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    Soon to be Web Design

    I am very instered in doing Web design, much later. However, I need to learn the basics skills- so of course, I need to compelty learn HTML. Can you guys point me in the direction where you have learned HTML? Books, but perferbly websites. Also any other websites/books needed to learn Web Design, but for now focusing on HTML.

    Thanks,

    Tyler
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    If you're learning HTML, you might as well do it for free.

    http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ and http://www.w3schools.com/ have been the resources I'v used in the past.

    They're also good becuase they're easy to understand from a beginners point of view, and they explain other web design related things too.

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    W3 School in my opion is more of a reference then complete. But I will read up on it, if anyone feels is better feel free to post.
    Tyler Cole
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    Yeah, htmlgoodies.com is a good one, you could also try: htmlbasix.com

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    If you are really wanting to learn this stuff, I always think spending a couple of dollars on a hard copy of a book is the best thing to do
    Brett Meadors

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    Re: Soon to be Web Design

    Originally posted by immortal9 websites/books needed to
    But what books?
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    SAMS Teach Yourself HTML in 24 Hours

    or

    Visual Quickstart Guide: HTML for the WWW

    Just a couple of books that I'd recommend

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    i taught myself HTML by right clicking and viewing the source on websites.

    HTML For Dummies ... The whole Dummy series of books can be quite helpful when you're starting out.

    Learn the structure of HTML .. Then learn the different tags and what each one is for and what they do.

    Open Notepad ... tell yourself what you want to do .."My name, address, phone number, social security number, birthday, dogs name, wifes name, kids name in a series of tables. Each a different color, different font face, different font size, different font attribute" ... Write it up in notepad ... save it as an html document .. and then view it locally on your computer. If you did it right then make it a little harder next time by inserting <hr>'s and <br>'s .. insert some <a href>'s and <img> tags ... Dress it up a little while making it a little more difficult. If you did it wrong .. Find out what you did wrong and fix it.
    One thing that helps, is leaving yourself little notes in the HTML code to highlight a new section, different table structure etc. You can do that with <!-- comments -->

    http://www.willcam.com/cmat/html/crossref.html
    Save this website to your favorites .. It has an index of HTML tags and tells you what it's for, what it does and different ways you can use them in conjuction with other tags (sometimes).

    You can PM me if you want .. I'll try to help you find some more resources.

    One more thing ... If you have a college campus anywhere close to you .. make a visit to the book store .. they'll have plenty of fantastic books you can buy. Be sure and check the USED book sectionm to see if the book you want is in there. You can save a ton of money by buying used books. Go to your local library and use their computers to search for HTML related books ... check it out and look thru it .. If you like it and think it will help you .. write down the Title/Author/Publishing Company and the ISBN number .... Use that info to search for it on the internet and order it. If for some reason the local college won't let you buy their books -- for not being a student -- you can do the same thing. .. look thru them and find one you want. Ask the store clerk to print you out the info for the book so you can order it online .. they should be more than happy to help you out.

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    I will check the Dummie book out. Thanks.
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    Besides HTML don't forget that it's the design that usually sells. So with good html / css / php / asp / js etc knowledge you need to focus on your design skills as well.

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    Any book from Wrox Press or O'Reilly would be a useful addition to your design library. Those occupying my shelf are HTML 4.01: Programmer's Reference (slightly outdated) from Wrox and Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide (2nd ed.) from O'Reilly. Any books from those two houses would be helpful at some point in your career.

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    "SAMS Teach Yourself HTML in 24 Hours" is perfect to start!

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    I learned visual design before the web was very popular and then learned to use Dreamweaver when it became necessary to use HTML. The code is pretty simple once you get used to looking at it.

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    Use the HTML Bible (its a great book) but thats very limited. If you want to do serious web design, you HAVE to learn basic PHP/javascript.

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    Use search engines and you will get whatever you want.
    I have passed the CCNP with the tesking free I have searched at google

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    There is a book called "Web Design in a nutshell" that is pretty good from what I remember. I don't know if the new version includes anything about CSS, but I'd make sure to learn that along the way too.

    Cheers

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