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Originally Posted by Chris T
I didn't know any HTML before I began my current job. Now, although all my web and intranet publishing is done through a wysiwyg editor, I have picked up enough to be able to see what code is being used to achieve the effects I want - and where our intranet editor, which is a bit basic in some respects, gets it wrong or simply won't do what I want, I can usuallly tweak the code myself. I've managed to achieve this simply by looking at the HTML view of what I'm doing from time to time and getting a feel of it. I'll never be really proficient (and I know nothing at all of other languages), but nevertheless it has been worthwhile if only to dispel my phobia of computer programming languages.  |
Well done!.
Incog, if you do learn HTML at first it will seem a bit difficult, and wierd (actually it is wierd), but once you have built a simple website, and looked at the code, it does start to make sense.. Bear in mind that HTML (and the World Wide Web) was originally designed to enable scientists who may or may not be computer literate to exchange information.
The only thing that might confuse you is if you look at sites generated by tools (such as Dreamweaver and particularly Frontpage) as these tend to bung in lots of messy and difficult to understand code, whose only function seems to be to slow download speeds.