Hi all, As much as I'd love to say I am good with html -- that'd be a lie! I am trying to learn as fast as possible, but I am definitely much better in the creative/writing aspects of web dev. So, would anyone be able to direct me towards a good website/resource/ebook (free, if possible)? Many thanks!
This is how I learn... download free templates from the web and play around a little. I learn HTML on my own without spending any $$. I wish I can learn php like that.
well the best place to learn HTML is from "www.w3schools.com".. i learned from d same place n i can say i have a pretty good grip on the subject... but one must also need to practice allot to get a clear picture of tags....
Rather than refer you to any of the many sites where you will get frustrated before you learn anything, allow me to ask you what it is you need to learn? You can do a simple CSS based site by simply understanding these tags and how to close them: <div> <p> <br /> <br class="clear" />
Learning HTML and web development takes a lot of time, and you're not likely to learn from a book or anything like that. It might help to head down to the local bookstore and get a cheap "learn HTML in 60 minutes" type of book. Run through those exercises over the course of a week or so until you can identify basic HTML tags. Then -- and this is the important part -- give yourself a crash course. Create a dummy website that nobody will ever see, or create your own personal site. Then redesign it. Then redesign it again. And use only notepad, a graphics program (e.g., Photoshop), and your web browser. Also, be sure that whatever book you pick up includes information about learning CSS. HTML is only the skeleton -- CSS is what will give your site some flesh. After you've designed a few sites by hand, you can move onto PHP -- or at least you'll be able to effectively use WYSIWYG programs like Dreamweaver (knowing that you'll have to tweak the code of your sites by hand). Before you know it, you'll be setting up LAMP on your own Linux server. Be prepared to sacrifice your social life.
First off, thanks for all the wealth of info -- it's good to see how open DP is. I tried w3school, and I got the hang of some of it -- but I'm an audio/visual learner, so if anyone has resources of that sort, that would be great @ Colbyt: I really appreciate your honesty -- that's exactly what happens to me when I try to learn something out of my element! I want to learn 'html/css Advance' to do edit my website and WP theme; specifically the HTML URL Encode, HTML Webserver, HTML Meta, etc. I'm sticking with w3, but if there are video/audio tutorials, that would be great
For me the tutorials at htmldog were very useful to get to understand the basics of html and css. To do testing you can make a simple html page (or various) with a stylesheet and see what happens when you edit those.
Try to hacking wp themes, you will improve fast . In web2.0 age, markup and style are seperately . Learning css is more important than html markup .
look there are loads of ebooks available in the web.some of them are pretty good and some are really poor.but, am not really sure, whether you are a beginner or at an intermediate phase. if you are a beginner then i suggest you to go for w3schools site, it's pretty good for the beginners, or you can try html 4 dummies. but if you are at an intermediate stage then i suggest you to go with, HTML, Intermediate Skills & Drills ; html for fun and profit. hope it will help you.
I tried totaltraining and lynda products on dreamweaver training. It was allright, gives you a good foundation but nothing more. I just google when I need help with HTML..
Without teacher you can learn Basics of html. For this search in google & create a web site or web page.
You guys can always join my HTML/CSS class here for free http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/239261-practical-html-and-css