HTML Help Needed For A Computer Novice

[dboonisalive]

In a little over a week I'll be embarking on an orientation/prep class for a potential freelance job as a guide for About.com. Before the class begins, I'd love to brush up on what little I know about HTML and building/maintaining a website. The only experience I've had with it really is about six years ago at the podunk newspaper I used to work for, which was just starting its first website. The only thing I really remember is that different codes, parentheses and other punctuation surrounded content in different ways to determine its appearance on the site. For all I know, everything about HTML might have changed since then.

Anyway, I'm looking for anybody out there who might be able to direct me on ways I might conduct a self-tutorial so I don't go into this thing totally blind. Maybe some websites you know about that give a good primer or some other way I might get a general overview pretty much immediately. Any help of any kind would be much appreciated.

[dboonisalive]

In a little over a week I'll be embarking on an orientation/prep class for a potential freelance job as a guide for About.com. Before the class begins, I'd love to brush up on what little I know about HTML and building/maintaining a website. The only experience I've had with it really is about six years ago at the podunk newspaper I used to work for, which was just starting its first website. The only thing I really remember is that different codes, parentheses and other punctuation surrounded content in different ways to determine its appearance on the site. For all I know, everything about HTML might have changed since then.

Anyway, I'm looking for anybody out there who might be able to direct me on ways I might conduct a self-tutorial so I don't go into this thing totally blind. Maybe some websites you know about that give a good primer or some other way I might get a general overview pretty much immediately. Any help of any kind would be much appreciated.

[dboonisalive]

In a little over a week I'll be embarking on an orientation/prep class for a potential freelance job as a guide for About.com. Before the class begins, I'd love to brush up on what little I know about HTML and building/maintaining a website. The only experience I've had with it really is about six years ago at the podunk newspaper I used to work for, which was just starting its first website. The only thing I really remember is that different codes, parentheses and other punctuation surrounded content in different ways to determine its appearance on the site. For all I know, everything about HTML might have changed since then.

Anyway, I'm looking for anybody out there who might be able to direct me on ways I might conduct a self-tutorial so I don't go into this thing totally blind. Maybe some websites you know about that give a good primer or some other way I might get a general overview pretty much immediately. Any help of any kind would be much appreciated.

[dboonisalive]

In a little over a week I'll be embarking on an orientation/prep class for a potential freelance job as a guide for About.com. Before the class begins, I'd love to brush up on what little I know about HTML and building/maintaining a website. The only experience I've had with it really is about six years ago at the podunk newspaper I used to work for, which was just starting its first website. The only thing I really remember is that different codes, parentheses and other punctuation surrounded content in different ways to determine its appearance on the site. For all I know, everything about HTML might have changed since then.

Anyway, I'm looking for anybody out there who might be able to direct me on ways I might conduct a self-tutorial so I don't go into this thing totally blind. Maybe some websites you know about that give a good primer or some other way I might get a general overview pretty much immediately. Any help of any kind would be much appreciated.

[dboonisalive]

In a little over a week I'll be embarking on an orientation/prep class for a potential freelance job as a guide for About.com. Before the class begins, I'd love to brush up on what little I know about HTML and building/maintaining a website. The only experience I've had with it really is about six years ago at the podunk newspaper I used to work for, which was just starting its first website. The only thing I really remember is that different codes, parentheses and other punctuation surrounded content in different ways to determine its appearance on the site. For all I know, everything about HTML might have changed since then.

Anyway, I'm looking for anybody out there who might be able to direct me on ways I might conduct a self-tutorial so I don't go into this thing totally blind. Maybe some websites you know about that give a good primer or some other way I might get a general overview pretty much immediately. Any help of any kind would be much appreciated.

[dboonisalive]

In a little over a week I'll be embarking on an orientation/prep class for a potential freelance job as a guide for About.com. Before the class begins, I'd love to brush up on what little I know about HTML and building/maintaining a website. The only experience I've had with it really is about six years ago at the podunk newspaper I used to work for, which was just starting its first website. The only thing I really remember is that different codes, parentheses and other punctuation surrounded content in different ways to determine its appearance on the site. For all I know, everything about HTML might have changed since then.

Anyway, I'm looking for anybody out there who might be able to direct me on ways I might conduct a self-tutorial so I don't go into this thing totally blind. Maybe some websites you know about that give a good primer or some other way I might get a general overview pretty much immediately. Any help of any kind would be much appreciated.

[Guyute]

nothing has changed in basic HTML man, don't worry. :)

lots of other things have kind of superceeded HTML... but, you probably don't have to worry about too much beyond the basics.
(here's hint one: html tags are < and > ) hehe

not sure which of these pages are any good.. but don't really have a lot of time to check them out. apologies.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html+basic+tutorial

and best of luck on the gig!

[Guyute]

nothing has changed in basic HTML man, don't worry. :)

lots of other things have kind of superceeded HTML... but, you probably don't have to worry about too much beyond the basics.
(here's hint one: html tags are < and > ) hehe

not sure which of these pages are any good.. but don't really have a lot of time to check them out. apologies.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html+basic+tutorial

and best of luck on the gig!

[Guyute]

nothing has changed in basic HTML man, don't worry. :)

lots of other things have kind of superceeded HTML... but, you probably don't have to worry about too much beyond the basics.
(here's hint one: html tags are < and > ) hehe

not sure which of these pages are any good.. but don't really have a lot of time to check them out. apologies.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html+basic+tutorial

and best of luck on the gig!

[Guyute]

nothing has changed in basic HTML man, don't worry. :)

lots of other things have kind of superceeded HTML... but, you probably don't have to worry about too much beyond the basics.
(here's hint one: html tags are < and > ) hehe

not sure which of these pages are any good.. but don't really have a lot of time to check them out. apologies.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html+basic+tutorial

and best of luck on the gig!

[Guyute]

nothing has changed in basic HTML man, don't worry. :)

lots of other things have kind of superceeded HTML... but, you probably don't have to worry about too much beyond the basics.
(here's hint one: html tags are < and > ) hehe

not sure which of these pages are any good.. but don't really have a lot of time to check them out. apologies.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html+basic+tutorial

and best of luck on the gig!

[Guyute]

nothing has changed in basic HTML man, don't worry. :)

lots of other things have kind of superceeded HTML... but, you probably don't have to worry about too much beyond the basics.
(here's hint one: html tags are < and > ) hehe

not sure which of these pages are any good.. but don't really have a lot of time to check them out. apologies.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=html+basic+tutorial

and best of luck on the gig!

[StormChaserBH]

If it was six years ago, the first thing I'd mention is that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in addition to HTML... My 5-second thought is that CSS is a lot more prevalent than it was that long ago, and best practices is that the "how it looks" is specified using the style sheets, leaving only the content itself, and as little as possible of the "how it looks" stuff in HTML.

http://htmlref.com is a good on-line reference for both.

[StormChaserBH]

If it was six years ago, the first thing I'd mention is that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in addition to HTML... My 5-second thought is that CSS is a lot more prevalent than it was that long ago, and best practices is that the "how it looks" is specified using the style sheets, leaving only the content itself, and as little as possible of the "how it looks" stuff in HTML.

http://htmlref.com is a good on-line reference for both.

[StormChaserBH]

If it was six years ago, the first thing I'd mention is that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in addition to HTML... My 5-second thought is that CSS is a lot more prevalent than it was that long ago, and best practices is that the "how it looks" is specified using the style sheets, leaving only the content itself, and as little as possible of the "how it looks" stuff in HTML.

http://htmlref.com is a good on-line reference for both.

[StormChaserBH]

If it was six years ago, the first thing I'd mention is that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in addition to HTML... My 5-second thought is that CSS is a lot more prevalent than it was that long ago, and best practices is that the "how it looks" is specified using the style sheets, leaving only the content itself, and as little as possible of the "how it looks" stuff in HTML.

http://htmlref.com is a good on-line reference for both.

[StormChaserBH]

If it was six years ago, the first thing I'd mention is that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in addition to HTML... My 5-second thought is that CSS is a lot more prevalent than it was that long ago, and best practices is that the "how it looks" is specified using the style sheets, leaving only the content itself, and as little as possible of the "how it looks" stuff in HTML.

http://htmlref.com is a good on-line reference for both.

[StormChaserBH]

If it was six years ago, the first thing I'd mention is that you need to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in addition to HTML... My 5-second thought is that CSS is a lot more prevalent than it was that long ago, and best practices is that the "how it looks" is specified using the style sheets, leaving only the content itself, and as little as possible of the "how it looks" stuff in HTML.

http://htmlref.com is a good on-line reference for both.

[Caniac]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

[Caniac]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

[Caniac]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

[Caniac]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

[Caniac]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

[Caniac]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

[dboonisalive]

Thanks for your assistance. These look like good places to start.

[dboonisalive]

Thanks for your assistance. These look like good places to start.

[dboonisalive]

Thanks for your assistance. These look like good places to start.

[dboonisalive]

Thanks for your assistance. These look like good places to start.

[dboonisalive]

Thanks for your assistance. These look like good places to start.

[dboonisalive]

Thanks for your assistance. These look like good places to start.

[puck_it]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

troof!

my favorite html tag has to be <blink>

[puck_it]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

troof!

my favorite html tag has to be <blink>

[puck_it]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

troof!

my favorite html tag has to be <blink>

[puck_it]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

troof!

my favorite html tag has to be <blink>

[puck_it]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

troof!

my favorite html tag has to be <blink>

[puck_it]

CSS is certainly prevalent. It makes things a lot easier to maintain across the board.

Also, I find it much more simple to use divs instead of tables and I think most will agree.

troof!

my favorite html tag has to be <blink>