[Split] Advise or courses to learn more about webdesign

UnderDog

This discussion was created from comments split from: [Solved] Fatal Error in Gdn_Database.Connection();.

HLouise

Yay its back up! Thank you all so much for your help.
One more question - would you have any advise or courses etc that I could try to learn more about this and web design? Thanks

peregrine

would you have any advise or courses etc that I could try to learn more about this and web design? Thanks

Yes, read other people's forum questions. Alot of people come to the forum ask a question and never read other ones (the ones that don't pertain to their problem). You can learn a whole lot by reading forum questions on a regular basis.

skim ALL the documentation - even if you don't understand it.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/20231/how-to-become-somewhat-adept-at-modifying-vanilla-to-meet-your-needs-for-free

books on php, css and web design. and tutorials on the web.

HLouise

Thank you. I've been trying to go through the forum and I'm learning alot - its just whether I can absorb it all, haha.

peregrine

it takes time. some people expect to learn it in a day. I'm not saying you. But it is a long process.

here are some other links that might be helpful

if you know php and a bit about MVC. you will love vanilla. If you don't know MVC, you can see it in action in vanilla. It is also a great tool for improving your css, php, jquery, skills, writing your own plugins, themes, applications, etc.

you can see the various add-ons (plugins, themes, applications, and locales) here.

http://vanillaforums.org/addons

there is a wiki here: http://vanillawiki.homebrewforums.net/index.php/Main_Page

there are docs here: http://vanillaforums.org/docs

and tutorials here: http://vanillaforums.org/categories/tutorials

and a few other links:

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/23483/advice-for-all-those-just-starting-out-with-vanilla

when-asking-a-question
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/25115/how-to-how-can-a-new-user-better-help-the-community-

troubleshooting tips:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/20231/how-to-become-somewhat-adept-at-modifying-vanilla-to-meet-your-needs-for-free

and this just in case....

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/25403/spam-attack-how-to-deal-with-spammers

theme docs

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/19915/deploying-a-new-forum-and-adding-a-theme-for-everyone

http://vanillaforums.org/docs/themequickstart

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/24813/how-to-go-about-editing-the-default-theme

annotated theme http://vanillaforums.org/addon/annotated_css-theme:

HLouise

Brilliant thanks, I'll work my way through those. Don't know php or MVC (apart from it used to be a DVD/CD/Video shop years ago, lol).
Just been reading some of the tutorials on here too, looking forward to having a go and trying to get my site to look like how I picture it in my head.

Shadowdare

If you're looking to find out more about how Vanilla works and how it's put together, check out the links in this discussion: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/25897/learn-how-vanilla-works/

chanh

It is a little off topic from the original thread but it is helpful info nevertheless. Thanks

chanh

@HLouise, I would suggest you start a new thread for a new question so it would be less confusing to follow thread. Thanks

peregrine

@‌underdog

can you split thread from here.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/204873/#Comment_204873