Almost no one writes this stuff by hand these days, and CSS is the work
of the Devil. A good code HTML code generator will give you a starting
point, and if you've learned the basics you can take that and modify it
to suit your needs. (Yes, I know, CSS allows you to take full control
of the look and feel of an entire web site, but most people don't need
that kind of capability).
Christine Aguila wrote:
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 might get a simple index page up. Oh my gosh, am I
brain dead. (Aside: as I write this, I can hear the most beautiful
live xylophone music coming through my study window. It's absolutely
delightful. Someone is playing in his or her backyard somewhere
across the alley.) I did, in fact, get something written, but oh, is
it stinky--and I never did get it just the way I wanted.
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.
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! 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.
Hence, I'm going to throw in the towel and will probably use Word Web
Pages to get something up.
Lastly, to all you Cyber Techie Code Writers who can write this stuff
at the speed of light, I sincerely tip my hat to you in admiration.
Cheers, Christine
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