( H )elp ( T ) oo ( M ) uch to ( L ) earn (HTML - scripting)

Member Name: JackW24

Product:	HTML - scripting
Date:	23/07/01 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick to load pages., Fully customizable., Streamlined, perfect code that glistens in the morning sun.

Disadvantages: People go "yuk, HTML". , Makes you sound really really sad if you talk about it too loudly on the bus., BACK UP THE FILES!! :)

If you know how to code HTML, then you'll think it's easy, you probably won't understand how anyone could not pick up on this simple formatting language, or even, why they would not want to.

If you don't know HTML, you'll probably use something like Frontpage (god help you), DreamWeaver or HoTMetaL, or something similar anyways. You'll probably think that HTML is really tricky, wouldn't know where to start, and probably aren't even sure exactly what it is. You probably haven't got a clue why anyone would ever want to bother attempting such a difficult task as learning HTML when there are plenty of programs around that mean you don't have to.

Well, you're all stupid. You're all right, a bit, but still stupid. :)

HTML is not difficult, but then again, neither is trainspotting, stamp-collecting or matchstick-figure building, wanna try them for fun? Thought not.

I don't think there's a single internet dooyooser alive who I couldn't teach HTML to in under 30 minutes, they'd be able to code their own web pages, lay them out, include images and even use a little CSS

/*
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Files which define the style of your site. Very useful if you understand that sort of thing. Saves repeating things over and over.
*/

Thing is, there are probably lots of you out there who don't want to be able to do that, couldn't care less, and are content to stick to what you know. Well, as much as I dissaprove with your negative attitude toward learning, it's not my place to tell you what to do now is it?

I am strongly for HTML. I think if you're going to put in the effort to make an even fairly sized website, I think you should make the effort to learn HTML.

Hand-crafting the bare bones of your site in HTML does no end of wonders for the finished product. The site will be faster loading, more accurate, and far mo
re personalised.

/* Why will it?
All the programs that code HTML shove in loads of unnecessary code that makes it difficult to customise the layout properly, make the filesize bigger (longer download) and change the look to something you didn't want (accidentally)
*/

/* Teach me!
This isn't a tutorial on HTML, I'll put one of those on my own website soon. However, here are some basics to further your understanding.
Open notepad. Text file. Smashing.
This is where all of your HTML gets typed, you save it, and rename it with a ".html" extension. That's it really.
HTML is made up of tags. <opening> and </closing> tags. Within the opening and closing tags are words. These words within the tags are affected by the properties of the tag. For example:

<tag name="first">
This text here is part of the tag named "first"
</tag>
this text isn't.

That's about it really. If you understand that then the rest is as easy as drowning.

One of the worst things about HTML is it's poor compatibility. One would think, being the most widespread universal language, it would have good rules, good grammar. Truth is, it doesn't, depending on whether you use Netscape, IE, or a Mac then HTML will always look different. Sadly.

I think everyone should try it. You're all capable, but you don't have to.

Cya
Jack.

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