need to learn HTML/ web design

I'd recommend using Notepad++, it does syntax highlighting, tabbed windows and it's free! I use it all the time now!

To learn, I'd follow the guides that everyone has posted, that's how I started to learn

Originally Posted by rjerina Originally Posted by Robson Couldn't agree more, that's how I learnt (still learning) also, might want to check out www.htmlgoodies.com which is pretty decent. I also learnt alot from viewing other websites code One of the best software packages out there for picking up html fairly quickly is macromedia dreamweaver, check that out also. HTMLGoodies.com is where I learned my HTML Been using it for like eight years or so now.

Ditto! htmlgoodies is a great site to learn from, i always recommend it to anyone that wants to learn.

ViM is a great editor for HTML or any other programming language for that matter. If you're on Windows, use gViM (Google it). It's really old school, but once you learn it, its next to heaven (you wont' need a mouse to do most things).

Originally Posted by starfckr ViM is a great editor for HTML or any other programming language for that matter. If you're on Windows, use gViM (Google it). It's really old school, but once you learn it, its next to heaven (you wont' need a mouse to do most things).

i have to agree!
vi/vim is god's gift to humanity
it just takes a little getting used to...you're likely to hate it, initially but once you get the hang of it, you can't let go. you either love it or hate it

the best part about vim is that it is WHOLLY customizable. you can edit a config file (vimrc on *nix)to set your preferences and if you're using vim on another machine, simply load your config file in your home directory on *nix..not sure about the path on Windows.

and if you want some new feature, you can either add it yourself via code or download it from the resources on the vim site. i believe it was www.vim.org/

i learned alot of techniques and stuff from pixel2life.com

Learnt my HTML from http://neopets.com.

whatever your trying to do, say insert a table and position it a certain way; google it.

im sure it find something, being that is how im learning a lot of css, just by googling what i have to do at that point.