pmpatrick Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 My 11 year old son wants to make his own website and has asked me for help. It seems a lot of his friends are doing so and he wants to as well. He has asked me about html and text editors(notepad) and does not seem interested in using graphical tools which kind of suprised me. We went down to Borders over the weekend and he picked out HTML for Dummies which he is currently reading. I had basic programing in college way back when, mostly C++, but know nothing about the subject so it will be a learning experience for both of us. I am looking for some resources, either books or websites which would be suitable for a reasonably bright 11 year old boy. We would appreciate any general advice/suggestions on approaches to take in learning basic web design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 kid seems a bit beyond "reasonably bright" if he is stearing clear of gui's already!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 I know its not exactly what you asked for, but I would recommend trying out Quanta. Its a html editor package that comes with KDE, and is not fully graphical drag and drop. But it does have lots of useful features like auto-completeion, syntax highlighting, project management and preview options. That a side what I found useful when I tried learning web design was looking at the code of web sites that I liked. It depends slightly on which browser your using but in Mozilla you just have to right-click and the option appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 I've used this site http://www.pagetutor.com/ It's pretty easy to understand. If there's something in particular I usually google or check one of my books. I have an book called HTML A Beginner's Guide by Wendy Willard that was my first book and it's a good resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 http://www.htmlgoodies.com is a decent site too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Thanks all for your kind help and suggestions. I think this is going to turn into one of those winter break projects ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Thanks all for your kind help and suggestions. I think this is going to turn into one of those winter break projects ;) wait! ... you forgot this one: http://www.w3schools.com/ Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I've used this site http://www.pagetutor.com/ It's pretty easy to understand. If there's something in particular I usually google or check one of my books. I have an book called HTML A Beginner's Guide by Wendy Willard that was my first book and it's a good resource. ill double page tutor!!! thats where i learnt my stuff. And there is no better site than w3schools for the other stuff. Webmonkey.com also have a good, easy to understand javascript tutorial, he might like htat sometime. I used these tutes, about 2 years ago when I was 13. JS can save so much time with simple things like navigation and effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 lost posts being recovered ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 ...I had basic programing in college way back when, mostly C++..... C++ didn't even exist when I was in college way back when. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah31 Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 w3c is probably one of the best resources for learning all sorts of web languages. they also have validators for testing your source. it may be a bit much for the boy but who knows he seems bright. definitely give a looksee though. as for graphics...if he wants a real challenge there but the potential to make some beautiful graphics i would recommend povray (povray.org) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lostpoet Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 I like using Arachnophilia. www.arachnoid.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 (edited) Try Html-Kit: http://www.chami.com/ If you do manual html coding (which I advise, since it is the best way to learn), chanches are you will never go back to another program. Plus it's great to learn: it's got an autocomplete function and a few toolbars/wizards with all tags&attributes (style sheets too), even indicating those that are deprecated (obsolete), plus pretty good documenation and very nice extensions. You can mostly find what you are looking for in the program itself, which is a big help when you are learning. [Edit: of course this is a Windows program, although the author says it should work with Wine.] Darkelve Edited November 27, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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