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Video Library Updated

April 15, 2013

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Hi,

We just moved the KillerSites Video Library to a new spot … it has it’s own website finally, after several years.

Besides a new home, the library also has a brand new look and interface that should make the library much easier to use.

Finally, we also have five new courses:

  • Beginners Web Design
  • Beginners WordPress
  • WordPress Theme from Scratch
  • Beginners Dreamweaver CS6
  • Beginners Photoshop CS6

Thanks for reading,

Stefan Mischook
killerSites.com

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A Million more Computer Jobs than Students by 2020

March 6, 2013

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The trend is your friend if you are into web design or web programming … going forward, there will be a lot more jobs than web professionals.

This trend means two things for web designers and programmers:

  1. There will be more new jobs created, than new web professionals with each passing year.
  2. Those who are smart enough to become web designers and web programmers, will see their pay go up as demand goes up.

 Why is the demand increasing so much?

 

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Web Design Trends for 2013 – the Video!

February 17, 2013

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Hey!

This is a video blog of me yapping about what will be hot in web design and web programming in 2013.

In a nutshell:

  • HTML5 and CSS3 are hot.
  • JQuery is also hot.
  • Flash is not!
  • PHP rocks!
  • JavaScript is worth a shot.

Or, you can watch the video:

Thanks for stopping by!

Stefan Mischook
killerSites.com

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The Complete Web Designer is HUGE!

February 11, 2013

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Hi,

Every so often we revamp our core video training packages with updated versions, so that they keep up with the technology changes.

For example, the current version of the Complete Web Designer, has brand new versions of the beginners web design course and our new Dreamweaver CS6 course too … among others.

New Video Courses means Higher Quality Videos

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Web Design in 2013 … and Beyond!

February 1, 2013

I was meaning to write this in January, but things got in the way! Anyway, here are the web design trends for 2013 …

1. HTML 5

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It think this one is a no brainer … everything and everyone is going HTML 5 and CSS 3:

  • Android (Google)
  • iOS / Mac OSX (Apple)
  • Windows (Microsoft)

… This includes all the major web browsers of course.

When people talk about HTML 5, they are really talking about a group of technologies that work together:

  1. HTML 5
  2. CSS 3
  3. JavaScript

HTML 5 and CSS 3 are basically very powerful extensions to HTML and CSS … and so if you understand the basic principles and techniques of these two foundation web languages, HTML5 and CSS3 should be approachable. That said, the added power does present some head scratching challenges a long the way. No worries though, we have the easy to follow training for you.

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New Beginners Web Design Course

December 20, 2012

Hi,

I just wanted to announced that I released my new beginners web design course. The course targets total beginners … you will learn:

– HTML
– CSS
– Basic page layout with CSS

… and much more!

You can learn more about it, and check out the free sample videos here:

Beginners Web Design

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook
killerSites.com

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Simplifying a Web Store

November 15, 2012

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Hi,

We have been on a mission recently here at KillerSites.com – a mission to simplify. I’ve even given the mission a name:

Project Simplify!

… Yes, very original.

Simple is hard to do …

Anyone with any design experience (and programming experience) can tell you that simplifying is a hard thing to do. It takes a lot of experience to be able to strip away the non-essential elements from a web page while still keeping it functional. As I stated in a previous blog post, web design is more like sculpting and less like painting; you want to strip away from the page to reveal the final product … rather than add to it.

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Web design is like sculpting, not painting.

October 30, 2012

Hi!

Many years ago, during the time of the dinosaurs, I was taught a very important rule about the perfection of technique:

… The master’s movement is polished, minimal, without waste or clutter. One of the primary goals of a martial artist, is to strip away non essential movement, and to clear ones mind of distracting thoughts.

What the heck does this have to do with web design?

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New KillerVideoStore.com coming soon!

October 14, 2012

I just wanted to mention that we are close to launching our brand new KillerVideoStore.com web site. After much work on both the front end and the back end, we are finally close to having something ready for primetime.

The new video store is different in a few ways:

  • Whole new layout.
  • The KillerVideoStore becomes an information hub … soon with hundreds of free videos.
  • The store will have its’ own blog where I will be talking about the latest web trends and putting the spotlight on various videos in our courses.
  • The store will now be offering much more comprehensive training packages that will include our streaming video library and our interactive training at KillersitesUniversity.com

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