Creating and editing web pages

[phoenix]

This week is budget week at ELCB

Someone came around asking whether there are any courses we might like to go on.
I am down for MS Access and have expressed an interest in learning how to create
web pages. To my surprise, the boss didn't shoot that down, but said I should find out
what the prerequisites are for doing that sort of thing and get back to him about it.

I told him that it might be handy to have someone around who could act as a backup
should those who normally work on the website be too busy.

What prerequisites should I have satisfied before I tackle html?

[McGuywer]

I wouldn't say much. How good is your computer skills?

[McGuywer]

Not much. How good is your computer experience?

[mcryan]

HTML is quite an entry level form of programming. And there are plenty of visual tools to help you along so you don't have to be a total expert in HTML just to get started.

The only thing that I see as a pre-req is that you are good with computers. If you struggle with basic functions, you might have a tough time getting into any kind of programming.

[Azimuth]

What prerequisites should I have satisfied before I tackle html?

Heh, "tackle". HTML is mostly just formatting - i.e. organising the way text and visual objects are arranged on a page. It's extremely easy to learn, and the only real prerequisite is some basic familiarity with computers. Of course, web page development goes a lot further than HTML (and CSS), since so many sites use databases and whatnot. That's where XML, .NET frameworks, Javascript, jquery, Flash, PHP, and everything else comes in.

[Grimspoon]

HTML is pretty simple and basic to learn, but as Azi mentioned there is plenty more to it than just HTML.

Now days I dont even bother building sites from scratch, I just use systems like Joomla, Droople etc.

[sycogrim]

if you wanna start learning HTML go to www.w3schools.com fantastic website to use for starters I still use it to this day if I dont understand something.

[Venomrush]

HTML and CSS are used to build websites but bare in mind that these websites will be static. If you want to have a website where you can update content using a content management system then you'll need to learn things like PHP, ASP, MySQL etc.

If your company has a fairly complicated website that involves content managed info then perhaps you may want to rethink your "being backup" plan

[phoenix]

Thank you for your input.

I am conversant with elementary Windows operations as well as all of Office bar Access and am no stranger to the internet, so
I think that, at the very least, I shall be able to manage opening Notepad and making my way to w3schools.

I'll dip into Azimuth's alphabet soup once I am confident that I know a thing or two about html.