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Thread ID: 33402 2003-05-15 06:53:00 Very OT: A Website Designer looking for more work stu140103 (137) Press F1
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144370 2003-05-15 06:53:00 Hello every one,

I know this might not be a good place to ask this question…:(

A Website Designer looking for more work? (Job's)
& Where would a good place be to start looking for more work?????

I know that Seek & Netcheck, Do Not have any jobs for a Website Designers where else?????? (Unless I am not looking it the correct places or with bad keywords)

Can any one help me????? 		stu140103 (137)
144371 2003-05-15 07:09:00 Hi Stu

Put up a site with your details and references (including links to sites you have designed) and then advertise in the Trade and Exchange and other similar local newspapers/websites.

You should also seriously consider proper backup procedures (after your lack of backup confession in another thread :D) otherwise you could lose a lot of your clients work in progress (not a very professional thing to do).

Good luck :)

Jen 		Jen C (20)
144372 2003-05-15 07:25:00 > You should also seriously consider proper backup
> procedures (after your lack of backup confession in
> another thread :D)

ah which thread is that???? ?:|
Are you talking about the FAQ Idea thread?????? ?:| 		stu140103 (137)
144373 2003-05-15 07:25:00 do a BCC of many many recruitment companies u can find.
looks via some RC's and go thru the info how to prepare etc.. (monster.co.nz) this is one.
write letters to companies ... asking for work.

but b4 look thru the info b4 u proceed. 		nomad (3693)
144374 2003-05-15 07:34:00 > > You should also seriously consider proper backup
> > procedures (after your lack of backup confession in
> > another thread :D)
>
> ah which thread is that???? ?:|
> Are you talking about the FAQ Idea thread?????? ?:|

Talk about short term memory :D

This thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) quote:
"I might be the worst person here who has not back up in 3 year since aprox year 2000" 		Jen C (20)
144375 2003-05-15 08:20:00 Truth is [quote] Web designers [unquote] are a dime a dozen.
Every man & his dog can lay claim to the "I'm a web designer tag"
Anyone can pick up a wysiwyg editor & hack a site together.
Tha number of people sites I have seen who lay claim to being Web Designers, with bright blue backgrounds & even brighter yellow text with 1/2 dozen 300k jpgs stuffed into them & badly in need of a good dictionary, is amazing (no insult to yourself intended, it is a general observation)
Some of them have even been examples posted by so called "designers" in this forum.

Anyone serious about working in the industry these days, unless they are happy with slapping up the odd homepage or two, must know his stuff.
That means a good grasp of e-commerce, databases, php, asp, xhtml, xml, sql, validation, Flash, javascript, IICS, Apache server etc etc.
As someone else pointed out, you will need a portfolio of your work & it must be your own work, as anyone with a wee bit of nouse will suss you out in seconds, if it's not your own work. (about 20 would do)
They don't have to be live working sites, just examples of your knowledge & creative skills.
One way you won't get a job is waiting for it to fall into your lap, get out & beat the feet, apply for everything in sight, you'll strike it lucky sooner or later if you're persistent enough.
I know a guy who (self admittedly) knew diddly squat about web design/building, who landed a job with one of the Americas Cup syndicates.
He applied & never expected to hear from them again.
The next thing he knew he was on a plane & into a job.
Persistence, a sound knowledge of what you are about & a whole lot of luck seem to be the right recipe.
Good luck.
Let us know when you have a couple of sites to show us.
If you need free webspace with asp support try Brinkster.com (30mb) 		Stumped Badly (348)
144376 2003-05-15 10:15:00 Would really like to know what you are good at... I am looking for a web designer. PHP and MySQL would be an avantage. Kame (312)
144377 2003-05-15 10:39:00 > do a BCC of many many recruitment companies u can
> find.
> looks via some RC's and go thru the info how to
> prepare etc.. (monster.co.nz) this is one.

Sorry if this seems silly :8} but, what do you mean by BCC & RC'S ???? :8} 		stu140103 (137)
144378 2003-05-15 10:41:00 > > ah which thread is that???? ?:|
> > Are you talking about the FAQ Idea thread??????
> ?:|
>
> Talk about short term memory :D
>
> This
> thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz
> read=34790&message=161384)
> quote:
"I might be the worst person here
> who has not back up in 3 year since aprox year
> 2000"

Opps sorry:8} :8} I did not read the post that well :8} 		stu140103 (137)
144379 2003-05-15 10:51:00 > Would really like to know what you are good at... I
> am looking for a web designer. PHP and MySQL would
> be an avantage.

I know how to set-up a BB/forum & a PHPchat, but that is all I really know :( About PHP & MySQL, part from I did a PHP mail forum, but that was with the php.net tutorial.

But I do not know if that is what you looking at.

But I have done some image/graphics work & some work with HTML code but I mostly prefer to use Macromedia Dreamweaver. 		stu140103 (137)
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