What does it take to be a web designer?

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A website designer is someone with practical skill in website design and/or development. It's someone who knows how to use software packages to create web pages.

A web designer will be involved in the creation of a website at he first instance and may also be involved in publishing it to the world wide web. He/she may or may not be an expert at web designing but grows daily through practical skill.
To be a web designer, one can acquire the knowledge and practical skill by enrolling with an IT training school, buy and read books dedicated to the course or just learn it yourself at home with computer packages.
The fastest way to learn website designing is by using Macromedia Dreamwaeaver or Microsoft's Front page, using the included tutorials and help buttons. Dreamweaver is more preferred by upcoming web designers due to its flexibility and ability to easily adapt to a whole range of websites like html, xhtml, wml, xml, css and javascript.

Front page also has its advantages due to it's numerous valuable resources like easily integrating a site to e-commerce and even database using MS-Access.

Becoming a website designer begins with a first step and the requirements are not that hard. What you need to do is first get yourself a personal computer and do some practicals at home. Start with a simple website creation and see how to create simple html pages and editing the codes too. You can then improve on it by doing lessons in beautifying your website using graphics and animations. Applications like Macromedia flash and javascript can help add life to your websites and it comes with a whole range of capabilities such as submissions forms, queries, interactive media and so on.
Although website designers do not necessarily have to learn flash, more and more experts are adding it to their portfolio of abilities as it will practically add more life to your web pages and attract more clients.
The number of website designers across the world is growing and daily, it is becoming a competitive market. To make money from website designing, you need to first create a website for yourself in order to look professional and then create your own portfolio where people can view your works.
There are lot of websites you can also use to attract clients if you are a freelancer and what they require mostly is your personal details and a sample of your works