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Posted by Andrew on 07/13/06 00:01
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:18:11 +0100, BlueC <BlueC@gmail.com> wrote:
>lixiaoyao wrote:
>> hi all
>> I am beginner for html, I want to make a website for myself, could
>> anyone recommend a tool for it and also an introduction book? I
>> appreciate it.
>> Thanks
>> B
>
>If you are serious about learning HTML then use a simple text editor.
>Notepad will do to start with. I personally like Crimson Editor because
>it is free, stable, fast, and has many nice functions, others will like
>other applications. It's horses for courses.
>
>Personally I think if you are trying to learn HTML you should steer well
>clear of WYSIWYG editors like Dreamweaver. If you just want to learn how
>to build a website and don't care about the HTML then WYSIWYG is useful,
>but you won't ever understand HTML properly that way.
>
>*Don't go anywhere near FrontPage or other MS products, they don't
>produce correct HTML.*
>
>I have never read a HTML book (I have bought them, but I don't learn
>well from books, I learn from doing) and I think www.w3schools.com is
>hard to beat for the beginner trying to learn HTML and CSS (and more).
Hi,
Dreamweaver has received at the most grudging praise from many using
this NG but I think if many tried the current version (version 8, the
last before the Adobe takeover!) they would perhaps regret their faint
praise. The program has come a long way.
While not the best program for anybody learning HTML from scratch,
more so because of the complexity of the program itself, if it is used
correctly and with a sound background knowledge of HTML it will
produce excellent sites that are standards compliant.
It is a bit like owning a chain-saw: you can carve up a beautiful
forest and send it for chipping, or with sufficient skill you can
create a sculpture from a block of wood.
Andrew.
PS Could Adobe/Macromedia send me money for this plug? Please??
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Andrew
http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/
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