Hey guys and girls, I want to create my first own website So, I was surfing the web to find some programs which I could use. I found this blog: http://site-rubix-check.blogspot.com/ I signed up in this forum, so that I can ask some real professionals as well as normal people whether you know the program yet or what you've heard about it so far. I am a total dummy when it comes to html and all that stuff. And it always drives me crazy trying to set something up in html. But also, I don't want to buy a program, which is then not good Hope, you can help me. Thanks a lot
The best thing would first to learn to code by hand and after you get the hang of it use a HTML program. Good sites to learn from: www.w3schools.com www.htmlite.com Good Programs: Dreamweaver Coffee Cup HTML Editor HTML Kit
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Better to wait until someone's built a site with it. The Site Rubrix actual website is horribly written but I can't say that it was written with the SiteRubrix thingamajig itself. I think by now the product has actually launched. I'm sure there's a bunch of people on this forum who are going to buy it or test it or whatever. I encourage those people to post here with their codes/websites. However, generally, machines code web pages like robots dance. Not really well. Kinda like templates. But for people who want blogs, marketing, blah blah page and only want to make ONE page, this may be what you want, as you are not going to bother learning HTML and CSS for one page. Most people who bother to learn want to make more than one page and want total control. Even with DreamBeaver you get some chunky code (though you can always look in "code-view" to check it).
I personally prefer Microsoft Web Developer Express. It has some very nice navigation features in it and allows you to format your code rather simply (Press Ctrl + K then D). The best part about it is that it's free. Yeah, who would have thought something for free from Microsoft.
I'm in the process of building a site with Site Rubix now. I'll post the link a little later when it's complete.
HTML for Dummies books are usually written by mediocre authors (nobodies). I would advise against those, I've skimmed through a few.. meh. Just learn directly from the organization that wrote the specifications, w3.org
Don't go knocking those books just yet. I learnt from HTML 4.01 for Dummies when I was 15, haven't looked back. Naturally I headed to w3c later and learnt to code "properly". Start out simple, read a few beginner tutorials and do the exercises. But if you're lazy and want to take the easy way out, google for a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) program.
Well, I'm sort of guilty for using a book a mediocre publisher. My first HTML/Computer book ever was "Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days (2nd Edition)" by Laura Lemay in like 2004 (it was pretty outdated then) when I took this E-Commerce class in HS. I never finished that book, learned some of it but then moved on to "HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS, Fifth Edition" by Elizabeth Castro which was an improvement, learned even more HTML and then got into web standards with Jeffrey Zeldman's Designing with Web Standards (1st edition) and Web Standards Solutions.. those last two were damn good books. After those I just started coding a few sites using a little CSS but still mainly used tables until around summer 2006 when someone linked me to http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/ which even further persuaded me to ditch tables + css and just use css for 100% layout. Winter of 2006 I got CSS Mastery by Andy Budd and learned tons of new css techniques... and 1 year of working full-time where I was coding all day (still am) got me to the level where I'm at now. If I didn't have a full time job doing this it would probably have taken 2-3 years. I think novices should always get the newer, more comprehensive css/html/front end books written by standards-aware authors instead of learning from some 90s dot com era bums. If you are really eager to learn and spend time reading the specifications, testing techniques crossbrowser, discussing with others... teaching and learning at the same time you'll get to the "pro" level. Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS - Ian Lloyd Beginning CSS Web Development By Simon Collison Web Standards Solutions by Dan Cederholm is a little outdated, but I would still recommend it because he goes through different html/css techniques and explains which is the best one and WHY it's the best, with an awareness of screen readers and other devices. A more advanced book that I recommend is Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns by Michael Bowers for the above average developer who wants to get to the "pro" level.