So I went through all of that basic html info at W3 Schools site, but I didn't get a sense of how to put together a page, just how to edit individuals components. I use tables to make a basic page, correct? Sometimes I hear people say use CSS these days cos it's better, but that's just to make the styles easier to deal with when making the page, you still use tables to make up the rest, correct? I'm a bit confused on this point so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I couldn't understand how to make a web page until I started using Dreamweaver. I would just build the site visually then look at the code, and I learned a lot about HTML in that way.
Web Design can sometimes be frustrating to learn. I suggest you buy a book it will go more in depth for beginners. If you are interested in buying a book i would suggest HEADFIRST HTML WITH CSS AND XHTML its a great book. I learn't off it! But i would suggest using CSS instead of tables!!
W3schools is a good reasource to start learning from, thats where i started! You can but shouldnt use tables. They come out messed up on different browsers and it is pretty much a standard now that everyone does 'table-less' coding. Meaning, CSS is used. Its really easy to learn too, and w3schools has a section on CSS =D Also, CSS has a lot more functionality in designing your site, so you should learn it, but only once you understand HTML and practice making little project sites with html.
Well, <div> + CSS is better for making a web page because it's easier to customize. Usually we use <table> to organize a group of data only.
GO to your local library and get Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML and CSS by Ian Lloyd. There's a new 2nd edition out but the first edition should be in a good library. It will tell you from Doctype to </html> how to build a page, and why this tag and that tag, and how to style them. Before this book I also knew some tags, but not how to build a page. This was the book that nursed me out of newbdom. It will show you to The Light. You will become a raging and fervent member of the Web Standards Evangelical Movement, and praise, brothah! For others shall too see the Light one day, and thee cursed <font> tags shall plague mankind no more; and teh Deemons of FrontPage and DreamBeaver will be laid to rest in their heathen graves; and the world will be free of all Evil and Tyranny, and your soul shall be CLEANSED! Hallelujah, Amen!