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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…
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Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!

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