darlodge

Where do I start? Are there any decent books that are worth buying? Any tips? What should I look at developing in? I really am a total beginner but want to get start somewhere.

It’s something that I have been planning to do for a long time but have never had any purpose before.

Thanks in advance
Darren

Scooby Snax

What sort of thing do you want to do and i should be able to point you in the right direction!

Avi

Hijack alert ,looking to have a play with my own website..

Am also looking for any recomendations on books (especially flash)

Any Suggestions

darlodge

Thanks Scooby Snax,

Basically a friend has just set up his own company selling computer hardware, chairs, furniture etc. and he made his own website but it is totally crap. What I want to be able to do is spend a month or so designing a new one for him. It will make his business more presentable and will give me basic web building skills that I can hopefully use in my daily job.

Thanks again
Darren

AndiThompson

Learning HTML is a pretty good place to start, there are loads of books out there, apparently "Sam's Learn HTML in 24 Hours" is pretty good. Also have a good look at http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/, it's full of excellent tutorials and interesting articles. If you really must use WYSIWYG, then use Dreamweaver, it's the best out there, but doesnt come close to writing the HTML by hand.

If you decide thats a little too basic, then it's time to get into more detailed languages, my favourite being PHP, usually backed up with a MySQL backend, but that's a bit complex if your looking at knocking up a basic site.

The best tip I could give you is to look at other sites you like and steal, er, I mean borrow :d the best bits. If you notice little features you like then view the source for the page and try and pinpoint how it's done, the more you look the easier it gets.

If you have any problems, dont hesitate to ask, even if its daft, easy stuff, everyone starts somewhere and everyone makes the same mistakes

DavidRB

Another good place is http://www.w3schools.com/.

darlodge

Thanks everyone,

Anyone else got any info they want to share

Darren

MarkehB

format your RAM

Scooby Snax

Try this for some ideas! Should help you out
http://www.coolhomepages.com/

Molds

HTML GUI: Microsoft FrontPage isnt a bad place to start out. Macromedia Dreamweaver is the pro's choice.

http://www.internet.com has many resources and links.