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[oneofakind24]

hello everyone,

I'am just starting web development I wanted to know if anyonecan assist me with what programs I should get so I can start building websites I have right now:

frontpage2000
flash mx
of course photoshop
but thats it

thanks:)

[Sux0rZh@jc0rz]

first, get notepad. then go to www.w3cschools.com

try to build a page using their CSS & HTML tutorials. Try to give it navigation, a background, some links, and a few pages with content(all this can just be, Link01, link02. it doesnt have to be a REAL webpage. just try to make a layout.)

If you cant, come back here and ask for help. Try to make it nice and appealing and ask us to keep checking it to see how it's doing.

THEN you'll have experience with webbuilding in it's basic form, and you'll have a reference to look back on in the future. AFTER THIS you can ask us what programs you should use. cause frankly, notepad is the best. (yeah yeah... htmlkit is good too.. but i think it's kinda complex. it's almost always better to handcode 100% without help, cause then you remember it and learn it faster.)

This layout doesnt have to be used. i CHALLENGE you to make it. I CHALLENGE you to get a layout that works. even if it has no purpose and no content or actual use yet. I bet you can't do it.

(yeah i'm saying this to get to motivated, but hey, whatever works. hehehee. DO IT. TRY IT. GET OUT THERE AND LEARN!)

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by Sux0rZh@jc0rz
...cause frankly, notepad is the best...

AMEN!!!

[Sux0rZh@jc0rz]

oops. www.w3schools.com... and use www.w3c.com's validator to check your pages.

Tips:

Use CSS.
Use a doctype. figure one out right away before anything else.
Ask as many questions on here as you can.

[PeOfEo]

Oh dear lord I hope pyro does not see this thread. He will have an html kit hissy fit. ;)

[spufi]

Well, ANY free text editor that has line numbers and marginal color coding is better than Notepad. ;)

[pyro]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Oh dear lord I hope pyro does not see this thread. He will have an html kit hissy fit. ;) Right you are. Notepad is a poor excuse for web developement software. Do yourself a favor and at least use something (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/) with line number and syntax highlighting. It will help you out vastly when it comes time to debug any of your pages, and can help prevent errors, as you can much more easily see when you make a mistake.

[Sux0rZh@jc0rz]

yes... but notepad is easiest at first. he sees nothing but code. HTMLkit has all those things in their to lead him astray. once he has designed one layout, then he can get htmlkit and use it to learn and code.

[PeOfEo]

If he does the layout w/ css it helps to have intellitext to see the syntax errors. It can also help if he makes a typo and does not close up a tag. Notepad was what I started with but intellitext can be a big help. I use dreamweaver now just for its good support of asp.net and intellitext.