Need HTML advice.

Hi, i'm new to HTML and hope age doesn't matter- excuse me for my english and grammar. I want to improve on my HTML and by "improve" i mean i want to better myself and in doing so I thought maybe someone out there can give me a few advice on how to put HTML to better use. I know the basics of HTML from W3school and a book written by Elizabeth Castro but i want to know how i can get some exercise practice with it? I want to be able to build website with html ONLY and after i get to know it in the back of my head then i want to learn css. I hope my thread is understandable. Thank You.

There's only one way to really learn it in depth and that's by doing it.

Choose a project, favourite hobby or some thing and construct a web site about that.

While HTML by itself is easier for beginners, you're setting yourself back by not learning HTML and CSS at the same time. A good XHTML structure styled with CSS is the best way to start learning how to build websites.

Thank you for the quick advices, and I'll take the information into consideration because I think it's a great idea- i think...

Yep ... like Ryan said, it's hard to learn "just" html. You need to learn CSS as well ... think of html as you house but with nothing in: no paint, no furniture, no food, no nothing! CSS is the paint, the furniture, the food, the presentation

See the stickied thread in the Beginners Resources section called Resources for learning how to use CSS for layout

Once you learn your css and html, everything will be easier. You'll become a much better well-rounded designer, and you'll understand how to structure your pages alot easier and quicker. I learned html first and the learned css and it took me forever to figure out how to apply the two without cheating and using tables. Learn them both and css as well as you can because there's no limit with css. you can even make drop down menus. If you have any questions pm me or aim me when ever.

thanks a lot! the last two reply also really helped a lot to boost my obscure feelings about learning css, so i'll post or pm one of you when i have a question, Thank you.

POST!!! Please POST!!! Don't PM me ... you'll get a better chance at having replies if you create a thread!

i'm not going to create a new thread since this is still focus on advice.
I want someone to check my "web building exercises site" to see if i did anything wrong with the layout or some advice on improving it?

http://gametalk.20m.com/

Looking good so far

Just somthing you could use

1) you could centralize your site so it fits for all resolutions all you do is change your css wrapper code from

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#rap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    text-align: left; 
    border: 0px solid #000 }

to this:

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#rap {
    margin: auto;
    text-align: left;
    width:760px; /* change to the width you want your site */
    border: 0px solid #000 }

that way it will be in the center of the browser instead of in the left hand side,

not really noticable in small resolutions but with bigger ones like mine (1280 x 1024) its very noticable.

2) why not put yor css in an external file then just link to it for everypage then you only need to change your css code once.

use this in your header section:

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<link rel="stylesheet" href="foldername/filename.css" type="text/css" />

just change filename.folder name to the location where your css file is located.

Also in case you don't already know some of youe links don't work or the page don't exist yet the pages are:
snes.html
flash.html

thanks, i'll keep that in mind when i get sometime to work around it--
I haven't gotten a chance to work with my other two links.

Yeah external css is the best if your going make multiple pages all you have to do is call up that css sheet and you'll have that consistancy throughout all your pages. Easy as pie.

We are all doomed.. DOOMED!!!!!!!!!! Good start btw, but does the world really need more sites on gaming? I personally say hell yes. Can't wait to see it evolve. =)

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