On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 11:39:35PM -0500, Christine Aguila scripsit: > Up until 2 days ago I had never written 1 line of html code--not one--for > any purpose. I have spent the last two days, however, learning about > html and learning how to write some html code using Notepad so that I
Couple points; HTML is markup, not code (no loops, no conditionals = not code :) and writing anything beyond a short shopping list in Notepad is a recipe for pain. Lots of free HTML editors out there that will tell you when you've forgotten an angle bracket, etc. [snip] > On the one hand I am a bit proud that I learned to write some > code--and I learned how to write a css style sheet--and I was > successful at linking the two, though they didn't link at first, and > it took me forever to find the typo. I had written *type="test/css"* > instead of *text*. Ugh! And I got the jpeg to link to where I > *almost* wanted it, but I never could figure out how to get my little > two item list to align the way I wanted to. Still, like I said, I'm a > bit proud of my meager results here. This is why specialized HTML editors are a good thing; they'll point out mistakes like that. Or you could go get a copy of tidy -- http://tidy.sourceforge.net/ -- which will at least find typeaux like that for you. > But that's just the problem--oh, how meager the results are! I have > no problem being a beginner at anything--it's where everyone starts > when learning something new, but gee wiz, you'd think after 2 days > I'd be a little further along! Why? There's a very large amount of complexity involved, and there are big, big differences between the server-driven, pro-grade pages and what you can practically hand-code. Trying to emulate the server-driven stuff by hand would stymie anyone. > Moreover, I started looking at the code for some elegantly simple web > pages that I admire, and I'm totally intimidated by the complexity of > the code and feel quite sure it would take me most of the next 12 > months just to get close to learning this stuff. Have you considered looking at http://www.w3schools.com/htmL/ ? That's probably the single best HTML introduction available. > Hence, I'm going to throw in the towel and will probably use Word Web > Pages to get something up. That's a lot like saying your first two tries at making bread produced patio stones, so you're going to take arsenic now. Open Office produces much better HTML than Word -- Word's HTML is proverbially awful -- so if you want to use a WYSIWIG editor to generate HTML, it's a better choice. But, really, if you want to learn how to do this, get a decent free HTML editor for your platform of choice, and start chewing through the w3schools tutorial. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
