fundamentals of computer
programming (sequence, selection,
repetition and variables) with your own
web pages! Now with Introductory
algorithm challenges and JavaScript
Challenges!
CSS3 Animations − Animate your
website with the CSS3 animations
 An Introduction to Dynamic Websites
with PHP —Learn the basics of server-
side scripting, including page templates
and form handling. Now including PHP
Challenges!

Each topic includes an outline, suggested

activities and learning resources to help
you along your way.

Topics under development

Using the Internet as a Learning Tool –
Start learning how you can keep up-to-
date with the world of web-design.
Design Principles for Web Design –
Before getting too technical, get started
with some all important graphic design
principles as they're applied to the web!
Emerging Technologies – There are
some pretty nifty tools and technologies
constantly working their way into Web
design... start to find out about them!
Now with XML Challenges.
Accessibility – Start using the right
practices from the start!
Design Suggestions – Suggestions for
Design resources.
Getting Your Site On the Web – So
you've got your site, now you need to get
it on the web for everyone to see!
 Useful Applications – Make sure you
have the right tools for the job! Here
you'll find a listing of HTML/CSS editors
both WYSIWYG and text-based.
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Dynamic websites
Google Web Designer

Qualifications
Some countries offer official Web design
certificates and qualifications. This course
is intended to help those who would like to
obtain such a qualification.

See also
 Web development

Wikipedia

Web design (in Wikipedia)

OpenStack

External Links
W3 Schools Online Web Tutorials – A
resource for learning HTML 4.0, XHTML
1.0, CSS and scripting (JavaScript, PHP,
etc.) languages.
w3resource Online Web Tutorials – A
resource for learning HTML(4.01),
CSS(2.1), JavaScript(1.5), PHP 5, SQL
2003 standard and MySQL 5 tutorials.
 Web designing explained - Web design
Explained in detail
HTMLDog - A resource for best practice
guides to XHTML and CSS.

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