i want to build a web for multimedia designing servises...which kind of web do u preffer?normal or flash?...di i need to register as a company?

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Added on July 28, 2007, 12:15 pmi'm third year student in dip. sains komp.(multimedia)...my dream is to be web designer... should i take web design as part time job or as my career.

can u share ur tip as web designer?

what kind of coding do i need to master??

now i master:
html
css
java
vb.net
c++


This post has been edited by fanco: Jul 28 2007, 12:15 PM

Freelancers can't charge overly expensive unless:

1. You have a strong portfolio / experience / clients
2. You get clients who are gullible
3. You get clients who are lazy (but rich)
4. You get projects without any competitors
5. You are a self-professed marketing person

Sole-proprietor / Partnership companies can:

1. Charge slightly higher
2. Be branded as a professional agency
3. Be more formal in documentation
4. Instill a better belief in reliability to a client

Sendirian Berhad (Private Limited) companies can:

1. Charge higher than slightly
2. Better chances in Government / MNC projects
3. Cost a lot more to maintain

My advice is start freelancing. If you want to be more professional, register a sole-proprietor. I got someone who can help you do it if you want. But if you register, take note you'll have to think about other stuff like accounting and personal taxes later.

Your dream is to be a web designer or to head a web design agency. They are 2 different things.

As for what coding you need..yes, you can master all those but you will need help later on as well. So it's better if you decided what you want to focus on more. Web or Software or Presentation or etc.

Anyway, when you say master...how do you know if you have 'mastered' it?

I know some people who have Masters in Computer Science or something alike but don't exactly program pretty.

Anyway, before you venture further..answer 1 important question.

Can you sustain 4-6 months without a salary for the first year?

This post has been edited by etsuko: Jul 29 2007, 11:08 PM

I find it very very true, as student people tends to take advantage from you. Sometimes we want to have agreement in black and white also can't.. This is very bad for designer as they like to add and remove feature even after the work is done. Sometimes i feel like throwing the money back to their face...

Well, that's how it is when you're a freelancer.

But even if you're a registered company, you'll still come across clients who've you been traveling far enough to their office constantly to pitch but later they'll tell you:

1. We'll / We're think-ing about it.
2. We don't have the budget.
3. We don't have the time.
4. We found someone else.

Number 4 as in Chinese 'die' is still the worst and the one I always dread. But what to do, we don't charge clients for proposals like how some other western companies do.

The major problem I sometime face is that, the customer do not have time to deal with what we needs, and caused alot of data lack! WTH ...

oh - and 1 more is - WE DON'T NEED A WEBSITE!!

ROFL! that too...

But I've not come across a client who's told me that lor..

If we present the proposal and they don't do it, they'll say one of the other 4.

So lucky me i guess..

oh no la. if you're given that WE DON'T NEED A WEBSITE answer, don't even have to reach proposal stage.

from what i come by...

1. We'll / We're think-ing about it. - ok you get a proposal.
2. We don't have the budget. - ok you get a proposal first before you know that.
3. We don't have the time. - rarely come by this one.
4. We found someone else. - this one most often heard.

different between web designer or to head a web design agency?

This post has been edited by fanco: Aug 10 2007, 03:00 AM

what do you mean by that?

Hi all Gurus out there! I want to ask, how much does it worth for website similar to this(without error from page).

Hmm , static site . RM 100 X number_of_pages = RM X
if you ask me I do above

if i were u. i charge rm300and above per page...coz got company offer me rm300 per page, but my website is more simple than u...u realy a great designer ...i realy jealous of ur website

? huh ? Where you see my site ? Actually I never have myself a REAL site yet, but now developing a 'temporary' website v1.1 for my organization ... Learning to use tons of very hard stuff. Most of the time I do my work I actually tranning of using something new, not really 'real' making site...

Btw, RM300 per page is kinda ... WA-LAU !!! So high argh! RM150 per page already very serious lor... Btw, just be a fair and kind designer

This post has been edited by M1X: Aug 14 2007, 01:52 PM

no offence, but i talking to FEMI!!....actually rm300 per page depend on client... the bigger the company, the highest u profit u can gain...

wow, so webpg designer in malaysia charge at tht rate (min rm100 per pg)? i wanna find someone who can help me design/ create a webpg. My fren offer to do it at USD200 for the whole package. So is this a good offer? i think my site will have more than ten pages (O_o)

depend on type and amount of information that we get from the client... u wanna find someone to help design web with u or design web for u?...where do u work?i study in kl until may 2008, and than continue my degree in johor.....

there is a flash for the web.... is it included for the RM100 per page?

Not my web... asking for friend.

i aldy have a rough idea of wat i want for my site. so it's design with me. i m working in kl.
i wanted to do it myself at first but i guess since my knowledge is limited n i ll prefer to have more time to manage the biz (it's a online store) than the webpg so i think finding someone else to do it for me is a better idea.

Basiclly the chargeing depend on the designer, there are not really any rules in making those charge.

I wanna do like this also can lah:
- cost per page RM 150
- cost per script RM 50
- database cost RM 250
- multimedia content cost per unit RM 50
- layout design RM 250
- logo design Rm 50
- Additional all RM 50 per unit ...

It DEPEND on the designer what he wanna do, but please be fair lah, don't push it too high sampai boleh chase ghost punya ..


This post has been edited by M1X: Aug 17 2007, 12:34 PM