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From: "Graydon" <[email protected]>
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.
Point taken!
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.
Point taken again :-)!
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.
Perhaps you're right--still . . .
Have you considered looking at http://www.w3schools.com/htmL/ ? That's
probably the single best HTML introduction available.
It was just this site that I used for my two days of learning. The hands-on
tutorials are fantastic, and suited to the way I like to learn. I'd
recommend this site to anyone. I have no doubt it is the best. And I
learned from an acquaintance that the folks that put the site together are
the same folks that set the standards for MARK-UP :-) language etc. I think
they're doing a great job and providing a great service. It's a great
place.
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.
lol. I knew mentioning Word would be provocative--and get someone's hair to
stand on end. :-)
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.
Guess I'm just feeling tired and a bit defeated. The kicker is, I've made
all my decisions on content and what pages will link to what pages, and the
general layout. It's fairly straight ahead. Perhaps, I'll enjoy some
fireworks and potato salad this weekend and try again next week.--By the
way--happy Canada Day! Cheers, Christine
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