Help re CIW

Hi all

Im another newbie and I have been looking into undertaking a self study course in web design etc. There seems to be a lot of companies out their offering the CIW course prices ranging from 1200 to 4000 pounds. Does anyone have any views on this course and whether it is a worthwhile course or are there any self study courses anyone can recommend. Hope you can help cos I am just about pulling out my hair at the moment wondering which way to jump.

Thanks

Donna

welcome to Webforumz Donna...

hugs,
berjoe

Hi berjoe
glad to be a new member

donna

Welcome to webforumz!!

What are you wanting to learn? What programming language??

if you tell us what programming Language your will to learn we can at Webforumz put you in the right direction to help as much as we can

Is it just me or are most guru's self taught? I'd be real careful before spending cash on a course without serious checks. As ironic as it may be, i'd avoid online courses unless you can verify the quality.

yes thats true becauise its best to check see if there worth it first before u do an online course

Well also most courses that schools teach, for example let's say your community collage. They will teach you HTML, and about making tables, and frames. But frames and tables, are now a BIG NO NO in website design. Really you should be learning XHTML, and CSS. Then if you want to make some big bucks, you could try taking some flash courses. Here are some great flash tutorials...
http://www.webforumz.com/flash-forum...ning-flash.htm

But most website designers I know are self taught, and even if they have a degree, they won't get hired unless they have a really good portfolio and build in current standards. So build up your portfolio and code clean and neat. But anyway, I would probably just teach myself XHTML, CSS, PHP, and Photoshop, and maybe Fireworks. Then also don't forget flash, my personal favorite.

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