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New to HTML

by asapsirris
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Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Alex. I'm a huge newb to HTML but I'm eager to learn. I understand that it takes a lot of practice to learn the back end of coding, design, html, marketing and everything else. I'm looking to start somewhere, so I thought learning HTML would be a good place to begin.

If anyone has any tips, good books for beginners, or websites please let me know.
I've started on Introduction to HTML so far so I'll be practicing all through the winter time. Anyways, I look forward to meeting people and learning from your methods.

Cheers,
Alex
#html
  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    Hi Alex, welcome to the forum and the exciting world of internet business.

    HTML is a lot of fun to learn because it's so easy and you get fast results. I myself am addicted to the F5 button and I'm sure you will soon be too. Try and love hand coding in notepad - it'll serve you well. Have you got a server to practice on?

    Learning HTML is far from essential but it's always good to know. A browser eventually displays all content as html no matter how it's generated. PHP has the amazing ability to construct a html page using data from many places but it still displays eventually as html.

    I was first attracted to it by a headline that said something like "Learn HTML in 10 easy steps". I found that pretty difficult to believe so I read the article and followed along and sure enough I had learned (basic) HTML in 10 easy steps. I've used those lessons almost every day for thousands of days since.

    If you get stuck post a question in here and remember the dumber the better because others will learn from your questions and our answers. There's always someone lurking around down here to help you and most of us know how to write html so you'll get answers pretty quick.

    Good luck and remember...

    CODE IS ART
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    • Profile picture of the author asapsirris
      Wow thank you guys so much. This is incredible I already feel really welcomed. I am very willing to learn and am really excited. I'm going to dedicate at least an hour a day to studying. I'm already super excited to see where I'll be a year from now, but one step at a time. I'm a business major with a specialization in financing and am continuing my bachelors degree. In the last year I've launched 3 companies, 1 of which was very successful but was completely out of my hands as a music manager. Now I'm really interested in learning the world of the web and how people are becoming so successful at it. Especially with the perc of being able to do this from anywhere in the world. Anyways, Don & Mr. Bill thank you for reply back and I will most definitely post any questions I have back in this forum.

      Cheers,
      Alex
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  • Profile picture of the author donMhico
    Hello Alex,

    Welcome to the web =)

    For starters, I suggest that you learn here Web Fundamentals | Codecademy. Also I suggest that you actually start creating a website as the best way to learn is to start something

    If you have any questions along the way, feel free to ask here or in any other community in the web.
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    • Profile picture of the author asapsirris
      Originally Posted by donMhico View Post

      Hello Alex,
      Web Fundamentals | Codecademy. Also I suggest that you actually start creating a website as the best way to learn is to start something

      If you have any questions along the way, feel free to ask here or in any other community in the web.
      Great Website! I will go and start building my own site, I'm sure that will help with trial and error. I also know that I can get the source code of any site to see how they did what they did.

      Now I understand what CSS is. It's like the frosting on the cake for HTML websites to make them look all fancy. (You can correct if I'm wrong).

      In all my years of studying/school I've never been more excited than to learn how to build a website. I took a CSS class when I was in 7th grade and completely bombed it. I had no idea what was going on but I believe it was because I was not ready to understand or excited in learning it.
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      • Profile picture of the author RPeacan
        I started learning HTML when I was in middle-school, and have been teaching myself for years. I've recently started picking up some small clients and working for a local developer. It's really fun (at least to me it is haha) and once you start getting into PHP, RoR, etc. it gets even better.

        There are TONS of tutorials online for free, and that's mostly what I've learned from. I've also been using Team Treehouse lately to pick up some new skills. Although it has a monthly subscription fee, I've found it very useful. Worth checking out, there may even be a trial.

        Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Fonda
    Basically what I've learned from my personal experience, is that video tutorials (like lynda) help a BUNCH (to learn the basics). Once you have a grasp on the basics, I recommend you just try putting together a simple website from scratch (via the code editor obviously).

    Since you're just a beginner, you're bound to have difficulties when coding the website - so when you come to a stand still (and can't seem to figure the code out), just google the problem. Virtually any problem out there has been answered somewhere on the web.

    That's how I've learned almost every programming language that I know today.

    Hope this helps,
    Cheers
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    • Profile picture of the author Vinny Polston
      Hey Alex!

      Learning HTML is relatively easy and straightforward ( especially now that most design stuff is handled by CSS and not tables Oh the horror of designing with tables.

      I tought myself basic HTML when I was about about 13 from reading on htmlgoodies.com - when the site was relatively new itself. Fast forward 10 years and I still use that same knowledge for basic editing.

      I recently started to teach myself CSS3 and get up to date on the HTML5 standards. I found that tutsplus ( although it costs money ) is what has worked best for me.

      Do yourself a favor and learn to hand-code. Don't rely on 'what you see is what you get' as they will ultimately handycap you. I will say though that if you're hand coding I would suggest downloading notepad++ since it has the benefit of color coding.

      Best advice: Stop reading and start doing! Practice and do as many tutorials as you can and I'm sure you'll get it
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Fonda
        Originally Posted by Vinny Polston View Post

        Hey Alex!

        Learning HTML is relatively easy and straightforward ( especially now that most design stuff is handled by CSS and not tables Oh the horror of designing with tables.

        I tought myself basic HTML when I was about about 13 from reading on htmlgoodies.com - when the site was relatively new itself. Fast forward 10 years and I still use that same knowledge for basic editing.

        I recently started to teach myself CSS3 and get up to date on the HTML5 standards. I found that tutsplus ( although it costs money ) is what has worked best for me.

        Do yourself a favor and learn to hand-code. Don't rely on 'what you see is what you get' as they will ultimately handycap you. I will say though that if you're hand coding I would suggest downloading notepad++ since it has the benefit of color coding.

        Best advice: Stop reading and start doing! Practice and do as many tutorials as you can and I'm sure you'll get it
        I'm glad that I'm not the only one that felt the pain of using tables back in the day.

        I swear I still have nightmares from it.
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        • Profile picture of the author iplay1515
          I've found this site very helpful in nearly every aspect of website development.

          W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
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          • Profile picture of the author asapsirris
            Originally Posted by iplay1515 View Post

            I've found this site very helpful in nearly every aspect of website development.

            W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
            Thanks for this! I'm going to bounce back and forth between codeacademy, W3School, forums, and youtube videos. I think there is more than enough information to properly teach myself HTML and eventually CSS.
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        • Profile picture of the author asapsirris
          Originally Posted by Daniel Fonda View Post

          I'm glad that I'm not the only one that felt the pain of using tables back in the day.

          I swear I still have nightmares from it.
          I don't want to know what tables are...hahaha If I have to learn it that's fine. I've definitely seen how much other depend on coders and designers. This is a great field to be in. Thanks for the help guys. I've started out at codeacademy so far and already understand how to hyperlink <a> </a> and how to hyperlink images and pull them from sources <img src=" "> <a href=" "> + how to even start a html document and how browsers understand what code I'm using. Great stuff. I will continue my studying throughout the winter time using trial and error. I understand that it takes a lot of practice, but I've realized I love doing this type of stuff. Self made, Self Sufficient!

          Cheers all!
          Hope you had a great thanksgiving and enjoy the rest of the week!
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          • Profile picture of the author Daniel Fonda
            Originally Posted by asapsirris View Post

            I don't want to know what tables are...hahaha If I have to learn it that's fine. I've definitely seen how much other depend on coders and designers. This is a great field to be in. Thanks for the help guys. I've started out at codeacademy so far and already understand how to hyperlink <a> </a> and how to hyperlink images and pull them from sources <img src=" "> <a href=" "> + how to even start a html document and how browsers understand what code I'm using. Great stuff. I will continue my studying throughout the winter time using trial and error. I understand that it takes a lot of practice, but I've realized I love doing this type of stuff. Self made, Self Sufficient!

            Cheers all!
            Hope you had a great thanksgiving and enjoy the rest of the week!
            Basically tables were literally....tables lol...almost like the ones in a word or excell doc. You basically adjusted the background color, border color (border width, text color, etc.) of each field - and that's how a website was created lol

            Glad you're learning - if you already know a bunch about linking, you're half way done (html really isn't that complex)

            Do wish you the best of luck
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            • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
              Originally Posted by Vinny Polston View Post

              ...
              Best advice: Stop reading and start doing! Practice and do as many tutorials as you can and I'm sure you'll get it
              Worst advice ever! Do NOT stop reading. Reading AND doing is the key but to advise anyone whose learning something to stop reading is just super bad advice.

              Originally Posted by Daniel Fonda View Post

              I'm glad that I'm not the only one that felt the pain of using tables back in the day.

              I swear I still have nightmares from it.
              What's wrong with tables? There's nothing wrong with tables if you know how to construct them. They are robust, super simple to understand and construct and they work everywhere.

              LEARN TABLES!

              Oh, and if your HTML lessons take you longer than a day they are wasting your time and have ulterior motives for wanting to keep you on their site. Everything you need to know to write (and become reasonably proficient) in HTML can be taught in one day or less by a competent teacher or decent single article. There are tiny bits of code that you might pick up here and there later but the basics and really all you need to know is a very short lesson.

              Just remember, HTML is a markup language which means it's main job is to arrange how things are placed on (marked up onto) a page.
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    Start learning with few HTML commands(tags) to create a files to put up on the web. The only catch is that you must save them as text files and give them an HTML. The .htm or .html extensions tell the browser that these documents are created for the web.You can specify which bits of the document are headings, which bits are paragraphs, establish simple relationships between pieces of content and even set certain basic behavior.
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