website design/developement and linux

Not sure if this is the place to ask...but I've been doing banners, headers on photoshop for a while and I want to progress to actually knowing how to design/code a website.

Where exactly do I start? I'm confused as to how many different ways there are to implement a site. I know you can design a whole site layout in Photoshop, then slice it. Is that the only way? Or what's another way?

(Right now the only program I have is Photoshop - what do I need?)

 

The Photoshop slice and dice method is likely the worst approach. Start with some tutorials. Go to htmldog.com and work through their tutorials (in order), to get the basics down.

The key tool you need for web development is a good text editor*. Photoshop, GIMP, et al, are for graphic content. They have nothing more to do with creating a web page/site than any other content.

cheers,

gary

* Search the site for editors. There are 'lebenty-seben threads on the subject (because nobody searches first; they just start another thread). Do not start with Dreamweaver or other wysiwyg editor. You'll want/need a plain-text editor. Period.

 

Thanks for the info

I was reading around and ppl are saying different things. I narrowed it down to these 3: Notepad++, VIM, and TextEdit. What do you recommend?

 

If you're willing to do the work learning Vim, it will be well worth the effort. I prefer Emacs, which also has a lot to learn but is easier to get started IMO. Emacs is the single most powerful text editor, and Vi/Vim is a close second. All others are far behind, but many are good enough.

Just keep in mind that every time you need to touch the mouse, you are slowing down. The most productive editors will allow you to work without ever needing the mouse.

cheers,

gary

 

Wow, how come these things are so confusing to download? I was looking up emacs and vim and have no idea what to download.

Just under VIM for windows alone, there's:
Self-installing executable
Runtime files
GUI executable
GUI executable
.....plus MANY more..

 

Just download and run the executable, gvim72.exe.

cheers,

gary