Where can I get good advice on web site design?

I know that Dreamweaver is the best program to get and I can learn to use it, but I would like guidance on the actual design process and how Dreamweaver can aid it, along with Do's and Don'ts on web design. What is the best way to actually go about designing etc. Dreamweaver will obviously start you off with a blank page, I want to learn how to start creating great pages.Where can I get good advice on web site design?
You can learn from a number of websites tips and tricks to help you along - I'm sure that a google search would bring up quite a few very quickly - HOWEVER, speaking from experience, forget the websites that people will offer you and do one of two things:





a) Go to your local college and sign up for a course in web design. Make sure the course covers Dreamweaver and *not* MS Frontpage. If the course is still teaching Frontpage (known in the business as being an absolute no-no), it is likely that any other tips they will give you will also hinder rather than help.





OR





b) If you're really serious about getting into web design, there is no better place to learn than on the job. Many web design companies hire ';junior web designers'; who only have a basic understanding of the methodology, so that they can mould them and train them into how they like to work. Each web company has different practices, so more often than not you will find that nowadays the majority of web jobs available are junior positions. There is no subsititute for learning this way....no training course, no book and *definitely* no website.





If you don't want to choose a career in web design, then definitely consider the night course route. Get yourself on a decent training course and learn how to do things professionally.





Good luck!Where can I get good advice on web site design?
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here's some reading for you:





http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/


http://www.happycog.com/lectures/dwws/





that will put you on the right track.





EDIT: these are about semantic web design, separation of presentation from content. It will teach you the basic concepts to create 'clean' website.
http://www.good-tutorials.com/


http://www.digitaljuice.com/


http://www.tutorialkit.com/


http://www.codestyles.com/


http://www.sitecube.com/website/promo_bw鈥?/a>
I went on a one-to-one training course for dreamweaver and although it was expensive (around 拢300 for the day) it was well worth the cost. Flash is also another option to consider, you can create fantastic animations relatively simply. Once you know how to use the package, the rest is really down to creative ability and trial and error!
use dream wever mx
Couple of places that might help you with the do's and don'ts of website design:





http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/


http://www.useit.com/
Free site builder.


NVU


http://www.nvu.com





Free FTP to upload pages.


Filezilla


http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/





Free HTML tutorials.


http://www.w3schools.com/





Step by step tutorials.


http://www.webmasterautomation.com/video鈥?/a>
Go to: www.w3c.org





This is the mother of every standard on web!





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Thanks,





Rahul Kaul


Web Design @ http://www.creatorshive.com