[UPHPU] Does anybody know where I can get some better web design skills?

[thebigdog]

> I think that I have down some good techniques for programming backend,
> content management, and I can handle flat-file and DBMS databases. I also am
> very good at AJAX, CSS styling, and XHTML strict writing. BUT I lack in
> skills needed to design the layout and interface, not that I can't program
> almost anything anyone gives me, but I want to be able to give myself
> something. At this point, I have my own very minimal website -- and I don't
> keep it up to date, because all of my data is hard coded in XML files
> (basically I have developed an online method for adding content yet).
> Anyway, sometimes I'll go over to DeviantArt.com and look at people's web
> layouts to get an idea, but where does everybody get their own ideas? I
> would appreciate any direction, especially for my personal web site -- my
> goal is to sell myself as a web programmer, software QA engineer, and
> application programmer.

i have always taken the approach of researching out items and then finding out
how "they did it". this has helped me learn tons and provides me with new ideas
along the way.


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thebigdog