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Design

Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points
Posted by Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points

What design skill is needed for this site?

I have been trying to figure out how people build site like http://good.co/. Do I need Adobe Illustrator or PhotoShop? I know JavaScript,css,html, and Jqurey are needed but I am talking about the design.

2 Answers

Jacob Bender
Jacob Bender
15,300 Points
Jacob Bender
Jacob Bender
15,300 Points

You would only need illustrator/photoshop if you are creating the images. Some people use Photoshop to create a mockup or wireframe, and then translate that into code (I often use a piece of paper and a pen). It looks like that might even be a wordpress site (certainly a template). You could build something like that with HTML, CSS, and Jquery, perhaps use Bootstrap to make it responsive without having to do a ton of media queries yourself. Pretty sure they are using several jquery plugins (like the sticky bar at the top). Really that site is just several divs with nice looking content places in them...

If you find you do need an image editing tool but don't want to shell out $$$ for Photoshop, the newer versions of GIMP are pretty decent.

Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points
Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points

Thank you very much Jacob Bender . I have been trying to figure out this for so long.