Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-29 Thread Deniz Dogan
2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Deniz Dogan > wrote: >> 2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : >>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Lane >>> wrote: W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may make it silly. >>> >>> You mean w3schools?

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Deniz Dogan wrote: > 2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Lane wrote: >>> W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may >>> make it silly. >> >> You mean w3schools? :) The names are confusing... >> >> Anyw

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-28 Thread Deniz Dogan
2010/1/29 Paul Hartman : > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Lane wrote: >> W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may >> make it silly. > > You mean w3schools? :) The names are confusing... > > Anyway when I need a HTML or CSS reference I go straight to the so

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Nathan Lane wrote: > W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may > make it silly. You mean w3schools? :) The names are confusing... Anyway when I need a HTML or CSS reference I go straight to the source: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/RE

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-28 Thread Nathan Lane
Sorry, you are right. W3C does not own W3Schools. Thanks for that. W3C does only go over the very basics of everything they offer. Which may make it silly. At any rate it is a good starting point and utilizes the W3C standards as a workbench. That was the point I was trying to make. Crap I feel bad

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Patrick Horgan
Nathan Lane wrote: I have not hear that. Why would "professional developers" ridicule the body of computer scientists who work hard to make it possible for them to develop more easily. W3C is the only reason that HTML works on every browser on every operating system. It's the reason we have CSS

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread lorth
Am Mittwoch, den 27.01.2010, 17:13 +0100 schrieb Deniz Dogan: > 2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > > I have not hear that. Why would "professional developers" ridicule the body > > of computer scientists who work hard to make it possible for them to develop > > more easily. W3C is the only reason that HTML

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page? (correction)

2010-01-27 Thread Deniz Dogan
2010/1/27 Claus Cyrny : > Deniz Dogan wrote: > > 2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > > > http://www.W3Schools.com has the most up-to-date tutorials on HTML and CSS, > which are the two technologies you need to learn to achieve the creation of > a decent website, even if it is simple. > Nathan > > > My "At le

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page? (correction)

2010-01-27 Thread Claus Cyrny
Deniz Dogan wrote: 2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : http://www.W3Schools.com has the most up-to-date tutorials on HTML and CSS, which are the two technologies you need to learn to achieve the creation of a decent website, even if it is simple. Nathan My "At least I fail to understand that" was

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Claus Cyrny
Nathan Lane wrote: ... Marquee and Font tags are no longer fully supported, and Framesets are a bad idea I absolutely second that! ;-) (although iframes for certain things are a good idea). Also never use tables to lay your website out. A lot of people still do, but I would not even consider

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Greg Chapman
Hi Nathan, On 27 Jan 10 16:05 Nathan Lane said: > W3Schools is a W3C website. I cannot see any evidence that the company Refsnes Data, which owns w3schools.com is related to the W3C. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP _

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Deniz Dogan
2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > I have not hear that. Why would "professional developers" ridicule the body > of computer scientists who work hard to make it possible for them to develop > more easily. W3C is the only reason that HTML works on every browser on > every operating system. It's the reason we

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Nathan Lane
I have not hear that. Why would "professional developers" ridicule the body of computer scientists who work hard to make it possible for them to develop more easily. W3C is the only reason that HTML works on every browser on every operating system. It's the reason we have CSS. Without the W3C JavaS

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Deniz Dogan
2010/1/27 Nathan Lane : > http://www.W3Schools.com has the most up-to-date tutorials on HTML and CSS, > which are the two technologies you need to learn to achieve the creation of > a decent website, even if it is simple. > Nathan > Lots of professional web developers ridicule W3 Schools often, bu

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-27 Thread Nathan Lane
Just adding my two cents. I just glanced at the TOC of that doc and noticed that a lot of it is out of date. Marquee and Font tags are no longer fully supported, and Framesets are a bad idea (although iframes for certain things are a good idea). Also never use tables to lay your website out. A lot

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Claus Cyrny
Claus Cyrny wrote: bigsk...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/26/2010 11:56 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: 2010/1/26 Programmer In Training: I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning HTML: Read the

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Frank Gore
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Claus Cyrny wrote: > In the very beginning, I used this document as a reference: > > http://www.lib.tsinghua.edu.cn/chinese/INTERNET/HTML/Table/html_design.html Oh wow, that brings back memories... you just made me feel real old. -- Frank Gore Project Manager w

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Claus Cyrny
bigsk...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/26/2010 11:56 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: 2010/1/26 Programmer In Training: I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning HTML: Read the standard available a

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Claus Cyrny
Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/26/2010 10:56 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: 2010/1/26 Programmer In Training : I use a plain text editor. I also write all of the code myself, but I would at least recommend a text editor which had syntax highlighting. Under Linux, this is really no problem,

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Claus Cyrny
Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/26/2010 10:56 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: 2010/1/26 Programmer In Training : I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning HTML: Read the standard available a

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Patrick Horgan
Deniz Dogan wrote: > It is not a good idea to just jump in and start reading standards and > specifications. I suggest reading a good book about basic modern web > design instead. > Ah, different learning styles. Please understand that for some people, like me, for example this is exactly the

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/26/2010 11:42 AM, bigsk...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm just a computer user with little or no interest in something other > than making a simple web site. No flashy stuff (yet), just simple > things. But, I do want the flexibility of making the page look the way > I want it to lookin that

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/26/2010 10:56 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: > 2010/1/26 Programmer In Training : >> I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even >> half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning >> HTML: >> >> Read the standard available at: >> www.w3.org >> > > I

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread bigskypa
On 01/26/2010 11:56 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: > 2010/1/26 Programmer In Training: > >> I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even >> half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning >> HTML: >> >> Read the standard available at: >> www.w3.org >>

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Deniz Dogan
2010/1/26 Programmer In Training : > I use a plain text editor. If you're going to be doing any sort of even > half-serious web design, I highly recommend several methods of learning > HTML: > > Read the standard available at: > www.w3.org > It is not a good idea to just jump in and start reading

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/26/2010 6:56 AM, RSA wrote: > Just going by what I read on a "tutorial". > > http://gimp-tutorials.net/websitetutorial > > > I use OpenOffice Writer and create web pages that wayit's much > easier for a novice like myself than Kompozer and can do more with > less html knowledge. I use

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread RSA
Just going by what I read on a "tutorial". http://gimp-tutorials.net/websitetutorial I use OpenOffice Writer and create web pages that wayit's much easier for a novice like myself than Kompozer and can do more with less html knowledge. On 10-01-26 04:19 AM, Andre Anckaert wrote: > Readin

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-26 Thread Greg Chapman
On 26 Jan 10 09:19 "Andre Anckaert" said: > Reading: > http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/introduction.html#introduction-gimp > > I do not believe GIMP expects to be used for making WEB-pages. Nor > for making coffee. It will certainly be glad to make images fit for > use on the WEB. > > A well kno

Re: [Gimp-user] Create web page?

2010-01-25 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/25/2010 9:46 PM, RSA wrote: > Can anyone recommend good tutorial for making a web page with GIMP? I recommend you don't. It might be good to use for general layout and such, but I recommend learning HTML and designing a site that way. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever