Guideline/Roadmap For New Web Designers (Contains Detailed Description)

So What I am saying in essence is that - for all the tutorials here and there you see are on this - is level by level.
This guideline is to help you find your level, and at the time, i want to quickly say that i am one of those old-fashioned people
who prefer to write codes rather than use softwares like DW. So if you will like to learn how to code - you can follow my guideline.
Most of what I post here are usually based on my past work and are based on facts - not fictions.

Beginners / New Coders

HTML
This is the basic foundation language of the web.
To learn HTML, you can visit this thread
How To Build Your First Website And Upload It Online In Less Than 1 Week [written by DHTML] - http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=213936.0


CSS
This is the next useful area after HTML. To learn this, please follow my thread -
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-216489.0.html [Cascading Style Sheets - Q & A Section - Interractive]

Javascript
This should come right after HTML & CSS - otherwise it may be quite meaningless.
To learn javascript, please follow - http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=214685.0 [Javascript For Beginners - Learn How To Script Today!]
This will complete your client sided language.

Point of Decision
Next step now is, you need a language that can process info at the server to handle file uploads, database,
There are many languages that can do this. Perl, PHP, ASP, JSP, Cold Fusion, ASP.NET,
People use different ones. I started off with perl/asp at the begining - later to asp.net, but eventually decided to stay with php
and i am quite comfortable with php - fulfills all my goals - speed, support and all.


PHP
I will still recommend PHP for beginners, it is faster to learn and apply - knowlege of other programming languages
is not important. To learn PHP, you can follow this thread:

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=215364.0 [General PHP / Database Using Php & Mysql & Xml Q & A Section]
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-191707.0.html [Tutorial-building Dynamic Websites]
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-193865.0.html [Php Class For Beginners. Question Will Be Treated With High Priority]

MySQL
It is the database that usually accompany PHP. To learn MySQL
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=215364.0 [General PHP / Database Using Php & Mysql & Xml Q & A Section]

************************** End of Basic Training ******************************************************

A Little Diversion
All that one na coding - u now need to learn how to design - usually you learn designing as you are learning your HTML and CSS.
Alot of softwares are used to design. I am more used to Macromedia Fireworks, some use photoshop, even sef, i hear some
web designers are still using CorelDraw 8.0 to design, whatever, just design and optimize your graphics.

************************* I have done all of the above *********************************************
By now i assume you can now develop websites, the next level is to now learn how to apply all of the above or combination of some of them.

That is the purpose of the other threads i created below:

For clarifications and all, please contact support@mwebng.net - and you can always post your questions in the appropriate thread - and receive your answers promptly.

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=213936.0 - did not remove it - maybe too many threads to pick from.