Website Designer Roadmap 2022: Learn How to Become Website Designer

Dapo Obembe

Do you want to become a website designer? This post gives you the website designer roadmap for 2022 you can follow to become a pro in no time.

Lack of information and mentorship is the major reason people find it hard to thrive at something they are interested in doing. If you’re going to be a website designer, be a good one.

What is a website designer roadmap?

Website design roadmap is the steps you need to follow including the things you need to learn at each step to become a better website designer. The website designer roadmap goes below;

Know how the web works: Take time to know how the World Wide Web works. Difference between Web Design and Web Development. Roles of Website Designer and Website Developer. What Domain Name, Hosting, Cpanel and CMS is.
Start with WordPress CMS: Spend some days on WordPress and learn everything you need to learn about it. How to design a simple blog to complex website using WordPress. When you are comfortable with WordPress, then go ahead to learn more about other CMS.
Master a pagebuilder: Elementor: Elementor is unarguably the best WordPress CMS page builder. Take your time, spend your data and money on learning A to Z of Elementor. It has the power to build any kind of website together with WordPress. When comfortable (90%), try to use other page builders.
Learn the basics of HTML & CSS: While you will be able to design websites without learning how to code, it is best if you know the basics of programming languages for web development. You will be able to manipulate your designs.
Practice with varieties of websites: Practicing what you learnt is the only way to get better. Install local dev environment e.g Local by Flywheel to practice with as many websites as you can before applying for jobs or freelancing.