Design My Own Website

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Www.w3schools.com is the best I have ever seen.
- Great explanations
- Hands-on examples
- Easy-to-use references
- Hyphenated-again-three-times fourth bullet point

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I’m just like you, same age except I’ve already learned HTML. I’ve been to sploder and the games are all flash. I don’t know much about flash but I do know that there are books for it but to make flash programs, it costs money. Now HTML, a book that I highly recommend is Head First HTML & CSS. It is very easy to learn whatever subject the book is about (I learned Javascript when I was only 11). Actually, all the Head First books are fantastic. The website of these books is http://headfirstlabs.com/ . Note that HTML is free to code and doesn’t cost money because no company owns it. Adobe owns Flash. Also, there are some tutorials that you can use online but the book is much better. Good Luck.

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You can also try

http://www.about-html-codes.com

Hope this helps

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Like a day from w3schools, here’s the link: http://w3schools.com/html/default.asp
..you need more languages to make a good website, like php, css, javascript, etc. All these are on that website, but those languages will take a lot longer to learn. HTML can be used to make a simple website though.

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Unless you are talking about a test in school, the best thing to do is make yourself a “cheat sheet” in a simple text program and save it to disk or flash drive. Include all the things you would usually do and maybe a few java scripts too. Then all you have to do is copy, and paste keying in the variations and options.

I would hate to have to key in every character needed in html. I’ll cut, copy, and paste whenever possible.

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How to Make a Webpage:

Full Web Building Tutorials: http://www.w3schools.com/
The Web Book (free): http://www.the-web-book.com/index.php
Beginner’s HTML Tutorial: http://www.htmlbasix.com/
How to Create a Webpage: http://www.make-a-web-site.com/
So You Want To Set Up Your First Site, Huh?: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/getting_started/article.php/3479561

http://www.w3schools.com/site/default.asp

How to Start / Create Your Own Website: The Beginner’s A-Z Guide: http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/startwebsite.shtml
So, you want to make a Web Page!: http://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/index.html
Getting started with HTML: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/

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If web design is something you plan on doing seriously learning html and css is fundamental. Rather than memorizing attributes I have a file with all the attributes and selectors that I can constantly refer to and copy and paste into my document as needed. I can then modify small details required for the site I’m working on. Javascript and JQuery are useful to learn after the basics, as well as PHP and even Action script if you plan to use flash. Keep in mind that html and css are evolving with HTML 5 and CSS3 being adopted as standards in the near future.

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Youtube surprsingly has a lot of good tutorials

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HTML5 is still a working standard so you aren’t very likley to find any sites to learn it, although Apple does have an excellent showcase of HTML5

http://www.apple.com/html5/

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Go for HTML 5… Flash was good in its day, but the latest versions have many problems.

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HTML5 is not full supported by all browser, and all browsers have different behaviors with the same HTML5 script.
Is good idea learn HTML5, but Flash have a more avanced languaje (ActionScript 3) that is based in C and is supported by all the browsers, include now Mac, ipad and iPhone..

How you can see, there are a idea for each user. I recommended to you learn the two languajes: HTML5 and ActionScript 3.

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I doubt it will be strictly necessary, however, I do think it would be a good idea, especially since you already know enough HTML to tweak templates and layouts. In addition, if your job ever changes, or you need to get a new job, the more you know, the better chance you’ll have of not being left behind.

The best way to learn, in my opinion, is to start with some basics and look at existing code. You can download free, open source HTML5 templates from freehtml5templates.com and also check out the HTML5 Quick Learning Guide there. You can probably pick up the knowledge you need in a day or two of studying, so I think it’s worth it to have that background if you ever need it.

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See the suggestions on links

http://www.92download.com/wiki/Ipad_software

Hope that helps you as much as it helped me

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Its not very different from HTML 4.1. It just adds Video, Canvas and a lot of added functionality.
The following is the best tutorial I found…

Http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp

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If you want to lean Basic HTML and CSS then go for this:

http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

and if you want to learn CSS3 and HTML5 You can run for

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/html-5-and-css-3-the-techniques-youll-soon-be-using/

and

http://www.exforsys.com/tutorials/css3.html

Is it helpful to you.

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DOWNLOAD JAVA SDE,NETBEANS IDE,OPEN ONLINE TUTORIAL,AND START WORKING

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Here are some great free online resources for learning about SAP solutions: (see 10 sources below)

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn

http://help.sap.com/

http://www.saphelp.com/ERP/index.php

http://www.easymarketplace.de/online-pdf…

http://www.sap.com/services/education/

http://www.erpgenie.com/sap/basis/index.…

http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/

http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat1-sap-f…

http://www.saptechies.com/

http://www.sap-img.com/

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This is the best site for web development tutorials: http://w3schools.com/

I recommend learning CSS.

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For this I like: Www.tizag.com

much better than W3 Schools purportedly. I like W3Schools too,.

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I suppose you mean CSS, http://www.w3schools.com/
Also feel free to IM me for help.

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This might work for you, i ve learn so much from the site

http://www.tutorialized.com

But my favorite web design is not from a book. I really like Web Pages That Suck

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One of my favorite ways to learn javascript is to go to javascript.internet.com, download some of the javascripts there, put them on my website, than modify them and see how it changes the script on my website.

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As I know, this site has top listing of such college courses online – schools.iblogger.org

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One deals with web page design, the other deals with graphic design. There is a difference.  Web user psychology is a lot different than other user psychology.  I think studying both is fine, but it might be better to specialize in one and be “aware” of the other.

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Take the programming language courses… DW is only an extension, a WYSIWYG.

XHTML(HTML)/CSS
Photoshop
Flash
PHP/MySQL

That should be enough to keep you busy for quite some time.

Learn the NEWEST in web technologies, not old, archaic, and monolithic ways to do things like;

Tables are NOT for layouts. Tables are for tabular data.
Web Standards is a good thing and can be your friend.
There are easier and better ways to build sites too.  I personally LOVE WordPress (the site you’re looking at right now is a WordPress site!)

Good Luck.

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I looked around and asked around.  If you want to take classes purely to learn the programs (not to learn any design), I would suggest www.essexcomputers.com. They are located in Clifton, NJ. I took flash classes there.

If you want to learn design, take classes at one of the art schools in NYC. The School of Visual Arts has great continuing education classes.

I would be wary of trying to take classes that teach you both – they are two different things. The program classes are hands on and you are learning the ins and outs of the program. The design classes are usually discussion classes in the classroom, and you take work home to explore.

Hope this helps! Contact me if you need more info!

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Online: W3schools.com
I also search for different codes as I use them and then try them and attempt to memorize. No cheatsheets for me anymore. =)

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I have friends in NC!    If not Wake Tech then maybe Durham Tech?

NC State might…but that’s more of a four-year university program.

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You do need the design skills of graphic design but the two are completely different that need completely different classes to learn. web design is the making of websites. People often think that to make a website, you just place a few pictures here & there & add text in places etc… But a website is entirely created by codes, you will have to learn how to understand & type these codes both manually and using the Dreamweaver software. It is very technical to make a website. But these days, graphic design employees look for designers who have an understanding of web design so they are related but they aren’t the same. graphic design is more designing artwork for companies/ events/ brands etc. Like business cards, posters, logos, CD & DVD cover artwork, package design, magazines, flyers etc. So hopefully you can see they are two entire different fields of the design industry.

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I was just checking out this site: www.learnvisualstudio.net

costs $30.00

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For books I highly recommend the “For Dummies” and “Sams 24 Hour” series. Great for reference and for learning! Sams just came out with a great new HTML and CSS book:

http://designmyownwebsite.net/go/sams24hourhtml.html

I love using it as a reference!

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Learning both is extremely helpful. Start here for some great online tutorials:

http://www.w3schools.com/

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I personally love learning from books. However, for video tutorials you’d be surprised how much stuff youtube has on it. Just do a keyword search for what you’re looking for on youtube and you’ll find some great video tutorials

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There is no point in learning CSS until you learn HTML. Otherwise you are not really going to know how to apply what you learn about CSS.

Http://www.w3schools.com/ will give you tutorials for learning both CSS and HTML.

A great book to get offline is “Sams 24 Hour” series for HTML and CSS

http://designmyownwebsite.net/go/sams24hourhtml.html

Also for an ebook, Web Design Mastery is a fantastic reference and set of ebooks

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The right book will offer more than theory. It will give you guidance, take you through the process, and help you write your own code.

No book will teach you anything worthwhile without practice, but a good book can be a priceless guide.

You can only learn web development by doing it, but it’s best to do it with the guidance of an experienced teacher who’s taught thousands of others to do it, who has carefully thought about the sequence (what order you should learn things in), who has carefully picked out the important things and culled away all the older ways of thinking that are no longer valid, and who gives you challenges appropriate to your current level of skill.

Once you know the basics, you can move on to more complex and powerful tools like JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, and AJAX,

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I highly recommend PHP as it will dramatically improve any website you build. PHP is a serverside scripting language which allows you to pass information between a website and the server. You should also learn MySQL because it deals with databases. It will be best if I explain it like this:

PHP will allow you to:
-Create “locked” websites that require login.
-Display/Hide stuff based on certain conditions
-Generate HTML more efficiently (like use loops to generate the same HTML multiple times)
-Give HTML forms functionality and send data to the server to be used.

MySQL will allow you to:
-Combine with PHP to STORE data in databases. (such as login information: username, password, signup date, etc.)
-Search databases and retrieve data for PHP to use.
-Store actual forum posts and messages for others to see. (If you’ve ever been on a website’s forums, then everything you see is stored in a database and retrieved every time you load it!)

So in reality, PHP is not as powerful unless you combine it with MySQL! The ability to create forms for your users to fill out, retrieve the data and store it is a giant leap to making a good website. You will be able to store many things in a database. You could even create some sort of online store where you create a database that stores product information (Name, Cost, Description) and use PHP to do the math to calculate tax. Also both MySQL and PHP can remember information really well and create a sort of online shopping cart sort of thing.

I highly recommend PHP and MySQL.

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Its relatively easy to learn HTML and CSS. But I would suggest you to start with some HTML editor in design mode. This will help you in visualizing the GUI design and check the code generated by editor. I personally prefer and recommend Dreamweaver. It generates clean HTML code and you will be able to understand how HTML can be coded effectively. Yes, it also allows you to write styles inline as well as external stylesheet.
To start with try to create a basic web page using HTML editor. Then see how HTML code has been generated by editor. You may then want to optimize it. This will give you command over HTML gradually. Similarly start with inline styles and then start writing external style sheets.