aydubya:
Another fun way to learn HTML basics is to go to a website and grab the source code and paste it into NVU. Here's how you do it:
- Go to a cool but basic site
- In Firefox, go to view > page source
- Copy the code in the window that comes up
- Open NVU and a new blank page
- Click the Source tab at the bottom of the page
- paste the code in-between the <body> and </body> tags which is usually line 9
- click the preview tab to see the site (usually without images)
- click the normal tab to see the table structure
- click the html tab to see objects with html tags
By jumping back and forth you can see what the code looks like and what the visual translation of it looks like. That's about the extent of my very limited HTML experience but it's a good way to start. Once you have the basics down there are a ton of good books out there. Lastly, the graphics editing capabilites are what make good websites. Gimp is a cool open-source program you can use to tinker with graphics.
A.W .
That's interesting, but I don't use Firefox. I'm on Explorer. I'm not that interested in HTML right now. I just need to get my site up. It's just a basic site...I think. (Articles, pics and links). I just want it to look nice and attractive for traffic. I'm using it for affiliate marketing and Adsense and such like that, but the value is going to be information, reviews and advice. I just want to be able to easily update and write articles and such.
I've tried Gimp before and one has to have a Phd in graphic arts to get it to work. It's far too complicated, much like MS Paint, completely non-intuitive. I'm just learning Picassa and struggling a bit with that. (Too cryptic) and no previews, so I don't think too much of it so far. Yeah, I need to find an intuitive photo program, but that may be a lot easier than finding a website program. I'll be checking out both the earlier suggestions when I get home.
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