Comments on: Just because you can hit a button doesn’t make you a web designer

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By: Randall Betuela

Randall Betuela — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:48:01 +0000

Web designing was always meant to be the two edged sword, problematic dragon of internet savvy people right from the word go! Because we separated the content, from the way the content is being presented on internet web pages it now falls on those that are knowledgable in either of which to determine how they make a living in an inreasingly competitive market. I am pleased to say the I have an eye for art, and since i am enthusiastic I am pursuing an informal education in teaching myself ‘code’ as one puts it. But I have to say, as the web starts to reflect the way we live on the getgo, more and more people will opt for the eye candy produced in lesser time than knowing the sweetening agents in the broth. With works like Dreamweaver coming up and fireworks, ladies and gentlemen, we’re welcoming the future of web design on the go.

By: Chiron Allen

Chiron Allen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:34:34 +0000

My clients get bored when I start talking about things like web standards, xhtml, css, etc. They want a website that looks great, performs well in the search engines, and gets them new customers. They could care less how it was created. My background is in print design. So, I know a few things about graphic art. I’m not a great web developer. There are some decent WYSIWYG web editors out there. I can barely type twenty words a minute, but I try hard to create sites that comply with W3C standards, are optimized for search engines, and look professional. The end result is a handful of websites that have attracted lots of new business for my clients and repeat business for me. I simply have to edit HTML code, CSS, Javascript, PERL and other web languages in order to stay in business.

By: karmatosed

karmatosed — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:16:27 +0000

If you read this you’d see I was not claiming code is the only thing that makes a web designer. Code though is an important part of being a web designer just like other design skills. Clients of course are important, I run my own business and soon wouldn’t if I saw clients as not important. I think you will find they do care how the site works and what it does which you will only get a high standard of if you do not just push a button.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:09:08 +0000

WOW! I’ve never ehard such whining! There are some really amazing web sites out there with generated code. I think being a web designer requires much more than knowing code. I have looked at many sites that realy, realy sucked but had flawless code. What good is that? In the end, you better be impressing the customer visiting the web site, they are the ones with the money for YOUR CLIENT. You better impress them in 30 seconds or less and they honestly don’t care how your code came to be.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:13:14 +0000

I’ve had the same problem as Christy: people think they know about websites simply because they use the Internet.

I have had a few clients who have used a cheaper designer (usually a ‘friend’/'nephew’ etc), only to find their site a few months later (with much difficulty): a JPEG sitting on a page, usually with no ‘alt’ text. Makes me smile inside!

By: at Mad Web Skills - Web design in Melbourne and Shepparton

at Mad Web Skills - Web design in Melbourne and Shepparton — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:33:07 +0000

[...] Over on Diary of a Website, karmatosed has ranted about so-called web designers who’s knowledge of code does not extent far past exporting slices from Photoshop/Fireworks. “Just because you can hit a button to create code DOES NOT make you a web designer. It makes you a button pusher.” Amen. [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 21 May 2007 13:07:59 +0000

I agree with you. But I try not to search (project) my anger or frustration on the outside. On the long run quality rules – also for the customers. Plus: word of mouth of satisfied customers are the best ad – not the website with: ‘will do the job in 2 days with all you need, even the things I don’t know, they’re done within 48 hours’. I am not the genious coder but I try (these days even harder) to at least grab the basics and give the job to my partner when it gets really tricky. I love the customer who says: ‘but I found someone who does my site for $400′ – I happily let them go into their mediocre web-thinggies and wait. Some return and pay even more, others don’t want more than a single jpg which is clickable for email :-)