I would start designing your own sites as soon as you can. The more sites you have out there that you can show off as your own web portfolio the better. If you show somebody something they like, they will most likely forget about the 2 years experience!

You could learn online. There are lots beatuiful website templates you can view. And you need a web design software. I usually use Visio Software. There are lots of web design softwares online.

Originally Posted by CrownCart

I highly recommend this site: http://www.w3schools.com/

That is basically where I learned almost everything I know about website designing. You can also practice designing your own websites with a Yahoo Geocities account which gives you free hosting.

Start practicing and soon you will be able to design good looking sites.

Correct,

you should try this site to learn how to go with designing. Keep practicing, beside this you can join any local company with the low salary (for experience). You can put your resume on criglist, there are many ways to go, just hand on.

Yes, keep practicing. And while you're at it, you can start organizing portfolios of your webpage designs. some companies will consider hiring you if you have a decent portfolio where they can base your skills.

experience doesn't matter if you work good and professionaly without much experience...in this field stick you learn new things every day just stick to few tools and softwares and dont try to do too many things at the same time..

I know when I was taking Graphic Design courses about 4 or 5 years ago an internship was required

First of keep learning new things and practicing....

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You should make websites of your own. Experiment with things. Make improvements. Soon you get better at it.

Do you know some web pages you can recommend to start learning how to design my own web site. and the last thing how long do you think would I take to do create it in a good way?.

Originally Posted by ediko

Hello friends,
I am Edikan victor. i am internet into small internet businesses. and the most challenging part for me i think is website designing. so please can anyone here help me to show me at least how to start designing a website. with an application and also i need a web hosting company that will host it for $2-3 monthly for me.
you can reach me at ediko2008@yahoo.co.uk
kinds regards.

Well Edikan victor if you look around you can find free webspace with all the bells and whistles PHP , MySQL and the works Now I wouldn't try to run Yahoo on a free host but for someone just starting out that's the ticket and most can grow with you

Practice makes perfect.
Work on your own projects, practice more. And make a portfolio, it'll show an employer how good you are.

I too recommend the same, http://www.w3schools.com/, is the best place...

Thanks guys for the recommendation I check the web page but now I don’t know which one of the tutorials offered in the is the best one to start? is it HTML ok for a beginner as me? … the page is awesome guys thanks anyway.

I'm learning web design by trial and error over a 12 year period (that's still ongoing!). I've never worked for an agency but I started by doing a site for my band, then doing on for myself and other bands, then a place I went on holiday once. Went to uni to study Multimedia (not a lot of web stuff though, really) and got a job as the sole web designer for a local wholesaler. I've since moved on to another place as the sole designer. The money's not spectacular but I have so much freedom over what I do and I'm not just constantly churning out same old site after same old site. I'm able to set up new projects and put forward new technical ideas that will help the company.

Overall though to improve skills, it's practice, playing and getting it wrong occasionally that's done it for me.

Whether you have experience or not, a strong portfolio of websites and designs and a passion for the subject will open many doors.

Originally Posted by tuestunim

I'm learning web design by trial and error over a 12 year period (that's still ongoing!). I've never worked for an agency but I started by doing a site for my band, then doing on for myself and other bands, then a place I went on holiday once. Went to uni to study Multimedia (not a lot of web stuff though, really) and got a job as the sole web designer for a local wholesaler. I've since moved on to another place as the sole designer. The money's not spectacular but I have so much freedom over what I do and I'm not just constantly churning out same old site after same old site. I'm able to set up new projects and put forward new technical ideas that will help the company.

Overall though to improve skills, it's practice, playing and getting it wrong occasionally that's done it for me.

Whether you have experience or not, a strong portfolio of websites and designs and a passion for the subject will open many doors.

Definitely when you get passionate of something you can really success on that.

This is a pretty good lesson for the one who wants to do what he really likes. I think Ill do exactly the same. The experience is the only think makes you grow in any area you decide to specialize and passion will moves you on the right way.

i'm thinking i don't even know if this is what i want to do anymore.
i'm lost confused and don't know what i'm doing.

Yes you can go for internship to learn more about web designing

Do sites for friends and/or family, for a nominal fee, so you can tell a prospective employer that you have been freelancing for 2 years, or if you think you can pull it off, say you've been running your own webdesign company.

make sure you develop a portfolio, employers love that.