I am interested in learning coding for websites any suggestions

[truereddevil]

Basically as the title says I am interested in learning coding for websites does anybody know of any forums I could read up on or make any suggestions would there possibly be some videos on YouTube

thanks for any help in advance

 

[vvaannmmaann]

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-HTML-Code-For-Dummies

 

[umbrella-technologies]

w3schools is a good place to start with

 

[ScottNelson&Co]

I started with youtube vids and dreamweaver for HTML. Then www.lynda.com for CSS.

I would recommend you try and learn CSS along side HTML. If I had done so I think I would have learned quicker.

Also, if you want to know how to do something in HTML; Google it! It's been my best resource.

eg. "how to bold in HTML" or "how to stop image links from having a blue box around them"

 

[akirk]

load of places on the web...

best approach is a combination of the above ideas, but also:

- get some hosting
- download notepad++ free
- download a free ftp client
- start coding - as you come across things you want to do, reasearch them on the internet...

Alasdair

 

[Faevilangel]

www.w3schools.com is probably the best resource.. It takes a lot of time and patience to be great... most of the techniques comes with experience and you learn your own ways to code...

 

[Jeff FV]

Agree with all the above.

I'd also recommend spending £13 and buying

Sam's Teach Yourself HTML & CSS

from Amazon

 

[truereddevil]

Thanks guys for all your suggestions does anybody actually do coding on this forum would just like to ask a few questions by pm if poss

 

[mangoprint]

Also, how to "subject here" quite often finds you a video on youtube.

Good luck!

 

[MASSEY]

I find w3 schools hard to understand, and the sams teach yourself html did not really fulfill me with html confidence.

I just watched youtube vids to start with. Im ok with html now, but struggle with php wordpress coding thats complex.

Normal html web pages are easy to be honest, i also learnt a lot by starting millions of threads on here

 

[DBMark]

Probably a bit advanced for learners, but subscribing to Safari Books Online can be very useful. For instance you may need access to books on css, javascript, php, security, mysql (and other stuff) once you really get into programming websites. It's not cheap, although if you join ACM you can get a cheaper deal.
Edit: I'm not about to explain what ACM is. If you can't work that one out, maybe the web isn't for you!

 

[akirk]

Thanks guys for all your suggestions does anybody actually do coding on this forum would just like to ask a few questions by pm if poss

Lots of developers on here - I am sure that any of them would help if you paid them but I can't see that they will give their time away free... normal routes are either learning for yourself online / through trying it, or going to college / university and following a course of learning.

As an employer I look for people who are self motivated to learn and therefore are actively out there expanding their knowledge because it is what they enjoy...

Alasdair

 

[truereddevil]

but I can't see that they will give their time away free...

Alasdair

It was just one question i wanted to ask a coder

 

[Faevilangel]

It was just one question i wanted to ask a coder

Bend my ear if you wish,

 

[akirk]

Ahh it was merely that you asked for PM details for a few questions

why not just ask the question in the public forum - you will get lots more answers and it helps everyone else as well!

Alasdair

 

[Jeff FV]

Thanks guys for all your suggestions does anybody actually do coding on this forum would just like to ask a few questions by pm if poss

Happy for you to pm me too.

I'm not a 'pro' - I taught myself, and then built on this knowledge by studying with the OU, but I like mucking about with a bit of coding when I get the chance.

Also, please don't be embarrassed to publicly post a question - there's probably lots of others out there who'd also like the answer, but might be to shy to ask!

Jeff

 

[truereddevil]

Ok here goes

Cheers guys some great replys here i have got some ideas of things i want to do for example i have 2 shops on ebay just the standard shops with the standard graphics that ebay allow, but i want to up my game on this and be up there with the more proffessional sellers for example here is one of my main competitors http://stores.ebay.co.uk/RIPLEYS-Clothing
http://www.ripleysclothing.co.uk/ I would like my shop to stand out more like this shop and especially on my stock photos i will be learning photoshop for this though

I would like to learn how to do good ebay templates and the basics of setting up a website, this is also one of my favourite sites http://www.localbargainfinder.co.uk/ not much to look at i agree quite basic but i would like to learn what is the software the creator of this site uses to find all items on ebay within 10/25/50 miles when you put in your postcode does anybody know i have a good idea oon this on something similar i would like to do

But thankyou to all members so far for your input i do appreciate it

 

[Faevilangel]

I would like to learn how to do good ebay templates and the basics of setting up a website, this is also one of my favourite sites http://www.localbargainfinder.co.uk/ not much to look at i agree quite basic but i would like to learn what is the software the creator of this site uses to find all items on ebay within 10/25/50 miles when you put in your postcode does anybody know i have a good idea oon this on something similar i would like to do

But thankyou to all members so far for your input i do appreciate it

Ebay auction templates are just html code so quite simple really.

The local bargain finder website will run on the eBay API, where you can grab data from the ebay website (http://developer.ebay.com/common/api/).

You will need more than html knowledge to do that sort of site.

 

[akirk]

yup - first is more front-end coding (CSS / design / HTML / etc.)

second is back-end coding - e.g. php / javascript / CURL / AJAX / etc.
the ebay api is relatively simple once you have skills in those codes - not otherwise...

you may find that latter bit it is easier to pay somone to do...

Alasdair

 

[altwebdesign]

w3schools will learn you the basics.

Buy books like PHP for dummies, they come with sample code and break it all down for you as well as offer addiitonal online resources, it certainly got me going.

Get your own web space once you know the code basics and start writing code, get copys of free open source code and try to decipher what it does and why

knowledge is definetly power in this case!