Re: Massive HTML coding errors


Robert Baer wrote:
The homepage i have had up and seemingly working is:
http://oil4lessllc.com/
However, the validator has so many complaints, and being so
incompetent, i have no clue as to how to fix it all.
Would the use of Dreamweaver be of great help?

Learn HTML/XHTML & CSS - Learn to write your own pages by hand it's
easy.

FREE! Online Courses:
A) Webonkey HTML Tutorial http://www.webmonkey.com/
B) W3schools http://www.w3schools.com/
C) Watch it done in a flash movie http://visualtutorials.com/
D) Free Web Site Courses
http://certification.about.com/cs/testingresources/a/tutorials.htm

Reference:
A) The best HTML/XHTML reference
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_reference.asp
B) The best Style Sheet Reference
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp
C) HTML Dom http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_reference.asp'

Links:
A) HTML Links http://www.websitetips.com/html/
B) Style Sheet Links http://www.websitetips.com/css/


ALWAYS CHECK THE REFERENCE PAGES TO MAKE CERTAIN YOU ARE WRITING YOUR
SOURCE CODE THE CORRECT WAY! JUST BECAUSE YOU SAW SOME SOURCE CODE
WRITTEN A PARTICULAR WAY IN SOMEONE ELSE'S PAGE DOESN'T MEAN THEY WROTE
IT CORRECTLY. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT YOU'LL FIND THAT THEY DIDN'T WRITE IT
CORRECTLY. BUT LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE'S SOURCE CODE IS STILL A GOOD
WAY TO LEARN. IF SOURCE CODE ISN'T WRITTEN THE CORRECT WAY IT CAN CAUSE
OBJECTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN PLACES YOU DON"T WANT THEM IN OR EVEN CRASH
SOMEONE'S BROWSER. NETSCAPOE 4.X USERS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO
CRASHING. MOST OF THE TIME BROWSERS A VERY FORGIVING WHEN IT COMES TO
BAD SOURCE CODE. BUT WHY TAKE CHANCES. THE MORE CORRECTLY YOU WRITE
YOUR PAGES THE MOER BROWSERS THEY WILL WORK WITH.

Paid Online Courses:
http://www.hwg.org/

FREE! HTML/XHTML Editor:
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

FREE! FTP Clients (applications):
http://www.trustmeher.net/freeware/cute.htm

When FTPing files from your computer to your online account send text
files, HTML/XHTML files, CSS files in the ascii mode. Send image files,
movie files, music files in the binary mode. There is an automatic mode
that is supposed to detect the type of file you are sending. But it
isn't always reliable.

*** HERE IS HOW I LEARNED HTML/XHTML/CSS ***

When you come to a page on the web click "VIEW" at the top of your
browser and click on "SOURCE". If you are using Internet Explorer
browser the HTML source code will open up in Windows Notepad. In
Notepad click on "FILE/SAVE AS" to save the page's source code to your
hard drive. In Internet Explorer click on "FILE/OPEN" to open the
source code in the browser. Go back to notepad and remove some of the
code and click "SAVE". Then in Internet Explorer hold down the "SHIFT"
key and click on the "REFRESH" button on the browser's toolbar to see
what effect the removed source code had on the page. You will learn a
hundred times faster this way.

Something to think about later is.......After you have gotten a little
experience with HTML try DOCTYPE, XHTML, and CSS. Then try to validate
your pages. Validating checks your source code for coding errors.
validating will not work unless you are using the correct doctype and
the correct document encoding. Validating is not something a newcomer
should bother with. Being new you will make lots of mistakes and won't
know how to fix them yet. http://validator.w3.org/

Many libraries world-wide have books related to the Internet, Web and
computers in general. They also have CDs and DVDs. Go to your local
public library and get the username and password for
http://www.firstsearch.org/ You have to get them at your library
because that is where you will pick up and return the books after
reading them. You can look up the book yourself but they will have to
order it for you. Sometimes this can take awhile if the book is checked
out by someone else. After reading the books and making copies of
certain pages with a photo copier simply return it to them.

By using Firstsearch you can search for any book in the world. Some
libraries might charge a small fee but most are free. Even if they
charge a fee it will be less than the cost of the book or other item
you are ordering. Every Web Design book I have read was acquired in
this fashion. :)

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