If one wishes to learn how to make a rather simplistic but decent looking webpage featuring some photos and a bit of text with contact information, what is the right path, to use some "simple" WYSIWYG tool like "Dreamweaver" or to go the other way and first learn the basics of html coding ?
Keep in mind that I am a complete beginner but I am ready to invest some time to learn how to make a webpage. It's just that I would like to be able to do it the right way. I asked same question on appropriate website forum and the anwsers were pretty disputed.
I found some tutorials where authors claim that HTML basics can be mastered really fast, but I am not all that naive.
Originally posted by ivan2908Using a WYSIWYG editor is the quickest and easiest option but without any HTML or CSS skills I doubt you'll be able to make a decent looking page. You might be better off buying a pre-designed template and editing that instead.
If one wishes to learn how to make a rather simplistic but decent looking webpage featuring some photos and a bit of text with contact information, what is the right path, to use some "simple" WYSIWYG tool like "Dreamweaver" or to go the other way and first learn the basics of html coding ?
Keep in mind that I am a complete beginner but I am ready to in ...[text shortened]... als where authors claim that HTML basics can be mastered fast, but I am not all that naive.
As far as HTML goes, its a very simple coding language and there are plenty of tutorials for it so it is very easy to pick up. However, if you're only going to build one webpage then it's not really worth the time or effort learning it.
Thanks. Yes, for now I plan to one web page and simple one too, but for in the near future I might want to add some functionality to it to make it less spartan. Not to mention that I would like to update and refresh the site constantly alone, to avoid costs of paying the professional designer.
Originally posted by ivan2908Fair enough. Sounds like you should try learning it then.
Thanks. Yes, for now I plan to one web page and simple one too, but for in the near future I might want to add some functionality to it to make it less spartan. Not to mention that I would like to update and refresh the site constantly alone, to avoid costs of paying the professional designer.
A good place to start would be:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
They cover all the basics plus it gives you the opportunity to try the code out when you're learning it so you actually see what it does.
A weekend is enough to learn HTML basics, and a week should be enough to get the CSS basics under the belt.
It's really simple, but try to stay away from the WYSIWYGs as much as possible in the beginning.
Get the basics right and you will be able to better use the software later, if you feel you need to.
In no time you will be chucking jQuery plugins into PHP code...
Get yourself PHPEclipse, WAMP, Notepad++ and Filezilla and you'll be well on your way.