Posted by BlueC on 07/12/06 22:18

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).

--
BC

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