To be a good web designer
it is important to be trained
Basic web design is very
simple. anyone can make a web page. When
it comes to designing effective web pages
for business purposes, then training becomes
essential.
In the UK there are several
ways that people can get trained in web
design. You can go to evening or day classes
in colleges in most large towns and cities.
There are numerous online
training courses.
You can buy books and
teach yourself. You can use a combination
of all these.
If you are working for
a large organisation that has a training
budget then you can go on a course provided
by the large number of commercial training
agencies.
Having trained scores
of web designers over the past ten years,
I have developed my own idea about what
constitutes a training programme for people
who want to make or maintain web sites:
1. Understanding what
it is all about
Understanding how web
sites work, how they are delivered to your
browser window and getting familiar with
the many technical terms which are used.
2. Understanding what "effective" web
sites are about. If you know what you want
a web to achieve then you can work backwards
to putting it all together
3. Getting to grips with
standards. There are many technical standards
which should be achieved. Some are to do
with the HTML code, some with accessibility
issues and some with the growing burden
of law relating to the internet.
4. Designing is not just
about the look and feel of the web page.
good course will help reveal how function
and content relates to the more creative
processes which go into designing the appearance
of a web page.
5. Technical issues.
There are many. A good course will be grounded
in a thorough understanding of the technicalities
of web work.
Do web designers need
to be qualified?
Like any other complex
subject, qualification help to demonstrate
competence. Even now there are not many
serious qualifications for web design.
As a subject it is often embedded in broader
IT subjects.
These are important to
those who are seeking full time employment
as in house commercial designers.
The Certified Internet
Webmaster (CIW) is one of the more substantial
professional qualifications; putting CIW
or the full title into search engines will
readily bring up web pages about Certification
courses. It's expensive.
If you want to work as
a web designer, it is important to get
some practical experience through working
in a web design studio. You should also
have a portfolio of web sites that you
have personally made, to show to prospective
employer.
B2B Web provides one
to one coaching for in-house web designers
Details of the training courses and services provided by B2B Web Consultants, a design studio based in Leicester, UK.
One to one coaching and tailor made courses on web design, email use and management and how to use the Internet in business.
Assistance to in-house web designers
We help in-house web designers to build or manage web sites. Company web designers come to us for training and consultancy often because they are not specialists in this field.
Our consultants are available to review sites and ensure that they are up to current standards and fully complinant with UK legislation.
If
you are a web designer for a company, business
or organisation, ask us about training.
You can receive training or coaching from
a full-time web designer.
If you need to build or maintain a website
for your business, we will work with you
as you do it.
Call us now for a no-obligation
quote on 0870 094 8020
