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Posted by Chaddy2222 on 07/13/06 12:04
Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:
> lixiaoyao wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> Tools:
>
> VERY SIMPLE editors. Don't use a WYSIWYG tool like DreamWeaver,
> because it's expensive and you don't need it.
>
> If you begin with very simple sites and never code anything you don't
> understand, then you'll build simple sites reasonably easily. You'll
> also become far more expert at really understanding HTML (it's not
> hard) and you'll make better sites. Now you won't make a complex site
> overnight, but then you're a beginner and you have to start somewhere.
>
> HTMLKit and NVU are worth looking at, but I just use very simple text
> editors like jEdit, Eclipse and TextPad. (these tools are free too!)
I actually use both NVU and HTML-Kit, they are both good, (but for
there own reasons).
I also use Notepad for very simple editing.
By the way, NVU is actually WYSIWYG.
>
> Frontpage (anything web-related from M$oft) is just a badly-done tool
> and should be avoided at all costs.
Yes, I agree.
Though IE works ok if you disable items such as ActiveX and JS, but I
offten disable images as well.
>
> Books:
>
> Elizabeth Castro's HTML book.
>
> Lie & Bos' CSS book.
>
> The newish "Head First" series of books are very good and there's a
> HTML / XHTML / CSS book in the series. I'd take a good look at that.
>
>
> Advice:
>
> Code in HTML 4.01 Strict
>
> Ignore XHTML and XML
>
> Code well-formed and valid code, and use a validator.
That should be the W3C validator by the way, http://validator.w3.org
Don't bother with any other validator, they are not actually any good
and will cost you money.
>
> Learn CSS from the very beginning and always write good 2006-style
> code. Avoid 1997-style HTML 3.2 and <table> layout.
>
> Don't code things you don't understand.
Interesting advice, but sounds good though.
>
> Don't code non-standard HTML with funny extensions for M$oft.
I agree.
> Don't confuse MySpace or geocities with web hosting.
Good advice.
> Code for the standard, view and test in a standard compliant browser
> (try FireFox) and worry about IE afterwards
Also, don't code stuff in Quirks mode.
>
> Don't trust old books or websites. Almost all HTML tutorials are bad,
> obsolete or both.
Here is a case in point.
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.htmlgoodies.com%2F&ss=1&outline=1
I found it very amuseing that a site teaching people about HTML could
have 128 errors, in it's HTML, (and that was only the index page).
> Keep reading this newsgroup and c.i.w.a.h because they're the best
> resources around.
Yes, I couldn't agree more.
--
Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc
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