Very interested in Web Design..

[brian_m02]

Hello, I am very interested in the area of Web Design. I am currently only 15 but I would like to look into what WeB Design is all about. I would also like to expand my knowledge about HTML. I know besics of it, I would just like to learn more. If you know of any great sites that could help me, please post them.

[thewebman]

the zen (http://www.csszengarden.com) can't hurt to learn from others
Bon Rouge (http://bonrouge.com/br.php?page=guide) :D
A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com/topics/code)

[brian_m02]

Thanks for the reply and sites. I bought a book a few weeks ago on HTML, and the writer talked alot about table layouts, then I got on here and saw that it's not reccomended to use those. Her site is http://www.cookwood.com

[thewebman]

NEVER use tables for layout, tables are for data. I repeat, not layout. use divs and css for layout.

[brian_m02]

Yea, I haven't really "made" a web site yet. I didn't really like the table effect. Here's my first site that I've messed around with :
http://www.freewebs.com/fiddle-sticks/
I made it a while ago, and haven't bothered with it..

[brian_m02]

Anyone else?

[ray326]

Check the links in my sig. Zeldman is one of the instigators of the modern ideas in web design.

[brian_m02]

I have the book by Elizabeth Castro, that's the one that talks about using tables as layouts, so that made me think some of the other stuff in her book was wrong..

[ray326]

Is it that 5th edition quick start? She's written HTML books for a long time and earlier ones did use table layouts because that was the contemporary thinking. Cederholm and Wyke-Smith may be the better choice for you then.

[brian_m02]

Yea it's the 5th, it makes a site for about elephants as the example.

[ray326]

I think she has both table and frameset layout in there for completeness but I'll have to go back and check it out. After all, she's interested in writing a fairly complete how-to book whereas the others in my sig have a bit more of an agenda. :)