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Post by edb on Dec 30, 2005 22:15:36 GMT
My ISP has given me a little websoace to play about with, however i know very little about HTML or scripting in general.
I have been energised by some of the excellent sites etc that have been created by members of this forum
Can anyone advise any good books, programs or websites that have some advise or are easy to use to write a website?
Cheers In advance
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Post by tom2506 on Dec 30, 2005 22:54:08 GMT
When I first started I read this book www.mcfedries.com/CreatingAWebPage/. Well, not that one exactly but that book is an update of the one I read. Gives you the basics of HTML. I cannot comment on the blogs part of this book as it was not included in the earlier version. I think you could hire it from your local library as it's the sort of book that's in demand with all the web growth that's happened in the last few years, now almost everybody has a web site. |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 30, 2005 23:53:13 GMT
probably the best reference/how-to book is the O'Reily HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide Author Chuck Musciano ; Bill Kennedy Publisher O'Reilly (UK) Year 2002 ISBN 059600382X Amazon link |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2005 0:09:10 GMT
www.webmonkey.com/ has lots of useful info for absolute beginners upwards. That's how I got started.
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Post by russe on Dec 31, 2005 2:49:37 GMT
My advice on html is walk first, don't try to run. Keep it simple. You'll need a reasonable html editor and I think there are a few good freebies out there - www.nvu.com/ is quite well thought of I understand. I use Homesite, which isn't a freebie, but is good enough for me. Don't go for the fancy packages unless you really need the functionality. Good webpages can be written with just a simple text editor (I thoroughly recommend TextPad) and a browser. There's a bucketload of good html advice on the net. It won't take you long to work through some tutorials, and you'll soon pick up the basics. Your local library will have books that might be a bit out of date, but that doesn't matter. And of course, the golden rule of websites: content, content, content. Russ |
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