the666ers Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Hey chaps.I've got a Mac and was basically wondering what my options are for web design. I don't mind buying a few books online to help me out but I'd like to know I'm not wasting my time, if there are better programs to use and such.I've some programming experience in c so don't mind getting a little technical if needs be.Thanks everyoneJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Talk to Jon Mack!hahaBut seriously, he'll have all the advice you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Dreamweaver and Photoshop have been pretty good for me. Got the Adobe Premium Suite. iWeb isn't too bad for basic stuff (but it's too basic).Give me a shout if you want the premium suite; and if you know how to burn a dmg file to disk .It's the whole bundle!Hendrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc7r Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Dreamweaver and Photoshop have been pretty good for me. Got the Adobe Premium Suite. iWeb isn't too bad for basic stuff (but it's too basic).Give me a shout if you want the premium suite; and if you know how to burn a dmg file to disk .It's the whole bundle!Hendrix.* Creative Suite.Yeah CS3 is okay, photoshop, dreamweaver and illustrator mainly.I learnt everything I know from Danny, Google and Jon, and I know enough to do decent sites (in my opinion obv haha..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Textmate and Photoshop/Fireworks is all you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-i-t-c-h Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 I hope to god that you didn't buy a mac and think ill have a bash at the webdesign because i have a mac...If you doing it for fun, get some books, get some google and have a play. If you want to do it to maybe get serious in it, do something different with your web design there are 14milliontrillion (i duno i just made that figure up) people that do design and code website. Think of a different approach, because you will spend the time learning the languages now and then realise there's no real sustainable use for it because the market is flooded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Generally people will either design websites or develop them. Not many people are good at both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Pretty much, I design, but cant dev for shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Pretty much, I design, but cant dev for shit.What's the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 What's the difference? Jed not only are you a joke thief but you are unbelievably stupid aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Jed not only are you a joke thief but you are unbelievably stupid aswell.Alright Big Balls, you tell me.Edit: That comment tickled me Jarrod, see below. Edited September 8, 2008 by BlastBeats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Alright Big Balls, you tell me.Edit: That comment tickled me Jarrod, see below.A Designer designs the website.A Developer then takes the design and Developes (makes) it. Edited September 8, 2008 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 A Designer designs things.A Developer Develops things.That has got to be the shittest explanation ever. If I didn't understand before how is that going to help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 A designer designs and codes the site so it looks nice, a developer develops the back end so everything works and it all links together nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMAyaRKay Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 A designer does all the artwork basically and has idea of how it will look.A developer will take the designs from the artworker and do all the technical stuff, coding and stuff to put it very basically to make it actually work on the internet. Without developing it, the artwork would simply be an image that no-one could interact with.This is a very basic description, but hope you can understand it a little better now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 IMO a designer is front end, a developer is back end. Front end for me is design/xhtml/css/cross browser testing/etc. and back end is php/coding wizardry/advanced js/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Thanks guys, I was assuming one person did everything, so the developers are the geeky ones and the designers are the arty with a bit of geeking in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMAyaRKay Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Thats fair enough, and you may be right, just the impression I'd got from a friend who works in the industry, I'm no expert though. Either way it's along the lines of being creative and then being technical I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Pretty much. You get a few people who are jack-of-all-trades, but mainly people go into those two groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the666ers Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 To the guy who asked if I bought a mac so I could have a go, the answer is no. I bought it beause they are cooler than pc's, and I am therefore cooler than you.Infact, that was sarcasm.I originally bought it to run Logic 8 on, as it's integral to my uni course and partly also to run Xcode.Thanks for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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