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Posted by mrcakey on 07/31/07 17:27
"M" <nowhereman@twilightzone.net> wrote in message
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> I'm okay at designing "brochure" style websites -- essentially every high
> school kid is capable of that these days.
>
> What would be the next best thing to learn to take it to the next level?
>
> Someone will likely respond "depends on what you want to do." I've made a
> few bucks here and there designing sites for friends but I don't really
> want to pursue this as a full-time thing. I'm more of a hobbyist hoping to
> make a few bucks while enjoying myself.
>
> Based on that qualifier, what would "pay" for itself to make it worth my
> while adding to my repertoire. Server-side stuff like Perl or PHP? Flash?
> Javascript? Since I am just a hobbyist I also don't want to spend a lot of
> time on this so "ease of learnability" is a factor.
>
> One friend would like to have a guest book-type feature on his site. Later
> he also wants to allow credit card transactions. That would be a good
> start I guess.
>
> Feedback? Suggestions?
>
Both the guestbook and the credit card thing lend themselves to PHP/MySQL.
They're reasonably easy to learn and free.
+mrcakey
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