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HTML - Starting Out - The Very Basics
Hello all,
I am designing my first website and have taught myself the very basics of HTML/CSS but am at a bit of a loss where to start. I want to start by creating the layout. Is this the usual way? I want about 5 pages and so would like to create the navigation bar down the left and drop down menus at the top which will then link to blank pages - all laid out, ready for text/photos etc to be added. I realise that the layout should be created in CSS. Tables, I believe, are bad practice for layout design. What should I use instead? I am grateful for anyone's help to get me off the starting blocks! All the best Phil Similar TutorialsHi I hope some1 can help me, am designing a site but it needs some jazzing up!!its hard to explain but it looks very flat plain Firstly, does any1 know of somewhere where i might get some flashy text for displaying titles and headings etc thats more attractive than the usuals? Also, I want to display a picture only as a thumbnail and when user clicks on it then, it appears in a new window? And I also want to upload a microsoft word file that users can download for themselves??? Thanks a mill!! gk I need to apply what I have read on HTML and CSS, I wish to start from the very basics and build on that step by step so I will appreciate some help and patience please to make sure I understand every symbol in a code. First thing, what's the very first things you pro's do when planning to build a site? Do you draw out layout on paper? Hi, I am building a site from some artwork that was supplied to me for a website that will ultimately be transformed into a theme for silverstripe but now the client has changed their mind and wants a static HTML version put into immediate action for the time being... problem is that the design is giving me massive headaches in building the basic structure for the site. There are aspects of the design that I am struggling to re-build, such as diagonal lines that stretch from one menu to another... Can any one help suggesting answers to such problems... Have attached some of the code and a PDF of the example artwork (please note I have been construction and reconstructing / deconstructing this code for a few days now and I fear it is beginning to look like it -messy )... Any help greatly appreciated... Hi everyone, I've just recently started to teach myself XHTML and CSS and so far have been having a very enjoyable experience However I'm having problems with coming to grips with the various languages and software packages. I've just been using notepad so far and Photoshop for images. Is it worth just sticking with note and photoshop that or would their be more benefit from using a package such as Dreamweaver etc? Also I do intend to take it quite seriously maybe even as a job so which other languages would be most useful, Javascript or any others? Thanks a lot to anyone that replies Hello everyone, I'm a Computer Science student mainly trained in mathematics and programming languages like C/C++ and Java; I wanted to branch out more into web design and decided to start with learning HTML. So far, I've signed up for free hosting with Xtreemhost to give myself a sandbox to play with and familiarized myself with Classic FTP. I'm teaching myself using Sam's Teach Yourself HTML and CSS Eighth Edition. My main frustration comes from my understanding that HTML 5 is the newest standard, but the book I use is using XHTML 1.1 as the standard for teaching. Will this really make much of a difference? Is there anywhere/anything I'm better off learning HTML from if I'm just going to be learning a bunch of deprecated stuff from XHTML 1.1? It is also my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that even though the standard has been issued for HTML 5, browsers are generally slow to add in support for it. So does it really matter at this point in time what standard I am using (HTML 4, XHTML 1.1, HTML 5, whatever) to learn? Would it be correct to say that I can use XHTML 1.1 if I really want to, but if I want to take advantage of all the pretty features of HTML 5, I need to abandon some of my apparently deprecated XHTML 1.1 ways first? On the other hand, if not all browsers are at this point in time supporting the HTML 5 features, why create a website that uses it if it's not going to work consistently across all browsers? As you can see, I'm a little confused =/ I'd appreciate if someone could shed some light on this for me and give me some guidance on... well... where to start learning, really; my Googling gives me conflicting information. My plan was to learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript, then learn how TCP/IP works, pick up some proficiency in Photoshop and Dreamweaver/Frontpage, then branch out into server-side technologies like PHP, ASP, etc... I already have some knowledge of SQL from my database design and programming class. I did try learning from w3schools.com, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the material isn't quite comprehensive, which bugs me. Here's my code in TextEdit: Got that first bit of code from horus' tutorial on this site. I saved it as a .html, then proceeded to open it in Google Chrome, Safari, and Internet explorer; all the same result. Why does it spit out this? Should i not be using textedit? I've been looking into the CSS, what about those? Hey, so I want to learn html and I was just wondering what books you guys would suggest starting out with? So I designed some websites in Photoshop and I'm still learning it, but recently I saw many people talking about Fireworks and how it is a way better way of producing web design work than Photoshop. They say FW is a more efficient tool, as it was strictly built to create web design. That in terms of web design, it can do everything Photoshop can, but in a more simple way. Is it true? If it is, I think learning Fireworks is a good idea. But..there are soooo many Photoshop tutorials and so much less Fireworks tutorials. And that's my second question: Can I apply Photoshop web design tutorials to Fireworks? I mean, can I watch/ read Photoshop tutorials and figure out how to do the exact same things in Fireworks? I'd like my MP3 file to play continuously, without starting over each time a new page is opened. Is there code for telling the mp3 to not start over when opening a new page? Here's the code I use now: <EMBED SRC="Jaded.mp3" AUTOSTART="true" HIDDEN="false" LOOP="true"> Thank you for your assistance! Heyy im new to all this but i was woundering if someone could tell me the HTML codes for a sucsessfull FORUM Because i have being usein these free ones but i think now its time to get my own real one please help me out Thanks Haydn |
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