QUOTE(ghostrider @ Sep 28 2006, 08:58 PM) I learned it through an excellent book, and then basically taught myself. I really recommend w3schools.com, that is one of the best resources for web development ever!I have tought my self to. I learned from trial and error. If something didn't work then i tried to find a different way to make it work. But you do that reguarlay in life. Its always the same way too. But html is basic and there really isnt anything special to it. Just to ... read more.
Ok, well recently i realized that i am not as skilled in HTML (such as building website layouts) as i want to be, with tables etc... and so i was thinking about going through many many many many many many sites and just touching up on my HTML and see if i can code my own website template before starting to learn PHP because that is what i want to do.
so, i am asking all of you experianced people on trap17 what websites did you use to learn your HTML skills, yees i know i could go to google and type in learn html or somthing along the lines of that, but i want to know what websites that you guys and gals here on trap17 think are good so i can get the same experiance that everyone else did.
so please post where you learned your HTML, and if you know how to code templates where you learned how to do it.
wow if you really want to know, I learned my basics on neopets.com (****, I used to play it). But the guide they have is really basic, I just built on that and found out new tags through experimenting. And by basic I mean img tags, backgorund color, and simple tables. Probably no help to you but hey thought i'd put it.
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I learned it through an excellent book, and then basically taught myself. I really recommend w3schools.com, that is one of the best resources for web development ever!
Agreed on the w3schools link. Lose the Table-based design concept. Start to learn XHTML and css2. Although it sounds like a daunting task, it really isn't any more difficult to learn. It will be harder to un-learn tables.
A good book for css and xhtml is :
Intergrated HTML and CSS by Virginia DeBolt, pulbished by SYBEX
C/w disk and teaches web standard designing and coding. Great resource to have with you.
When I first started out learning HTML and what not I found a great website. http://yourhtmlsource.com It steps you through all the basics for your first site or just teaches you certain things. It helped me out a lot. I also have used W3 Schools but not for HTML but it also has great tutorials. I recommend looking through those sites to see what you find.
I started learning them from books I borrowed from the library, and then I came on the web and search for tutorial, and I found w3schools.com which they mentioned, its really a great site for beginners! And then I enrolled into my current course and studied html too which put my html skill to the test and they now teaches the standard XHTML tags which are very hard to conform to... But nevertheless, I've gotten myself distinction from that particular html modules, which I easily pass! But, that was thanks to w3schools tutorial which really simplified things... Whenever I have a doubt about html stuff, that's the first site I'll turn to, and not even my lecturer I will turn to...
I tought my self. But the easiest way i think to learn html is to just go to any website that you like and save the web page and then just experement on that then you can create your own. Hope that helps.
I actually learnt HTML out of my own accord, so I can't really give you any advice of my own. However I can tell you that many of my friends recommend funky-chickens.com. It's a HTML-help website that covers all the basics of HTML, plus some basic JavaScript, and has a few resources too. It's a little outdated, but all the tricks still work.
However, I should note that the website uses a pink and blue theme (pink for borders and underlines, blue for text, white background), so it may be a bit bright for some.
I actually started experimenting with HTML (and a little Javascript) in 2000 when I first got my webTV set up... just changing prewritten scripts slightly... in 2001 when I first got my computer, I went out and bought HTML for Dummies: Quick Guide. I read that book front to back and well, that's how I got started. But I haven't really written anything from scratch in a while, with all the "what you see is what you get" editors, I've gotten rusty, not to mention some things have changed since then, such as CSS, which has caused much of the HTML I learned to become depricated. In other words, I'm in a similar boat as you, I need to brush up and update myself a bit.
As for websites I'd recommend Spoono ( http://www.spoono.com ) which has some neat CSS layout tutorials (Go to programming, a submenu appears, click on CSS) as well as graphic tutorials, and for something a bit simpler, try HTML Help ( http://www.htmlhelp.com/ ) is another good place to look up for references and such.
Anywho, good luck, and I hope this helps! I had a bunch of other REALLY GOOD websites book marked on my computer. Unfortunatly, I'm not on either of my computers right now so I can't seem to remember them. If I come across them again, I'll be sure to share.
I learned it through an excellent book, and then basically taught myself. I really recommend w3schools.com, that is one of the best resources for web development ever!
I have tought my self to. I learned from trial and error. If something didn't work then i tried to find a different way to make it work. But you do that reguarlay in life. Its always the same way too. But html is basic and there really isnt anything special to it. Just to create a basic outline to put your extra code in. Like PHP, or JavaScript. Thats all i use html for. Nothing really else to use it for. The internet world has evolved dreamatically and once we didnt even have the interent think about how it would be if we didnt have it. We would be bored out of our minds. not to mention how many games envolve using the net. It would be lke a big diseaster.I mean wow you could think of many ways that you could use it and not so many ways what you are going to do if you dont have it.
i learned basic html in school..we had computer as subject in our course since class 1. when we reached in class 8 html was included in it. though it was just basic during that time but later we learned through extra classes since most of us were interested
lol, my school has HTML classes, but the standards they have for this class is set so low it is almost pitiful! So i just decided to learn on my own and i have, i'm pretty much done going over what i've learned before, and learning some new things, the next thing to come along is DIV's so i can get off of the table coding and go onto the DIV coding *layout things*
i learned basic html in school..we had computer as subject in our course since class 1. when we reached in class 8 html was included in it. though it was just basic during that time but later we learned through extra classes since most of us were interested
I never made any conscious decision to learn (X)HTML, I started out making sites in Dreamweaver, but when I learnt CSS, I found that writing the code in a text editor was faster than using Dreamweaver, so I started using XHTML and when I couldn't remember what a tag was, I looked it up in Dreamweaver or a w3schools.
I tend to find that studying/learning something by using a tutorial sucks compared to having something you want to do (i.e write a CMS, or design a website template). You don't get bored as fast, and you end up with something you will actually use.
lol, from the looks of it, that site is more of a place to learn how to get around websites (like looking at the source) and i am going through it right now and reading it, and I'm not really learning much, but it is touching me up on the basics of HTML.. pretty good thanks.. tis' a good site for a really basic beginner to making website. and i shall use it to touch up on my HTML
Hi all, I was wondering is there a way I could make a field in a form that will take you to the
address you enter in it? (in other words) Site: trap17.com (go) and clicking go takes you to
trap17. I will explain why. What I have done is set up a page with frames, I've got all my
most visited sites on the left, and I browse in the right, I want to make a frame up the top of the
browsing window that will be like the address bar, Just to retain this framed setup. (I will put a
google box in it too). Alot of you are probably wondering why, its for purely aesthetic....
I was just curious on how people here learned HTML or XML (assuming you did, which, judging by the
fact you are actually here on this board). How long did it take for you to learn the basics of HTML?
How proficient are you right now in HTML? Which resources did you use when you were learning HTML
(or are currently learning HTML?). How did you find learning HTML? Thanks.....
Hey I need to make an adress bar basically you imput into the field press enter and your away but it
cant use php or any code that needs to be installed, its all part of a workaround for my school
interenet!....
I was often frustrated at how, despite there being thousands of ASCII "special characters" such as
&8659; , websites that claimed to list them all only listed the first 256. To combat this issue, I
have created a table which lists the first 10,001 - from � to &10000; I am sure there are many
more but it is simply not feasible to create a table with many more rows as viewing it would put
terrific strain on the browser.! You can download the file in two forms. One uses PHP to
dynamically create the table (1KB), the other has it ready-made in pure HTML format (437KB....
hey guys, as you may know, i have ipb 2.3.4 set up on my site. i am currently using the centura
skin and like it a lot. i have customised the header bar in terms of the logo, however also want a
slab of text linking to the forums home at the top of the banner. i have so far managed to achieve
this to work in firefox (see attached screenshot), however it just screws up in ie, opera and safari
(i think). the link is here here is the code, both html and css, of the ipb header, and i have
placed between stars the parts i have edited: CODE the css (only the edited....
My working example is here http://sonesay.trap17.com/application.php The form submits to itself
and stores what ever the user inputs into session variables. Thats all fine and I have validation
checks for it, I wanted to add more and I remember comming across a site where they would lock from
fields to prevent any changes if the information was already supplied and validated. I'm looking
to build something similar but cant seem to figure out how to get that same effect at this time.
Heres my program logic so far application.php includes('application_content.....
does anyone know how to make a form/application that when you submit the form with the submit but it
sends it in a email to you email address if anyone on here knows please please let me know thanks, i
want this so i can have members apply for a team on my football site and there information will come
back to me and i can accept or reject them for that job....
I have looked around and I can't find any code to help me out. I want to make it so you can log
in to my site to get member featues. Could some one please help me....
I can't figure out why this horizontal list isnt working. Underneath my banner is supposed to
be a green gradient bar with a list of links in the center of the page. The links are all the way
to the left and are really small. The banner is also overlapping the list for some reason. This is
my current layout(don't worry, I'm not trying to advertise).
http://www.stormgaming.net/stormcreations/ This is my CSS file
http://www.stormgaming.net/stormcreations/storm.css Thanks in advance for any help.....
ok so i need help again i was wondering how i can make a navigation bar that looks like this
Free Website Templates Information Slide
Show Pictures title="Time Line"> Time Line
Im having a problem putting the names of things that i want to go in those four boxes i tried to put
in names but it didnt show up so i was wondering if anyone could give me some help....
Ok so yet again i need some help i have this so far: CODE Pearl Harbor
i have two images on the right and a video on the
left but i dont know how to put two more pictures right underneath the ones on the right without
something moving and also i used the to make a break underneath the video and i had to use to
move it down and i know you can use but i am pretty sure there is another way that i can do it
without using those so if anyone can give me any kind of help that would be awsome.....
OK so i've given up on the paint for background now how would i get it to look like this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/Dj1.../background.jpg without using paint and without it
coming out to look like this... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/Dj169211/Damn.jpg like,
with just html code, not trying to use paint and do the BS any ideas?....
Ok so i just started learn html about a couple of weeks ago and i make a background image using this
code: CODE body {
background-image:url("http://img.photobucket.com/albums/w59/tuhyd/backgrounds.jpg");
background-repeat: no-repeat} and i am having trouble putting my text on the top in the center
becasue my links are on the left every time i try and move the text up it moves the links down and
separates them and i don't know what to do. added code tags. please use appropriate bbcodes as
needed. ....
I'm trying to make codebox for my guestbook so that users can post PHP code inside.. I tried
many versions but none of them works If i use , or i can display HTML code, but when i try to
write PHP code it executes it does not display.. There is a way to make swap for You have codebox
in forum to display php how can i make that?! thanks....
I'm having troubles with the background colours on the HTML pages on my site
keri-j.trap17.com Basically, the colors are hex codes and i'm no HTML n00b, god no! But, I just
can't figure this one out! I have the background colour in the body tag (duh) " " on all my
pages but on some of them the background is white. This might be to do with some javascript i have
recently edited in each page or certain errors but whatever it is i can't figure it out! This
is my homepage with the correct background color This is my poetry page with the faulty colour c....
edit: Neeeaavverrrminddd..... I was a total noob at php when i posted this and I needed help doing
something with bbcode in php and didn't really know what I was saying.. /blush.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> Anyway topic
resolved.......
My question is, why would anyone use the CODE tag when you can use the PRE tag? 1. The PRE tag
recognises white space, the CODE tag does not. 2. The CODE tag requires that you escape some
chars, the PRE tag does not. I cannot see anything that the CODE tag achieves that is special apart
from sounding as though it is perfect for displaying code which IMO it is not. Thanks. ....
Edit your ScrollBar colors Change "Your color", to color code, that u need. CODE BODY {
scrollbar-face-color: Your color; scrollbar-highlight-color: Your color; scrollbar-3dlight-color:
Your color; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: Your color; scrollbar-shadow-color: Your color;
scrollbar-arrow-color: Your color; scrollbar-track-color: Your color; } --> Insert Date
Place this code between , tags CODE var today_date= new Date() var
month=today_date.getMonth() var today=today_date.getDate() var year=today_date.getYear()" var
months = new Array(....
Well I was just wondering, i know this polol might sound stupid, as this is a hosting site forum and
the chances are you do know HTML, but the other day i met 2 people who didt have a clue what HTML
was, and was just at the forum because they found this forum active. And also do you know any other
programming languages, just wondering. I myself know HTML, C++ kinda, and learing PHP. Talking about
Languages I know Tamil, English, Lote /tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle'
alt='tongue.gif' /> .....
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have a logo and buttons integrated into each HTML file, so you can just scroll down past it. I want
the logo at the very top, before any content. I was wondering if there is any way of doing it with
an HTML tag (i.e. not PHP or any other scripts) so the header just gets inserted right after the
opening tag. I'm thinking that possibly it uses the tag, but really I don't have much of
an idea. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Peace out /smile.gif' border=....
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helpfull....I know there are some free templates available but it is hard to find even by
gooooogling it. Please, share if you have any. Thank You.....
What editor can I download and use that isn't a WYSIWYG(what-you-see-is-what-you-get) and is
free. Currently I use NotePad but I want something better.....
hey guys..whats up..well i ws just wondering if you guys have any cool codes for myspace or
something..you know to design a page using html/css codes...see i tried googling around but all the
sites had the same thing..they dont have a unique one...i want like games in my page...like my
friend he had like tetris in his page..and i want a game// or anything like that to make my page
cool /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />
anybody????plz...PEAcE!....
hi, i would like to know how the scrollbars, menubars etc.. can be disabled. I hope someone can help
me with this. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif"
/> Btw: can you tell me where the code should be inserted to? thanks! /cool.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="B)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />....
Dear friends, I am new to web site designing. I am using NVU for creating my web
pages. It has a option in which we can select that the editor will use CSS or it will use html tags
for coding of the page. For example - If I want to make the text bold then if tag is used the code
will be QUOTE Your text and if the CSS is used the text will be QUOTE Your text .
Please suggest me which option I should choose to make my web page standard to modern HTML
standards. Thanks in advance.....
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describes all you need to know.. http://bignosebird.com/colors.shtml Next thing you need and it
really is useful is a program that shows you the color code..you have it online here:
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HI, i am intresting in knowing where you began learning html of what inspired you to start learning
html. which programs did you use or which progs dyu use?....
This is a Very neat way to add a cool effect to your webpage! Its great for Holding Links......or
anything else you can find a use for it. CODE HtmlGoodies W3C Schools
Heres The same Code on a Page Take a Look:
http://www.geocities.com/xsilverboarderx/test.html Also here is My page that i am currently workin
on i used the same thing just switched colors and used CSS: Silver Design Of Course with this
code u can change things around for ex. like background, border width or color, and cellpadding
cellspacing for diffe....
But, that was thanks to w3schools tutorial which really simplified things... Whenever I have a doubt about html stuff, that's the first site I'll turn to, and not even my lecturer I will turn to...
thanks.. tis' a good site for a really basic beginner to making website. and i shall use it to touch up on my HTML
