So I've recently wanted to learn/teach myself how to do webpage design and everntually run a website. Any tips on how to go about that? What format to use, how to start out. Help a brotha out.

your best bet is to take a look at webmokey, they've got tutorials for all experience levels

[url]http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/[/url]

What sucks the most is I'm damn interested in this right now but I'm at work and I have the fear of God in me that I'll get caught being on the net and not working. Damn work policies!

Re:: Any computer guys. Tiddles might help a lot.

so does:

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/[/url]

I recommend you to get down with basic HTML programming a 100% before moving on to Flash and more fun stuff... Knowing HTML is essential to get somewhere in the web world, and learning to code without using a tool like dreamweaver is even better...

Taking a few classes at your local community college is also a great way getting into it.

Good luck!

:Bingo: :Bingo: :Bingo:

Re:: Any computer guys. Tiddles might help a lot.

I recommend W3.org. I learned from it years ago, it's the definitive source for HTML. Notepad for any html stuff is the way to go.

---> [b][size=6][[/size][url=http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/]http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/[/url][size=6]][/size][/b]

I downloaded this years ago... it's a downloaded reference file of their website. I can't find it on their site anymore, but it's much easier to use than what's online these days. It's what I use if I ever need to know something. Hope it helps dude, good luck

---> [b][size=6][[/size][url=http://picklemonkey.no-ip.com/wdghtml40.hlp]http://picklemonkey.no-ip.com/wdghtml40.hlp[/url][size=6]][/size][/b]

ASP is oslo very strong with many capabilities language [and not complicated at all if you have basic knowledge of programming]. I'll try to come back with some URL's ...

Start simple. Have some type of concept or idea. If you are at work no worries just use notepad. Practice safe design.

You could definitely have a site up within a few days without any prior knowledge. Good Luck keep us posted when you get that shit up.

Re:: Any computer guys. Tiddles might help a lot.

I've got web space from my ISP - is there a simple way of just hosting mixes to share? And how would I set it up and upload them?

Thanks :Bingo:

Re:: Any computer guys. Tiddles might help a lot.

So thanks for all the links and info. I spent most of my night looking at the webmonkey site and then also creating a few things from it. I'm far off from putting anything "live" but everything has helped out quite a bit. It's been a journey. I'm really interested in it though, which is good.

Another good site for tutorials related to not only HTML but a heck of alot of other web related stuff is [url]http://www.w3schools.com/[/url]. It's a very good site, also I like the webmonkey site mentioned earlier.

I've found the tutorials at [url]www.htmlite.com[/url] are really good.

The best way to start is to just learn the code, if you start with a WYSIWYG package like dreamweaver, you'll end up grinding to a halt once you reach the limit of the programs intelligence!

You can just use notepad to edit, but I would recommend a more advanced text editor like [url=http://crimsoneditor.com/]Crimson Edit[/url]

Re:: Any computer guys. Tiddles might help a lot.

This is some invaluable information, thank you so much. I am currently working on a web site, tampahousemusic.com, not launched yet so the link isnt active. Anyway, these links you have provided are very helpful. :Bingo: :D

[quote=ian]You can just use notepad to edit, but I would recommend a more advanced text editor like [url=http://crimsoneditor.com/]Crimson Edit[/url][/quote] I also like [url=http://www.jedit.org/]JEdit[/url], uses a JVM so it will work on any OS, has syntax highlighting for just about any scripting language, plugins, etc. You'll like it. Hell of alot of features

Re:: Any computer guys. Tiddles might help a lot.

So, I'm just using notpad for now. What are the benefits of using a different script?? Talk to me like someone who uses notepad. I'm not too advanced with the lingo, I taught myself last night.

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[quote=Alpinevpr]So, I'm just using notpad for now. What are the benefits of using a different script?? Talk to me like someone who uses notepad. I'm not too advanced with the lingo, I taught myself last night.[/quote] The only real advantage of using anything over Notepad is color-coded tags and values, and popup/pulldown menus that let you insert tags somewhat like the BBCode here on [ms]. e.g., highlight some text and hit bold, and it'll throw the <b> and </b> around your highlighted selection. I personally use Notepad... I just think using other editors just introduce more ways to automatically screw up your code.

ummm...i don't know shit about computers/the internet