but i dont know HTML

 

 

 

is there anything that will allow me to

 

 

 

A) learn HTML

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

B) create a site without HTML?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanx, much appreciated

Geocities (yahoo) allows you to create simple webpages for free without HTML, also if you type "learn html" into a search engine you get tons of simple guides to get you started, i learned basics in about an hour. :oops:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you need any help just pm me and i can give it a go.

ok w3schools seems to be... whacked or something, at least for me anyways.

 

 

 

Just put "xhtml tutorial" and "css tutorial" into a search engine and work your way up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Learn XHTML

 

 

 

2. Learn CSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make a basic website and host it somewhere.

 

 

 

Then:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.google.com

 

 

 

3. Learn PHP

 

 

 

4. Learn MySQL (basics)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Improve the website so it's dynamic.

 

 

 

And then if you wish:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.google.com

 

 

 

5. Learn XML

 

 

 

6. Learn XSL*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work in an order like that and you'll be fine :mrgreen:

 

 

 

If you run into any problems, post in Tech and Computers and you'll get all the help you'll need :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* XSL is to XML as CSS is to [X]HTML.

Yeah, you have a lot to learn about XHTML, don't expect to be doing CSS the next day... next few months even ;)

Basics of XHTML + CSS to write a valid document will be fine for a novice ;)

 

 

 

Neither are very hard to learn and can be done in a day (or two) if one really wanted to learn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although if you want to go into the more complex aspects of each then yes , you would be correct, runesmithie ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I should really make a change to my original post and include something else...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*goes off to edit*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning XML and XSL are optional IMO.

 

 

 

I'd be more towards only learning them if you plan on providing a RSS feeds or providing a service to people (eg: last-played song, game stats).

Html is pretty easy, but to render it usefull to make good websites you actually need practice. You can just take out a book from library or buy one, and you could learn the basics in about 2-3 days. Its not to hard. What website you trying to build, that might effect what language you want to learn.

Yeah, HTML is easy to learn, I was taught at college, but I had taught myself at home in one day more than they taught me at college in like 3 weeks lol.

davesite.com is what i used to learn html, although i dont know if it exists still, and im to lazy to follow that link. its probably just a search site or a porn site now, so dont click it :lol:

Try Microsoft Frontpage for the start. It's like using Word or something. Not that great in a long run, but at least it is an easy way. No html knowledge needed.

Get DreamWeaver.

If you're serious about learning, http://www.webhostingtalk.com is a good resource.... As are tons of other forums... but you should definitely sit down and learn the basics (HTML, as already mentioned) before you get started. You can't cook a 7 course meal without first learning how to preheat the oven and setup the stove. (Or something like that. :lol:)

Try Microsoft Frontpage for the start. It's like using Word or something. Not that great in a long run, but at least it is an easy way. No html knowledge needed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think he wants to do this as free as possible :P

 

 

 

(And he should probably learn some good habits :) )

I would recommend not using Dreamweaver or Frontpage. I've never like WYSIWYG programs. They may have been updated, but the coding in the past has been very messy and they generally just don't generate that good of pages. It would really help just to learn html or whatever else has been mentioned before my post.

Always a good idea to learn the languages, after all you'll never be stuck if u know how to script in notepad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but, if u really cant be bothered look for hosting with CMS (content management systems) such as Mambo or phpNuke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.mamboserver.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.phpnuke.org/

Both those scripts are incredibly bloated. There are come much cleaner CMS systems for free on http://www.hotscripts.com and i reccomend trying some of them before resorting to using something like phpNuke which is like 15mb or something stupid before you even populate the databse.