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Discuss Amongst Yourselves - September 11, 2006

Where can an average dumbass everyman like myself learn the ins and outs of HTML? Or is HTML now a relic out of the early nineties? Is this CSS the kids keep talking about the way of the future?

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Anonymous said…
Yeah, this isn't a bad question. It would help if there is no reading involved. My HTML skillz are pretty bad but I sure can cut and paste!
Anonymous said…
Shatton knows the way.

When you feel down, go ask Brown!
Anonymous said…
HTML is for structure; CSS is for style. You need both. You tag a document with HTML to give the client browser an idea what the function of the various elements is (i.e. this is a subheading, this is a paragraph, this is a block quote, this is a link), and then you write some style sheets in CSS to tell it how you want those elements to look/behave.

For exhaustive reference: w3c.org
For exhaustive, minimalist reference: zvon.org
Old but good: glish.com/css/
For specific articles: alistapart.com
For design inspiration: k10k.net

Good luck.
Anonymous said…
Apparently I am WAY behind the times. Not only can I do only ONE HTML thing (which is link another site - and that took me forever to teach myself), I'd never heard of CSS until right now!

This is why I need that uber-geek you referenced a few entries ago. (There is another reason if he's hot and has an agile tongue. But we won't talk about that.)
Anonymous said…
Happy, happy birthday, Dave!

You are a prince among men, my friend.
Mark Hand said…
Now that you're an old man, you'll never learn the skills. Stick to bo-hunting and nunchucks.

(Happy birthdya yesterday.)
Beth said…
Dave, where are you? Did you survive your birthday? Or are you lying in a gutter somewhere from a birthday bender? Or did Blogger Beta eat you?
Anonymous said…
Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium?
Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!

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