During this class I have learned some simple things that have really made a huge difference in my websites. It is amazing to me how much the basics of web design are the core foundation of it. For example, I had learned about using div and at first I didn’t really know what capabilities it had. It was amazing to me how easy it was to connect the dots from using a div to putting things in CSS and voila, your web page was ready.
Another thing that has helped in this class is how organizing your XHTML can make life a lot easier. I have seen some websites that were being created and had no structure. It was impossible to find things and took forever to fix any problems. I have also seen some that were done very well. Any changes that needed to be done were easy to make and painless. There was no frustration and just a few clicks away was a change that was simple. Organizing things is huge!
It is also important to know how to learn from other people. The more I have looked at the coding for websites the more I notice that not much really changed between websites. Yes the information is different but the over all structure of the web page is the same for each one. It is important to know how to learn and how to take ideas and mend them into being your own. This is where the creative part comes in. You need to be able to figure out a way to make your web page stronger and finding different ways to do it is the best solution.
