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Yes it's easy to learn the basics of HTML/CSS, but to do it really well (i.e. on a professional level) really requires an investment of time. From a financial p
by michaelpinto 13y ago
Yes it's easy to learn the basics of HTML/CSS, but to do it really well (i.e. on a professional level) really requires an investment of time. From a financial point of view I'm not even sure that it's time well spent given that you can always outsource the work cheaply on the low end.
- tholex 13y agoSpending time designing in photoshop and then "cheaply" "outsourcing" HTML and CSS development, aka your _actual_ website, is a terrible idea. There are people who implement designs well, and they are worthwhile to hire if you don't know browsers; they're certainly not cheap.
- michaelpinto 13y agoIt depends on what you're doing. Yes if you're doing a large scale project that's mission critical you want a front end pro and wouldn't dream of going cheap. But on the other hand say you have to do a single simple landing page for a one time marketing campaign it would be silly to bring in the best. Also as a designer I find myself telling potential clients that they don't need a designer and should just go with a template or a logo from 99designs. For the longest time I hated doing this, but I realized that if someone wants to spend from $10 to $500 to do something that I wasn't the right person for the gig!