where to start?

[shadow blitz]

hiya,
im looking to work with html and coding but....
i dont have a clue where to start
if some one could help me or evan teach me how to do it
i would be very grateful!
thanks

 

[SuF]

You can read my super old archived HTML guides.

http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=414578

http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=427088

first one is good, second is decent... after that just use google to figure out how to do things... it only takes a few mins of searching to figure it out once you have the basics.

 

[Desir0]

html is fairly straight forward to learn.

http://www.w3schools.com/

Its where i learned.. It has everything..

I also used Microsoft Office Frontpage too, As i designed stuff, and then slowly started using the 'code' tab to start writing it myself, Until now where i just use Notepad+

 

[The Real Lebowski]

download dreamweaver. put it on the hybrid view. play around with it and make some stuff in the visual part of it, and see what the output code is in the code part of the screen

 

[Zyloch]

If you are seriously attempting to learn HTML, I do not recommend starting with a WYSIWYG editor like Frontpage or Dreamweaver. Instead, open up good old Notepad or your favorite text editor and start there. Only after you have learned the basics should you then begin utilizing the added capabilities of HTML editors.

 

[war833]

Yup, for learning HTML do NOT use a WYSIWYG editor, you won't learn as much as typing it all out yourself.

 

[hampe-92]

sigh
that's bullshit. you learn a lot by useing a program like dw and while creating a basic page just by adding som basic stuff like pictures and so on to start with and then read through the code and try to figure out what does what and experiment with by changeing the code by hand and by thinking... DW CS4 also has the advantage that it updates the live view whereafter you write which makes it easy to notice when you do something wrong...

 

[war833]

You'll learn much more by using notepad and following a good book/set of tutorials then clicking some buttons in Dream Weaver and glancing at the code. You'd learn some stuff, but not as much.

 

[Zyloch]

sigh
that's bullshit. you learn a lot by useing a program like dw and while creating a basic page just by adding som basic stuff like pictures and so on to start with and then read through the code and try to figure out what does what and experiment with by changeing the code by hand and by thinking... DW CS4 also has the advantage that it updates the live view whereafter you write which makes it easy to notice when you do something wrong...

Quite frankly, I disagree. While DW and other editors can be used in this fashion, it encourages a nonlinear way of learning HTML. You end up knowing some stuff and not others. It is much better to apply yourself to strictly hand coding when you are learning to hand code.

I will admit that DW is a great tool for rapid development. It can be used to experiment, but I do not believe that it is a time efficient and effective way of learning HTML. You are welcome to have your own opinion, though.

 

[Stuart]

I've personally had issues using front page and DW(wow abbreviations ftw) atleast with multiple tables and such things so I would say just do it the old fashion way with notepad(NOT wordpad).

You will learn more anyways because you have to think which tags to use and such which will help you when you progress onto other languages. WYSIWYG is just a lazy way and teaches absolutely nothing.

Thats my 2 cents anyways.

 

[hampe-92]

I never siad that you learn better using dw or any othe program than using notepad, I just said my opinion about what those earlier posters said (that dw or any other WYSIWYG editor is shit and you don't learn anything) and i never said that you should open up dw, create a page in design view, read the code once and then you know html.. i never said that, I said that you should edit the code by hand and think about it and try to figure things out..

but sure, I guess there is no right or wrong in this subject since everyone learn in diffrent ways... so try as many techniques you can and then continue with the one you feel comfortable with.

 

[scarolan]

I would suggest going to the library and renting a book about html coding.

It may seem the boring way, but just read it and I gurantee its better than any guide on the internet.

I now build websites and sell them making 500+ a month.