kate,
thought i'd throw in my two cents.
firstly i was in your position a couple years ago, using dreamweaver.
at a certain point i realized i didn't know what i was doing or what
was going wrong when things didn't view properly. i hadn't heard
anything about box models, didn't know what padding or margins were,
and basically didn't understand anything about html. so i set
dreamweaver aside and took the plunge. fortunately on the css-d list,
someone was kind enough to take me under their wing and hold my
hand... much like you are receiving here. it was a steep climb, yet i
still have a few hairs left on my head. Opera has a good introduction
to web design that might provide an overview. good luck.
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/1-introduction-to-the-web-
standards-cur/
--ron
On Nov 24, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Bruce wrote:
kate wrote:
Thanks Bruce,
Best viewed lolol was funny to read because about three years ago
someone created an awesome site for me with Wordpress. He worked
the China Red theme and wrote nin the sidebar best viewed in IE5
or higher.
I never knew then about testing in different browsers and I really
don't think he did either. One day someone sent a mail to me to
say did I know its the only browser your site works in *is
IE5...honest to God Bruce when I put it in Validator (someone
said to) there was over 400 errors. That lol was my first hard
lesson learnt.
I would not know how to hand code in Notepad but I am impressed by
people that can..who knows I may try it.
Thanks Bruce!
Kate
a help I came across 3 years ago was Layout Gala, a series of
layouts by Alessandro Fulciniti.
http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/
I found looking at these in an editor, and making changes such as
adding inner div's taught me a lot.
They have been rock solid across all browsers and op systems.
I'm not saying everyone should make all sites with these, but
saying these and others done by members here are a definite
shortcut to learning, preferred from stating by scrating your head
and looking at a blank screen in an editor lol.
Of course there are many other methods that can and should be
learned, and sites such as maxdesign and positioniseverything, (and
many others in this group!), have a ton of important and vital
information.
"To be the best, learn from the best..."
Bruce
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