On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 02:12 -0400, George Hare wrote: > but do you write on some word processor or a special program for the > web? You can write with a plain text editor, if you want to hand type in all the HTML tags. Alternatively, there's quite a lot of editors built for the task, or plugins to add similar features to other editors. In addition to the ones already mentioned, Mozilla had a HTML composer, there's Quanta, Arachnophilia (in Java), and Amaya, that I can think of, just off the top of my head. One problem with using a program, is that a lot of them will let you do whatever you try to, with no care about stopping you from doing things that are wrong (e.g. you can't put a table inside a paragraph, but they'll let you type it that way). Most presume that you know what you're doing, and just automate some of the steps. A plain text editor leaves you with the same issue (being able to create duff HTML pages). But if you've learnt HTML, you'll know what you should be doing, and being do it right as you go along. Rather than edit in some program, have to know all about what you're doing (which precludes the need for using such a program), and possibly have to fix up the mistakes that it makes (many HTML editors are crap). You get what you typed, rather than what the program thought it should do. Having said all that, have a look at a primer for writing HTML, work through the basics (what things belong where, etc.), and play around with a HTML validator, until you get a feel for things. You shouldn't go too far wrong with basic pages. Then, work up to more complex things. As a general rule, and especially at the beginning, be less concerned about getting something to look exactly as you want it to, and more about getting to be error free. You've got much better chances at making sites that work, and work well, if you don't try and massage duff HTML into doing something fancy. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
