Learn Web Design & Get Certified *Help*

Bill3rdshift

Hello, I have a fairly straight forward question regarding web design...


I would like to learn web design skills enough to give my company page a revamp. Is there a recommended book that would teach me the fundamentals and essentials to overhaul my website, but also something that is aligned with a web design cert. E.g. CIW?


It appears there is two certs in the CIW professional series. 1. Web design specialist 1D0-520 2. E-commerce specialist 1D0-525. Passing both is rewarded with the Certified Internet Web Professional cert. I know WGU offers this cert. What are people's thoughts on it?




Or maybe I should just pick up something like this that is proven and works... "A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web" by Mark Boulton

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Guide-Designing-Simple-Steps/dp/0956174019/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352287205&sr=8-1?ie=UTF8&tag=futurepublishnetmag-21


Any info is helpful. Thanks in advance.

**Edit because of formatting**

Nyblizzard

For what it's worth, you can try learning some Web Design fundamentals from Code Academy. They have lessons on HTML5/CSS3, Javascript, and the jQuery library with some content on APIs among other programming languages.

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