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

[larabeegirl.livejournal.com]

Well I can't go there to help you Phnee but I can tell you how I learned. I knew nothing about HTML when I build my first page. So I cheated of course and I downloaded a program called Macromedia Dreamweaver where you can use an interface to include tables, images, background, change fonts and all that crap without having to code anything. And like it was suggested you can flip to the code to see what you did in HTML and back to the design. I did my first page like that.

I still use Dreamweaver today, I have to edit the html very often but I don't need to worry with starting from scratch, everytime I need to build a site and I have tons. So even if you find someone to teach you the basics, I recommend Dreamweaver to you or some other program like that. It helps and you can fiddle with the design and see the changes in the code, I learned a lot that way.
Sabrina