newbie here: any good websites for creating websites?

[LordSnailz]

Just got a new host, but not sure how to start ... it's with dathorn.com w/ cpanel options available. TIA!

 

[jonmullen]

http://www.w3c.org If your going to do it learn to do it right.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: jonmullen
http://www.w3c.org If your going to do it learn to do it right.

That site might be a little too abstract for a newbie.

If you want to learn it properly then try w3schools. Read their HTML tutorial to start you off.

 

[Buddha Bart]

Lord: something important to keep in mind (and johnmullen made reference to it) is that a lot has changed in the world of html in the last few years. Actually it changed a 4 or 5 years ago, there's just sooooo many people out there that persist in doing it the old/wrong way that the problem perpetuates itself.

Specifically, if you're going to start out fresh you might as well save yourself a lot of crap and stick to XHTML + CSS.
Here's a great start: http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_intro.asp

And (as per my sig) you should eat sleep live and breath http://validator.w3.org
One handy trick is if you use IE, to add this link as a bookmark in your "Links" toolbar. With it you're only a click away from validating whatever page you're on.
javascriptocument.location.href = 'http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=' + escape(document.location.href) '&ss=1'

IE will bitch that there's no program for 'javascript' or something, just ignore it.

 

[Nocturnal]

I just signed up with dathorn.com too lol. What a coincidence.

 

[igowerf]

Hmmm..... me too! I just got it last Monday.