N00bie needs to create web-pages.

[Joker]

Hi, I have to create a webpage for an organization. However, I have never created webpages before. I was hoping some of you could give me the names of a few books or webpages/message boards that could teach me how to make webpages and could help me once I get started. For beginners on up.
I have all the time in the world so I don't need a crashcourse. I'm also not afraid of putting a lot of effort into this.
So I have the time and the motivation, now I need the tools and information. I did not mean for that to be a cheesy rhyme .

It will be a fairly simple webpage with a messageboard, a way to donate money and some other things. It wont be very flashy.

Hope you can help and thanks in advance.

Tata.

 

[Psionicist]

The best way to learn is to write code and to read code.

Find a relatively simple webpage such as http://www.msykes.com/primer/simple.html and view the source code (right click > view source).

Experiment by writing your own code using notepad, save to your computer and save the file as "anything.html" (WITH the quotes otherwise the file will be saved as anything.html.txt). Then run the file by double clicking and view the output.

Then do this over and over again, view the source of more advanced web pages.

HTML is very simple to learn if you do this. When you start knowing HTML, I can recommend you to learn CSS. CSS is responsible for all the cool eye candy on a webpage such as links changing color when you hover them, parts of web pages have different properties than you can do with normal HTML and so on.

I DO NOT recommend you to read HTML Guides or tutorials or books. DO NOT. You will learn so much more by experimenting yourself. It is also very good to get used to this method of learning if you want to master more advanced things such as PHP (commonly used for more advanced web pages such as message boards and such) or any "real" programming language (computer programs).

 

[ergeheilalt]

I learned most (if not everything) from a book I found at my local library. Its a Visual Quick Start Guid to HTML. The publisher is peachpit press. Good Luck.

Erge

 

[MJEggertson]

I've known html and related technologies for so long, I can't really recommend any modern resources for learning. BUT once you get your feet wet, probably the best resource for communicating with developers is the forums at devshed.com, specifically forums.devshed.com. If you're willing to put in an effort, you can get alot of help there. You won't get any help though if you just show up and want people to do things for you: people are there to learn, not dish out free work. They also have some resources (articles, tutorials), but honestly don't know how good they are.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

There's a couple of good places for newbies to learn about coding and web design. Off the top of my head, Webmonkey (http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/) is one of the most straightforward and best places to visit.

Another good resource for you is to download First Page 2000, web editing software (http://www.evrsoft.com). It has differing levels of support built in (for newbies all the way to hardcore coders) and best of all, it's freeware!

Hope this helps you out!

 

[Joker]

Wow, thanks guys. I'm not just saying this to say it but all your suggestions are really useful.

Time to get crackin'.

Tata.

 

[Gregor]

Joker, feel free to email me if you have any questions about web design. I'd be glad to help you out. I do both professional and freelance design.

gregmouchian@hotmail.com

Cheers,

 

[Shard O'Glase]

quick question do these websites also help with message boards. I recently learned that some message baords use SQL in some fashion, and I wouldn't mind expanding my SQL knowledge into other areas beyond queries and simple data base mods.

 

[drothgery]

Shard - almost any message board system uses SQL directly or indirectly, because the messages are almost always stored in a database.

Err... anything you do in SQL is a query, and SQL isn't used for anything other than getting data into or out of a database. That's what it's for.

It's hard to just 'learn SQL' as SQL tends to get vendor-specific very quickly; Microsoft's T-SQL and Oracle's PL-SQL use different syntax even for something as simple as a table join.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

Shard - almost any message board system uses SQL directly or indirectly, because the messages are almost always stored in a database.

Err... anything you do in SQL is a query, and SQL isn't used for anything other than getting data into or out of a database. That's what it's for.

It's hard to just 'learn SQL' as SQL tends to get vendor-specific very quickly; Microsoft's T-SQL and Oracle's PL-SQL use different syntax even for something as simple as a table join.

yes I realize sql is just for queries, I guess my point is, there is some extra step where it turns it into a board. So create a basic table, update tables, querry those tables and i'm good. Some how make it so messages on a board get woven into these tables, and create threads and I'm lost.

still probably not explaining myself well, but oh well I'm not an expert at this stuff.