HTML 102...

[mousme]

So... I know how to code very basic stuff. Links to things and whatnot. But besides that, I suck at html, and yet I'd still like to do stuff.

More to the point, I'd like to build a small, humble website. I've tried using a book to learn (several books, actually), but over the years I've come to the realization that I'm one of those people who can't learn from books. I have to be shown, and then I have to practice. I can't do the autodidact thing. It just doesn't work for me under most circumstances. I need a starting point. After that, I'm fine. I can read tons of books on the subject at hand and advance like nobody's business, but if no one shows me the basics, then I'm at sea.

Is there anyone in Montreal willing to put up with the frustration of showing me how to build a website for an afternoon or two?

I'll be eternally grateful, and I'll even feed you, or something.

Anyone? Anyone at all? Bueller?

Comments

[longpig.livejournal.com]

Make sure they teach you the joys of stealing code from other websites! B)

[ai731.livejournal.com]

raises hand Me! Me! I'm pretty good at the basics, though they've expanded the standards a whole lot since I learned HTML, back when the wibbly-wobbly-web was very young :) So long as you don't mind learning how to do it "by hand from scratch" rather than "here's how to use this software to make web pages". 'Cause I only know how to do it by hand.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Have you tried using a template? I've downloaded one, because I _can_ code my own website, but I'd like to have a place to put my resume and so on that looks professional, but I don't have the time right now to build a professional-looking website from scratch. So my point is, they look and sound like a great, fast way to get a site online, but I haven't actually tried it myself. Doing a search for something like, "free web site templates" will find you a gamillion options.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Using "view source" and flipping back and forth between the HTML and their webpage is an excellent way to figure out how people do things. And, erm, "borrowing" bits of code and putting it on a blank page of your own is a time-honoured method of learning how what bits of code do what sort of things.

Having someone to talk you through the basics in a couple of hours can help too, if that's your learning style. And you can't deny that Jan's remarkably conveniently located. :)

Well darn, I'd love to take you up on that.

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

I'm good with code, but I'm just one of those people who can't put together a theme and develop all of the content necessary to make it worth doing something with my code knowlege.