web editing/design

[Kraeoss]

hi guys,

I wanna try my hand at web design and i really dont know where to start. what is a smooth path to quickly learning how to build web pages/sites and what are the current types of web languages that are in demand.

Thanks
Jesus

 

[imported_madMike]

Are you talking about web design or web programming?

Web Design would be more with HTML and CSS while Web Programming would deal with actual logic/programming using PHP, Java, C# etc.

 

[LightningRider]

Regardless you should learn XHTML and CSS. They are must-knows for anyone serious about getting into web development.

 

[Markbnj]

Web design is really a visual art, and so if that's your interest you should look into design curricula and research sources. I would say it's a spin-off from print media design, but that's just an intuition.

 

[presidentender]

You need to learn xhtml and css first, probably in that order. This will allow you to present information to people. Then learn to do it in an appealing fashion.

 

[troytime]

Originally posted by: presidentender
You need to learn xhtml and css first, probably in that order. This will allow you to present information to people. Then learn to do it in an appealing fashion.

good advice.
although calling it xhtml instead of html will make anyone sound silly.
no offense meant of course. knowing and applying strict html is important, but not important enough to actually make the terminology more difficult.

 

[Kraeoss]

ok cool thanks for all the advice but also can yall reccomend where i can find some good tutorials on this topic ? simple but to the point.

 

[imported_madMike]

http://www.w3schools.com/ is a good start.

 

[Metaliz]

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ isn't too bad either. I mainly learned from editing existing code first over and over again and also had an HTML reference book.

 

[IEC]

Yep, HTML and CSS for basics, then move on to PHP and databasing for the real fun stuff 🙂

I tend to use hybrid PHP/HTML

 

[presidentender]

Originally posted by: troytime

Originally posted by: presidentender
You need to learn xhtml and css first, probably in that order. This will allow you to present information to people. Then learn to do it in an appealing fashion.

good advice.
although calling it xhtml instead of html will make anyone sound silly.
no offense meant of course. knowing and applying strict html is important, but not important enough to actually make the terminology more difficult.

I thought about that, actually; didn't use the term "xhtml" for a long time after I learned HTML myself. I still don't, except in that post, actually.

But, as you say, knowing and applying strict HTML is important. I hoped that he would find a stricter tutorial by looking for xhtml than for HTML. There are still HTML tutorials around, for instance, which advocate ALL CAPS.

 

[troytime]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
Yep, HTML and CSS for basics, then move on to PHP and databasing for the real fun stuff 🙂

I tend to use hybrid PHP/HTML

hybrid php/html? wat?

Originally posted by: presidentender

Originally posted by: troytime

Originally posted by: presidentender
You need to learn xhtml and css first, probably in that order. This will allow you to present information to people. Then learn to do it in an appealing fashion.

good advice.
although calling it xhtml instead of html will make anyone sound silly.
no offense meant of course. knowing and applying strict html is important, but not important enough to actually make the terminology more difficult.

I thought about that, actually; didn't use the term "xhtml" for a long time after I learned HTML myself. I still don't, except in that post, actually.

But, as you say, knowing and applying strict HTML is important. I hoped that he would find a stricter tutorial by looking for xhtml than for HTML. There are still HTML tutorials around, for instance, which advocate ALL CAPS.

no worries.
my nephew is in a web programming class in college, i saw his first assignment and it was full of font tags (and they were all improperly nested) - so apparently his professor hasn't been updated.