Web Design Training

A Million more Computer Jobs than Students by 2020

March 6, 2013

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:

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

Â Why is the demand increasing so much?

February 11, 2013

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

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

â€¦ 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

August 6, 2012

1. How long before you can build a website?

You can learn to build a simple website in a few days .. if you can put a few hours into it every day.

Yes, you would have only basic web design skills, but with the help of templates and other smart web design strategies, you could actually put a simple web site together that wonâ€™t make people cry when they see it.

To become an expert web designer though, will take more time. How much time depends your natural talents and how much you know about technology coming into it. Iâ€™ve seen people develop entry level pro skills in months … with the required work put in of course.

June 13, 2012

small business web design

It is very common for small business owners to have problems with their websites. These problems typically arise because of issues of communication with the web designers and programmers that they hire.

â€¨â€¨A big reason for this lack of clear communication, is because most small business owners donâ€™t know much about web design (and most web designers donâ€™t know much about business!) …Â small business people also have no way of judging if the web design work being done, is any good. â€¨â€¨You have to be realistic, there is no way of managing the process effectively, when you are totally blind when it comes to how to build web sites.

â€¨â€¨Do small business owners have to become web designers?â€¨â€¨

Short answer: no. â€¨â€¨… In fact, they probably shouldnâ€™t. Itâ€™s best to stick to what you know (thatâ€™s running your business) and let others take care of the stuff you donâ€™t know.â€¨â€¨

That said, I believe ALL small business owners MUST learn at least some basic web design, so that they can properly manage the building of their websites. To be able to do this effectively, you will also need to learn to speak with web designers and web programmers, in the language they understand: nerd-talk.

May 22, 2012

Hi,

For many who are in the middle of learning web design, they find it hard to assess how much they are learning … as they progress. Ultimately the best way to judge this, is to just build websites and see how smoothly the process goes.

Instant Interactive Video Learning

A faster way (to get that feedback) is to take an interactive course that quizzes and code challenges you as you learn. Because we saw a value in this style of learning, we built an interactive training system called KillerSites University.

If you want to learn more about interactive code challenges and at the same time, start building your profile/CV, try out the free courses and chapters at KillerSites University.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook
killersites.com

April 17, 2012

Just about every small business owner knows that they have to have a website. What many don’t know, is that they also have to have basic web design skills … yes, even learning the dreaded code behind the pages: HTML and CSS.

Why do you need to know HTML and CSS?

For a few reasons:

To be able to make small changes to your site, without having to call your web designer every two minutes!
To be able to judge (to a certain extent) how long it might take to make a change to your website.
To know what your options are regarding a website.

… Let’s tackle each of these:

MAKING SMALL CHANGES TO YOUR WEBSITE
Websites are in constant need of updates, no question. It could be some new text you want add, corrections, adding a new image or even a new page. Many of these jobs are actually pretty easy to do with even a simple understanding of HTML and CSS.

So rather than having to reach your web designer, waiting for he/she to get back to you, just learn some basic web design and you will save a lot of time, headaches and even some money.

April 7, 2012

Everyone has their own style of learning, and because of this, we’ve provide a few different ways for you to learn web design and web programming:

1. Buy a video package that you can take home and own – for example:

www.killervideostore.com/video-courses/complete-web-designer.php

These are video courses that you can either download or have a DVD shipped to you.

2. Subscribe to our big library of premium content:

www.killersites.com/video-library/

This is a subscription service that works a lot like Netflix, where you can access our entire collection and watch as many videos you want. We have a standard and a premium subscription where with the premium subscription, you have access to all the videos, sources files and we give you one year access.

3. And of course, the KillerSites University where you get the interactive video training experience:

killersitesuniversity.com/

You can either buy individual courses or subscribe to access all of the training courses. KillerSites University is an interactive learning system, where you are quizzed and code challenged, while you watch videos that teach web design and web programming.

Stefan Mischook
killersites.com

March 10, 2012

question about web design

Hi,

I got a good question from someone wanting to learn web design:

… if I buy your videos on how to construct a website, do I not also have to purchase the software to actually make the website, such as DreamWeaver or some other software?

My answer:

Hi James,

To create web sites, you don’t have to buy the expensive commercial packages like Dreamweaver. There are many free alternatives that work great and in fact, we include one in this package:

Complete Web Designer

That said, we teach with the popular commercial products because they are popular. But once you learn to work with say Dreamweaver, any web design program you use will be easy because they are work in the same way.

.. Like driving a car, it doesn’t matter which car it is you are driving.

I hope that helps,

Stefan
killersites.com

January 5, 2012

Hello Everyone!!

Once in a while I use an email conversation as a blog post – I get good questions from people all the time. So, in this email, someone wanted to know about software used in building web sites – check it out:

… This is the 60 thousand dollar question that no one I ask seems to be able to answer. What programs do you need to be a functioning professional web designer? (Adobe, Dreamweaver,etc.)

And do you know price ranges? I want to have the programs before I get the program so I can hit the ground running.

Thanks,
Jimmy

My answer:

Hi Steve,

The answer to the $60 000 question: You don’t need any!!!

Yep, once you start learning (video #1) you will see that you can build websites with a simple text editor like notepad!! Programs like Dreamweaver can speed up the process … but these days, they are far, far less important than they used to be.

In the first course of the Complete Web Designer package, I demonstrate building a site using notepad and textedit (for Mac people) … and I also include a free web design program that does a lot of what Dreamweaver does.

… You have many options.

Image Editors

In terms of editing images, there are cheap and free alternatives to Photoshop that will do everything you need – web image editing isn’t that complex. The Gimp and Aviary come to mind.

That said, we teach the techniques with Dreamweaver and Photoshop since they are the industry leaders. But the skills you learn there are 100% transferable to the free alternatives I mentioned.

… For the purpose of learning, just download the FREE 30 day trials of Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop … more than enough time to learn. Once you have the know how, you can jump to any of the free alternatives or go for the Adobe products.

I hope that helps,

Stefan

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