Q&A: What problems are there in the web design industry?

Question by kitty2000500: What problems are there in the web design industry?
Is there any problems in the web design industry? looking from any problem(s) in this specific career cluster.
Looking for a problem associated with the web design industry. What problems is the industry facing? A more specific description will be posted (soon) if possible.
Web design to me seems to be a hard career to find a problem in.
I was given general questions for all industries to try to use:

What environmental damage is being done by this industry?
What technological changes have impacted the industry in a negative way?
Has access been equitable?
Are there scientific concerns in this industry?
Can regulations be enforced?
Are laws needed in this industry?
Are children’s lives being negatively impacted?

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Answer by crxdx_1987
You need to be a little more specific. What do you mean by problems?

One big problem is the fact that people still use Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6. They are insecure and don’t properly render html and css so it makes it harder to code sites.

Not sure if that’s the type of problem you are looking for or not…

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How much does an Educational Networks web design package cost for middle schools?

Question by : How much does an Educational Networks web design package cost for middle schools?
I’m looking into various web services for a middle school website. I saw Educational Networks

http://www.educationalnetworks.net/?rn=2074518

but they don’t give prices. Does anyone know how much it costs? Or if there are any other school website design companies, how much do those cost?

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Answer by Dennis
you can try www.adsph.com

they design/develop websites, just tell them how much is your budget and what are your needs.

they are one of the best web design / seo company i knew

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Q&A: How do I find employment agencys i new york city that specialize in Web design and graphic arts?

Question by gary d: How do I find employment agencys i new york city that specialize in Web design and graphic arts?
I have a graphic arts degree and additional courses in web design.

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Answer by mcg0722
I can give you a project to add to your portfolio… for details please e-mail me.

I can help you find agencies- I live in NYC.

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Q&A: What questions to I need to ask before hiring an in-house graphic/web design employee?

Question by HYUN O: What questions to I need to ask before hiring an in-house graphic/web design employee?
I want to hire someone to do all my product brochures and new web design, but here in my office. what are some things I need to ask the candidate and what kind of wage should I be offering?

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Answer by idesignidea.com
if he is ready
web design is $ 2000 to $ 100,000
but those people are asking for too much
look for a freelancer
visit. www.idesignidea.com

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Drum up business for newly established web design firm?

Question by dragonflyllg: Drum up business for newly established web design firm?
I just started a web design firm here in my town of 75k. I would like to see what would be the best way to get new clients. I already have a great portfolio (from freelance work I have done) and a very professional looking site. What is the best way to get new clients? Visiting actual businesses, cold calling, post cards, email, etc? Thanks for your help and suggestions.

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Answer by seedace
For webdesign firm you can advertise on google adword, yahoo, msn ect low cost yet very effective & targeted customer base. Give high commision to those who refer you sales, need not to be you own sale staff. Can be gobal parnership since it a web design you can ship though line. Local directory, newspaper also very effective. You can also post your portfolio on elance.com, online classifield ect. gd luck!

:http://www.apple3sg.com/startup.html

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What is an average fee people chage for private web design / programming lessons?

Question by : What is an average fee people chage for private web design / programming lessons?
I’m an expert developer in html, css, javascript, ajax, php, flash, actionscript, and quite handy in graphic design too. I want to teach people these skills online, via goto meeting or some other web based system. I have no idea what to charge, what is a common price for this kind of thing? Or if you don’t know, what do you think is fair?

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Q&A: What are some of the best books to learn web design?

Question by : What are some of the best books to learn web design?
I am currently in my third year of college majoring in computer science. I would like to learn whats the best way to succeed in the field of web design and, how to prepare myself for my career. If anyone could give me some advice it would be greatly appreciated; especially from those that are currently in the field with experience as well as those who are just getting out of college so I can have feel of what I’m getting into.

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Answer by Andy
First off I should say that I’m not in the field! But I do know that it’s something that changes a lot and usually that kind of stuff you don’t really want a book, but a good website would be the best way to go since they get updated with new technologies and techniques. Hopefully the site would have a forum with good traffic so that you can ask questions and have them answered in a reasonable amount of time.

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Are there any schools that offer a certificate for web design in Los Angeles County?

Question by Marie: Are there any schools that offer a certificate for web design in Los Angeles County?
I am a graphic designer who wants to move over to web design. I am looking for a school in my area. Does anyone have any leads?

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Answer by Obama Rules Mccain drools
I don’t know how you feel about online classes, but I have online classes for Web Design from Baker College in Michigan. Its a great program and I already have my associates degree. They don’t charge that much and its a Technology based college. Check out the web site.

www.baker.edu

https://ol.baker.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

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Q&A: Why are web design and animation skills so highly regarded within the graphic design industry?

Question by cire229: Why are web design and animation skills so highly regarded within the graphic design industry?
I am currently finishing my first year of university studying graphic design. I have seen a few sources that claim animation and web design are great skills to have when fighting for the opportunity to be offered a graphic design job.

But why is that? Why is animation and web design so highly regarded, to the point where it is claimed that having these skills will ensure you have the best opportunities for graphic design jobs? Could it be because it is more intricate and on some levels, more difficult?

Thanks

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Answer by Mato
Print design and advertising is slowly becoming obsolete. Everything is on the computer now. Having web and animation skills means you can create online ads, website designs, e-mail blast mailers, and animated flash ads. Having these skills also lets you sell yourself well. A spiffy online portfolio is good to have when the site itself can be considered a piece of your work. It also displays your ability to transition between print and web image formats. It’s good to be savvy with both.

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Is there any disadvantage to use Dreamweaver to do web design?

Question by freebeauty: Is there any disadvantage to use Dreamweaver to do web design?
I know dreamweaver is a handy web design tool, but is there any disadvantage to use it, for example, get some bad habits or limit creative to web designer? If I want to be professional web designer, Do I need write html and css in notepad for some time or directly use Dreamweaver?

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Answer by just “JR”
DW is a powerful web design tool, but should never be considered by a “professional”.
- It creates a code that is cluttered with inadequate tags and arguments;
- It usually develops a site for one given browser and one resolution;
- It never solve all browser’s incompatibilities; (Never found a DW site working on the 5 main browsers!)
- It is barely capable of dealing with any kind of interactivity (server-side scripts and AJAX)
- It prevents the coder from learning how to code properly.
In other words, you learn to design a site, but not how to develop it, and the coding is very hard to maintain (as it has no “meanings”).
Some consider it useful to set-up the base of their website “to save time”, then adapt the code by hand. I disagree! A good set of images created in Photoshop, and one set of HTML, CSS, javascript and php basics, together with an AJAX framework, allows me to set-up any website in a few hours and in a very professional manner.
My tools: Photoshop and Notepad++ (and many years of experience).

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