About 4 months ago, I decided to become a web designer. Armed with very little background in html (I designed a movie list website for myself in college using Dreamweaver and TONS of tables!), negligibly more Photoshop knowledge (high school newspaper editor), a very web-savvy and knowledgeable programming domestic partner (”web standards are important!”), and tremendous run-on sentence skills (see if you can get to the end of this one), I sought to learn the ins and outs of design for the web. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

After much heel-digging, I’ve decided to begin a blog, so that I can teach myself how to create blogs for clients. Wordpress is decidedly easy and comprehensive software to use. I’m currently in the process of manipulating the default theme’s CSS to fit my own site’s aesthetics.

It is here that I’ll catalog my continuing web design self-education. As I learn more about CSS, XHTML, Wordpress, jquery, shopping cart software, Photoshop, Flash, forms, search engine optimization, Google Analytics and IE bugs, I’ll post the information here. At some point soon, I’ll begin cataloguing of the backlog of information I’ve accumulated in the past 4 months.

My self-education will parallel my college education in many ways.  For instance, I may procrastinate or get distracted sometimes and include links to music videos or embed maps of Places I’ve Slept.

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