Ciaran Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I think that this is the best place for it, so here we go. I would like to know where I can learn some basic HTML. Maybe just some simple things. And then after the basic stuff go on to a more advanced HTML. This would help in making websites. Any websites which can help me, would you please post them please. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DareDevilX Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl J Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 This site is very useful and you learn other programming languages like PHP,MySQL and ASP. Learn HTML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righty Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Best thing I can say is go out and buy a cheap book on it. And I think that HTML is the best way to make a personal site. Notepad for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 There are thousands of sites with tutorials, but I use W3Schools for reference - when I know exactly what I need to do but can't remember the exact word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I learn'y HTML in school, it was really fun, but it was really hard and long, eventually i got the hang of it and started to make some websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisman Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Basic HTML is probably enough for a good homepage. After learning HTML, you could move on to CSS, or PHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Once you've mastered the very basics of HTML (how it works) then its a good idea to start looking at the source of existing sites to see how they do things. Bear in mind that you should probably learn xHTML, which is simply the new version of what everybody uses instead of old HTML 4.1 - the differences are small (such as <br /> instead of <br>) but its what you should use. CSS is the next logical step (see my tutorials here) in web design - enabling you to make much more powerful design changes than color or cellpadding in the HTML itself. Progressing onto scripting, whether client-side (Javascript) or server-side (PHP or ASP), is quite a big jump. It goes beyond web design, and into programming. The simplest way to describe PHP is as a way to manipulate your HTML before its sent to the user - you could add in things like the date, or extract stuff from a database, or include another html file into one - and the end user will never know its being used. Good fun to play with though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 (edited) Hey thanks guys for all of your advice it was great. Edited November 23, 2006 by Ciaran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Well since this will help me for my coursework, i might try some stuff out, Thanks Gerard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmac Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I just use a HTML Editor, MS Frontpage. Good enough for me. I made a few Websites aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I don't like frontpage - for a start its old, and its made mainly for formatting HTML - no help whatsoever with structure (other than tables) or PHP. A lot of people use dreamweaver, and I suppose thats the easiest option. Microsoft Expression Web Designer is a good bit of kit, and is the first I've seen that can easily make CSS designs, but its still in beta and isn't exactly amazing. I personally prefer to hand code in EditPlus - it gets you closer to how everything works than any other program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 EditPlus 2/notepad.exe is what I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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